Course detail

Sanitary Instalation

FAST-BT59Acad. year: 2011/2012

Basic principles of plumbing systems. Criteria for hygienic facilities design. Fundamentals for piping installation within buildings. Choice of plumbing fixtures, traps, sanitary draw-of taps and flushing devices.
General principles of disposal of wastewaters from buildings. Hydraulics as applied to drainage systems. Choice of piping materials and accessories for drainage system. Designing and sizing of sanitary drainage systems and storm water drainage systems. Designing of ventilating pipes for sanitary drainage system. Backflow prevention. Building sewers.
General principles of potable water supply for buildings. Potable water demand. Choice of piping materials and valves. Designing of water supply system. Hydraulics as applied to water supply systems and pipes sizing. Statutory and private water supplies, pressure boosting, pressure reducing. Protection of potable water supply. Domestic hot water systems. Thermal insulations. Equipment for fire-water supply. Water service pipes.
General principles of natural gas supplies. Requirements for gas appliances placing. Designing and sizing of gas installation for buildings. Gas service pipes.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Ladislav Bárta, CSc.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be able to do standard designs of sanitary and storm water drainage systems, water supply systems and gas installations having in mind layout and construction of buildings, further they will be able to design service pipes for these installations. Students will be able to use this knowledge for complex problems solution of water management and water structures.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge about constructional systems of buildings, foundation, vertical, horizontal and roof structures, fundamentals of hydraulics - water flow in a closed pressurized systems and gravity flow systems, fundamentals of water supply and sewerage.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to plumbing systems, hygienic facilities design, piping installations placing
2. Plumbing fixtures, traps, sanitary draw-of taps and flushing devices
3. General principles of disposal of wastewaters from buildings, hydraulic as applied to plumbing, materials for drainage elements
4. Sanitary drainage systems
5. Storm water drainage systems
6. Backflow prevention, building sewers
7. General principles of potable water supply for buildings, materials for water system elements
8. Water supply distributing system, hydraulics as applied to water supply systems and pipes sizing
9. Statutory and private water supplies, pressure boosting, pressure reducing
10. Hot water supply systems
11. Protection of potable water supply, thermal insulations, equipment for fire-water supply, water service pipes
12. General principles of natural gas supplies, requirements for gas appliances placing
13. Gas installation for buildings, gas service pipes

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

General principles of disposal of wastewaters from buildings, potable water and natural gas supply for buildings. Standard designs of sanitary and storm water drainage systems, water supply systems and gas installations having in mind layout and construction of buildings. Design of service pipes for these installations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bárta, L., Čupr, K.: TZB I (S) - M01, M02, M03, M04. Fakulta stavební - elektronická podoba, 2006. (CS)
K.Čupr,B.Bartošová,M.Počinková,J.Vrána: Zdravotní technika pro kombinované studium. VUT v Brně, Fakulta stavební, 2002. (CS)
Žabička, Z.- Vrána, J.: Zdravotně technické instalace. ARA group, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7366-139-7. (CS)

Recommended reading

Harris, C., M.: Handbook of Utilities and Services for Buildings. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, NY, USA, 1990. (EN)
Kol.: Plynárenská příručka. GAS s.r.o., Praha, 1997. (CS)
Steele, A.: Engineered Plumbing Design. Construction Industry Press, Almhurst, IL, USA, 1982. 82-23569. (EN)
Valášek, J. a kol.: Zdravotně technická zařízení a instalace. Jaga, Bratislava, 2001. 80-88905-65-6. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch V , 4 year of study, summer semester, elective

  • Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's

    branch V , 3 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ladislav Bárta, CSc.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Ladislav Bárta, CSc.