Course detail

Thermal engineering

FAST-BHB005Acad. year: 2022/2023

Thermal resistance of the structure.
Thermal transmittance.
Surface temperature of the budilding structure.
Temperature evaluation in the structure.
Average thermal transmittance if the building envelope.
Interstitial condensation and evaporation.
Thremal stability of the room.
Air permeability of the building envelope.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Milan Ostrý, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Fundamentals in the thermal protection and energy balance of buildings. Design of thermally insulated building constructions without thermal bridges and condensation problems. Evaluation of thermal comfort in low energy buildings. Introduction to acoustic and visual comfort in buildings.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of the fundamental physical values, thermal properties of building materials and compositions of building structures.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction, motivation, historical development, related laws, regulations, standards, heat transfer.
2. Thermal properties of building materials, sources of information, definition of thermal comfort.
3. Boundary conditions for calculations, definition of steady state thermal field, thermal resistance, total therma resistance.
4. Thermal transmittance - calculation when considering one-dimensional or two-dimensional heat transfer, evaluation, influence of reflective properties of materials.
5. The average (overal) thermal transmittance of the building envelope,the energy label of the building envelope.
6. Temperatures in building structures in steady state temperature field, lowest internal surface temperature of the structure, calculation of the temperature factor at the internal surface and its evaluation.
7. Calculation of the thermal transmittance when of one-dimensional heat transfer cannot be applied, thermal bridges, linear and point thermal transmittance
8. Water vapour tranfer through the building structures, calculation of the interstitial condensation , calculation of the annual balance of interstitial evaporation and condensation and evaluation.
9. Description of non steady temperature field, thermal damping, drop of the touch temperature of the floors and its evaluation.
10. Thermal room stability in summer and winter, definition of critical room, evaluation.
11. Introduction to the energy performance of the building, introduction to the energy performance certificate of the building.
12. Air permeability of building envelope, airtightness measurement, diagnostics of building structures by infrared thermography method.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Introduction course to the thermal protection of buildings, design requirements for thermally insulated buildings envelopes and constructions, assessment of indoor thermal and visual and acoustic comfort.

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

OSTRÝ, Milan a BRZOŇ Roman. Stavební fyzika - Tepelná technika v teorii a praxi. Brno: Ing. Vladislav Pokorný - LITERA, 2014. 100 s. ISBN 978-80-214-4879-7 (CS)
ČSN 73 0540-1. Tepelná ochrana budov – Část 1: Terminologie. 2005. (CS)
ČSN 73 0540-3. Tepelná ochrana budov – Část 3: Návrhové hodnoty veličin. 2005. (CS)
ČSN 73 0540-4. Tepelná ochrana budov – Část 4: Výpočtové metody. 2005. (CS)
KULHÁNEK, František. Tepelná ochrana a energetika budov. Praha: Pro Českou komoru autorizovaných inženýrů a techniků činných ve výstavbě vydává Informační centrum ČKAIT, 2014. ISBN 978-80-87438-48-0 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

  • Programme BPA-SI Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme BKC-SI Bachelor's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. RNDr. Ing. Stanislav Šťastník, CSc. Ph.D.
prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.
Ing. Sylva Bantová, Ph.D.
Ing. Zuzana Fišarová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, motivation, historical development, related laws, regulations, standards, heat transfer. 2. Thermal properties of building materials, sources of information, definition of thermal comfort. 3. Boundary conditions for calculations, definition of steady state thermal field, thermal resistance, total therma resistance. 4. Thermal transmittance - calculation when considering one-dimensional or two-dimensional heat transfer, evaluation, influence of reflective properties of materials. 5. The average (overal) thermal transmittance of the building envelope,the energy label of the building envelope. 6. Temperatures in building structures in steady state temperature field, lowest internal surface temperature of the structure, calculation of the temperature factor at the internal surface and its evaluation. 7. Calculation of the thermal transmittance when of one-dimensional heat transfer cannot be applied, thermal bridges, linear and point thermal transmittance 8. Water vapour tranfer through the building structures, calculation of the interstitial condensation , calculation of the annual balance of interstitial evaporation and condensation and evaluation. 9. Description of non steady temperature field, thermal damping, drop of the touch temperature of the floors and its evaluation. 10. Thermal room stability in summer and winter, definition of critical room, evaluation. 11. Introduction to the energy performance of the building, introduction to the energy performance certificate of the building. 12. Air permeability of building envelope, airtightness measurement, diagnostics of building structures by infrared thermography method.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jitka Mohelníková, Ph.D.
Ing. Ondřej Fuciman, Ph.D.
doc. Ing. Monika Manychová, Ph.D.
Ing. Sylva Bantová, Ph.D.
Ing. et Ing. Lenka Gábrová, Ph.D.
Ing. František Vlach, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, calculation of thermal resistance and thermal transmittance of existing structures. 2. Design of new structures, thermal insulation of existing structures, drawings of renovated building. 3. Calculation and assessment of thermal transmittance of new structures. 4. Design of windows and doors, calculation of thermal transmittance. 5. Calculation and assessment of average thermal transmittance. 6. Simplified calculation of thermal transmittance of the composite structure. 7. Internal surface temperature and temperature factor at the internal surface . 8. Temperature evolution in the structure. 9. Interstitial condensation. 10. Annual balance of condensed and evaporated water vapour. 11. Assessment of selected structures with the use of selected software. 12. Informative calculation of two-dimensional temperature field using software, credit.