Course detail

Cooling of Buildings

FAST-BT55Acad. year: 2009/2010

The goal of this subject is to inform students with the issue of cooling for needs of air-condition and the basics of cooling for conservation of foods. Introduction is about principal terms of the thermodynamics and the theory of cooling cycles. Primary content of this subject are kinds of machines which are used in cooling, classification and the main parts of cooling systems. Refrigerants and heat-transfer fluids - properties and present requirements on them. Cooling machine rooms. Proper standards. Another theme is new and present trend in the cooling technologies and energy saving cooling methods, including absorption chillers.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Ondřej Šikula, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will get basic knowledge of cooling systems in buildings. Students will be able to use this knowledge for choice of effective systems and for design of basic systems of cooling in buildings.

Prerequisites

Passing of BS III

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.An introduction to cooling systems. Refrigeration cycles. Experimental methods.
2.Refrigerants and secondary coolants (brines). Compression refrigeration cycles.
3.Flow cycle, absorption and sorption cooling cycles.
4.The main parts of cooling cycles: compressors, evaporators, condensers
5.Direct expansion evaporation and indirect expansion evaporation systems. Cooling machine rooms.
6.Cooling systems control.
7.Chillers for ventilation and air conditioning.
8.Refrigeration systems for air conditioning.
9.Cooling ceilings, heat pumps, free cooling.
10.Accumulation of cold theoretical and experimental. Absorption cooling machine.
11.Clean room air conditioning.
12.Cooling in administration building.
13.Food refrigeration.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Basics of cooling technique.

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

Dvořák,Z.: Základy chladicí techniky. SNTL/ALFA Praha, 1986. (CS)
coll. - 1994 ASHRAE Handbook: Refrigeration - Systems and Applications. SI Edition, 1994. (EN)
von Cube,H.L.: Lehrbuch der Kaeltetechnik , Band 1 + 2. C. F. Mueller Verlag, 1997. (DE)

Recommended reading

Gutkovski K.: Chladicí technika. SNTL, Praha, 1982. (CS)
Hewitt,G.F., Whalley,P.B.: Gas-Liquid Flow and Heat Transfer. Pergamon Press, New York, 1989. (EN)
Recknagel,H.,Sprenger,E.,Schramek,E.R.: Taschenbuch fűr Heizung + Klimatechnik. Oldenburg Verlag Münchem, 2001. (DE)
Zimmerman, M.: Handbuch der passiven Kühlung. Frauenhofer IRB Verlag, 2003. 978-3-8167-6267-6. (DE)
2006 ASHRAE Handbook: Refrigeration - Systems and Applications, SI Edition. ASHRAE, 2006. 1931862869. (EN)
Hundy et all: Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning. 2008. 978-0-7506-8519-1. (EN)
Pohlmann: Pohlmann-Taschenbuch der Kältetechnik: Grundlagen, Anwendungen, Arbeitstabellen und Vorschriften. Berlin: VDE VERLAG GMBH, 2008. 978-3788078249. (DE)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's

    branch S , 4. year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, obligation not entered

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Ondřej Šikula, Ph.D.

Exercise

26 hours, obligation not entered

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Ondřej Šikula, Ph.D.