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Cooling of Buildings (EVB)
FAST-BTA019Acad. year: 2023/2024
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 accumulation of cold.
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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.
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Basic literature
CHYSKÝ, Jaroslav, 1993. Větrání a klimatizace. Vyd. 3., zcela přeprac. Praha: Česká Matice technická, 490 s. ISBN 80-901-5740-8. (CS)
Pohlmann. Taschenbuch der Kältetechnik: Grundlagen, Anwendungen, Arbeitstabellen und Vorschriften, 2010. 20., überarb. und erw. Auflage. Berlin: VDE-Verl., xix, 1203 s. ISBN 978-3-8007-3238-8. (DE)
2018 ASHRAE Handbook -- Refrigeration (SI), 2018. Atlanta: ASHRAE. ISBN 978-1-939200-98-3. (EN)
2021 ASHRAE Handbook -- Fundamentals (SI), 2021. Atlanta: ASHRAE. ISBN 978-1-947192-90-4. (EN)
Recommended reading
2015 ASHRAE HANDBOOK Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning APPLICATIONS (SI), 2015. Atlanta: ASHRAE. ISBN 978-1-936504-94-7. (EN)
2016 ASHRAE Handbook—HVAC Systems and Equipment (SI), 2016. Atlanta: ASHRAE. ISBN 978-1-939200-27-3. (EN)
ULLRICH, Hans-Jürgen, 2000. Chladící technika: Díl II. 1. Praha: Svaz CHKT, 454 s. ISBN 80-238-5889-0. (CS)
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- Programme BPC-EVB Bachelor's 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
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