Course detail
HVAC systems
FAST-BTA016Acad. year: 2024/2025
Maintaining of indoor climate with HVAC systems.
Selected physical phenomena, humid air and its treatment.
Thermal and humidity loads in buildings.
Natural ventilation: types and applications.
Mechanical ventilation and hot air heating and air-conditioning.
HVAC systems.
Cooling in air-conditioning.
Heat recovery systems.
Noise in HVAC systems and its attenuation.
Application of HVAC systems in public and residential buildings.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Fundamental knowledge of heating systems, especially the thermal calculations.
Fundamental knowledge of the principle of pipeline network design.
Fundamental knowledge of building acoustics.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Aims
Student get base of ventilation and air conditioning systems in buildings.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
RUBINA, A.; BLASINSKI, P.; RUBINOVÁ, O. Vybrané kapitoly ze vzduchotechniky. 1. 1. Brno: Cech topenářů a instalatérů České republiky, z.s., 2018. 162 s. ISBN: 978-80-86208-19-0. (CS)
RUBINA, A.; RUBINOVÁ, O.; UHER, P. BT02 - TZB III Vzduchotechnika - sbírka příkladů. 1. 1. Brno: Litera Brno, 2013. 94 s. ISBN: 80-903586-6- 7. (CS)
TZBINFO, část vzduchotechnika https://www.tzb-info.cz/t.py?a=2&search=rubina&sin=c&sin=j&razeni=date (CS)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme BPC-EVB Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- 1. Maintaining of indoor climate with HVAC systems. Selected physical phenomena, wet air and its conditioning.
- 2. Thermal humidity loads in buildings.
- 3. Natural ventilation: types and applications.
- 4. Air flow in rooms, distribution elements.
- 5. Parts of HVAC systems for air treatment and air transport.
- 6. HVAC mechanical rooms.
- 7. Air-based systems in air-conditioning and their design.
- 8. Water- and refrigeration-based systems in air-conditioning and their design.
- 9. Cooling in HVAC systems.
- 10. Heat recovery in HVAC systems.
- 11. Noise in HVAC systems and its attenuation. Design of damping elements.
- 12. Regulation of HVAC equipment, applications of HVAC systems in industry.
- 13. Applications of HVAC systems in residential and public buildings.
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- 1. Air heater
- 2. Psychrometry tasks
- 3. Heat balance
- 4. Natural ventilation
- 5. Mechanical ventilation concept
- 6. HVAC mechanical room
- 7. Drawings and specifications
- 8. Air-based air-conditioning system
- 9. Combined air-conditioning system
- 10. Cooling in HVAC systems
- 11. Heat recovery in HVAC systems
- 12. Noise attenuation in HVAC systems
- 13. Submission of assigned tasks and credits.