Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning HVAC (Mechanical Pathway)

General Data
Academic program	ECAM ENGINEERING PROGRAM			:
Type d'EC	Classes
Lectures : 10h00 Tutorials : 10h00 Total duration : 65h00	Status :	Period : Semester 6	Education language : English

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able: 1-To identify important concepts related to the subject such as cold chain management, thermal comfort, energy efficiency and environmental impacts as well as their specific constraints. 2- To appropriate HVAC main processes namely Heat, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) technologies. 3- To Analyze HVAC system's operating, and to assess their performance 4- To size/predesign/optimize HVAC systems for a specific purpose.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able:
1-To identify important concepts related to the subject such as cold chain management, thermal comfort, energy efficiency and environmental impacts as well as their specific constraints.
2- To appropriate HVAC main processes namely Heat, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) technologies.
3- To Analyze HVAC system's operating, and to assess their performance
4- To size/predesign/optimize HVAC systems for a specific purpose.

Content
The purpose of this course is to deeply understand Heat, Ventilation and Air Conditioning technologies and their importance in the building and industry sectors (buildings energy consumption, thermal comfort, ...) and to manage to size and optimize and HVAC system. The course addresses also the future of the HVAC&R industry (EU F-Gas regulation, use of new refrigerant fluids, improvement of energy efficiencies, etc.). course content (10h of lectures + 10h of tutorials ) • Introduction to HVAC (Importance of HVAC processes in our current society, cold production, cold chain management, energy consumption, environmental consequences) and classic mechanical refrigeration • Different Refrigeration technologies, and their performance (specificities and comparison) • Heat pumps specificities and performance (different heating technologies) • Humid air: Psychrometrics and thermodynamics of moist air. • Air Handling Units for air conditioning (components and technology evolution) Labs: (12h) Study of a volumetric compressor of a refrigerating machine Study of a refrigeration machine with a water secondary circuit Study of an Air Handling Unit with a recycling option

Content

The purpose of this course is to deeply understand Heat, Ventilation and Air Conditioning technologies and their importance in the building and industry sectors (buildings energy consumption, thermal comfort, ...) and to manage to size and optimize and HVAC system. The course addresses also the future of the HVAC&R industry (EU F-Gas regulation, use of new refrigerant fluids, improvement of energy efficiencies, etc.).
course content (10h of lectures + 10h of tutorials )
• Introduction to HVAC (Importance of HVAC processes in our current society, cold production, cold chain management, energy consumption, environmental consequences) and classic mechanical refrigeration
• Different Refrigeration technologies, and their performance (specificities and comparison)
• Heat pumps specificities and performance (different heating technologies)
• Humid air: Psychrometrics and thermodynamics of moist air.
• Air Handling Units for air conditioning (components and technology evolution)
Labs: (12h)
Study of a volumetric compressor of a refrigerating machine
Study of a refrigeration machine with a water secondary circuit
Study of an Air Handling Unit with a recycling option

Pre-requisites / co-requisites
Thermodynamics S2, Fluid Mechanics S3, Heat transfer S5.

Bibliography
• ASHRAE Handbook: Fundamentals, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 2001. • Stanfield, C. and Skaves, D., Fundamentals of HVACR, 2nd ed., Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute, 2013. • Awbi, H. B., Ventilation Systems, Design and performance, Taylor & Francis, 2008.

Assessment(s)
N°	Nature	Coefficient	Observable objectives
1	This assessment deals with analyzing existing or future HVAC&R systems, designing some of these components and assessing their performance.	0,60	all
2	This assessment is based on your regular attendance in the HVAC sessions, required homework, participation and quiz solving.	0,40	Continuous Assessment