Incoming Exchange Student Courses
General Data
Academic program Incoming Exchange Student Courses :
Type d'EC Classes (LIIEXP06EHeatRefAirCond)
Lectures : 10h00
Tutorials : 10h00
Lab Work : 12h00
Total duration : 52h00
Status :
Obligatoire
Period :
Semester 6_ Sustainable Energy
Education language :
English
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able:
1-To identify key 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 carry out HVAC main processes namely Heat, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) technologies for industrial applications and buildings.
3- To Analyze HVAC system's operating, and to assess their performance
4- To size/predesign/optimize HVAC systems for a specific purpose.
- To appropriate HVAC main processes namely Heat, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) technologies.
- To Analyze HVAC system's operating, and to assess their performance
- 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
Pre-requisites / co-requisites
Thermodynamics
Fluid Mechanics
Heat transfer
Bibliography
Recommended:
• Recknagel, H., Sprenger, E., & Schramek, E. R. (2013). Génie climatique-5e éd. Dunod.
• Owen, M., & Handbook-Fundamentals, A. (2001). American Society of Heating. Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 6-2.
• Stanfield, C. and Skaves, D., Fundamentals of HVACR, 2nd ed., Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute, 2013.
• Nielsen, P. V., & Awbi, H. B. (2008). Air distribution: system design. Ventilation systems design and performance.