Course Details
Management and Control of HVAC
Academic Year 2026/27
NTA038 course is part of 1 study plan
NPC-EVB Winter Semester 1st year
Learning outcomes of the course unit subject will be familiarized with basic technical principles of design of measurement and regulation systems for operation of residential and civil engineering buildings. It will provide a basic overview of the current systems of methods and principles of control systems. The course presents the basics of measurement of physical quantities and their subsequent use for regulation of ventilation, cooling and heating systems.
Credits
5 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
Entry Knowledge
Knowledge on the subject of the wiring
Knowledge of design of sanitary equipment, heating and ventilation
Basic knowledge of energy concepts of buildings
Knowledge of building physics
Aims
Professional Knowledge
The student understands the principles of measurement and control of heating, ventilation and cooling systems, the functions of sensors, controllers and actuators, and the basic principles of preparing measurement and control diagrams.
Professional Skills
The student is able to design a basic measurement and control system, select suitable measuring and control components, prepare a functional diagram and description, and assess basic requirements for system operation and maintenance.
Professional Competence
The student is able to apply the principles of measurement and control in the design and operation of building services systems and professionally assess their basic functionality.
Basic Literature
ŠVARC, Ivan. Automatické řízení. Vyd. 2. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2011. ISBN 978-80-214-4398-3. (cs)
MALÝ, Martin. Hradla, volty, jednočipy: úvod do bastlení. Praha: CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o., 2017. CZ.NIC. ISBN 978-80-88168-23-2. (cs)
VALTER, Jaroslav. Regulace v praxi, aneb, Jak to dělám já. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7300-256-5. (cs)
ROUBAL, Jiří a Petr HUŠEK. Regulační technika v příkladech. Praha: BEN - technická literatura, 2011. ISBN 9788073002602. (cs)
Prerequisites
Knowledge on the subject of the wiring
Knowledge of design of sanitary equipment, heating and ventilation
Basic knowledge of energy concepts of buildings
Knowledge of building physics
Offered to foreign students
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
- Introduction, physical laws in electrotechnics and calculations
- Low-voltage equipment and wiring
- Basic measurement and control systems
- Elements and components for control circuits
- Technical drawings in electrical engineering and light-current distribution
- Measurement of electrical and non-electric quantities
- Automation, optimization and propositional logic
- Regulators and actuators
- Design of control circuits
- Superior systems of measurement and regulation, design, utilization
- Control systems for air handling equipment
- Control systems for thermal systems
- Operation and maintenance of ventilation, cooling and heat systems
Exercise
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
- Design of power cables, cables and circuit breakers
- Introduction to regulator programming
- Measuring and regulating sensors
- Measuring and regulating actuators
- Practical examples of wiring of control circuits
- Independent practice with input and output quantities of control circuits
- Calculation of uncertainties in the measurement of the practically measured quantities
- Selection of the controller for the specified number of sensed and control quantities
- Logic circuits, divisions and applications
- Control scheme of measurement and control system, drawing
- Diagram of measurement and control system for ventilation
- Diagram of measurement system and heating control
- Final check and credit