Course Details

Selected Chapters of Heating

Academic Year 2026/27

NTB026 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIS Summer Semester 1st year

Creation of indoor climate of heated rooms formed under variable conditions and dynamically changing heating losses. One-pipe central heating systems and their design. Radiant heating. Design of integrated interaction system including heating elements, fittings and piping based on thermal and hydraulic balance. Circulation pumps. Design of boilers room, heat transfer stations and combined production of electricity and heat.

Credits

4 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Ing. Marcela Počinková, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Entry Knowledge

Thermal technology. Fundamentals of HVAC. Basic laws of hydraulics.

Aims

Professional Knowledge

The student understands advanced principles of creating indoor environmental conditions in heated spaces under variable operating conditions. The student understands the principles of one-pipe and radiant heating systems, hydraulic and thermal balancing, circulation pumps and heat source design.

Professional Skills

The student is able to design one-pipe and radiant heating systems, perform their hydraulic and thermal balancing, and design circulation pumps. The student is able to develop basic designs of boiler rooms, substations and combined heat and power generation systems.

Professional Competence

The student is able to independently design and assess advanced heating systems, taking into account dynamic operating conditions and the interaction of their individual components.

Basic Literature

KOLEKTIV AUTORU, Topenářská příručka, svazek 1 a 2, GAS, 2001, ISBN 80-86176-82-7 (cs)

Prerequisites

Thermal technology. Fundamentals of HVAC. Basic laws of hydraulics.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/303731

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Method for calculation of heat output in special cases.
2. Heating systems in buildings – dynamic behaviour.
3. Water based large-scale surface embedded heating systems.
4. Radiant heating systems.
5. One pipe heating systems.
6. Circulating pumps in heating systems. Hydraulic stability of heating systems. Control valves.
7. Production of heating water for air-conditioning units and technology.
8. Boiler rooms. Engine rooms. Combined production of electricity and heat. Chimneys and flues.
9. Heating sources for central heat supply. District heating systems.
10. Production and distribution of steam.
11. Transfer stations.
12. Compensation of linear expansion of piping systems.
13. Direct electric heating and storage heating.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. Method for calculation of heat output in special cases.
2. Heating systems in buildings - dynamic behaviour.
3. Water based large- scale surface embedded heating systems.
4. Radiant heating systems.
5. One pipe heating systems.
6. Circulating pumps in heating systems. Hydraulic stability of heating systems. Proposal of control valves.
7. Production of heating water for air-conditioning units and technology.
8. Boiler rooms. Engine rooms. Combined production of electricity and heat. Chimneys and flues.
9. Heating sources for central heat supply. District heating systems.
10. Production and distribution of steam.
11. Transfer stations.
12. Compensation of linear expansion of piping systems.
13. Direct electric heating and storage heating.