Course Details
Cooling of Buildings
Academic Year 2024/25
BT055 course is not part of any programme in the faculty
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
4 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. An introduction to cooling systems. Refrigeration cycles.
2. Building thermal load calculation. Cooling capacity. Project documentation.
3. Refrigerants and secondary coolants.
4. Ends elements - fan coil units, induction units.
5. Chillers.
6. Liquid coolers, cooling towers, water treatment.
7. Hydraulic of cooling systems. Thermal insulation.
8. Chilled ceilings.
9. Split system. The concept of cooling systems. Cooling machine rooms.
10. Cold rooms and freezer rooms.
11. Alternative and passive cooling systems.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Cooling cycles.
2. Building thermal load calculation.
3. Dimensioning of the fan coil units/induction units. Drawings documentation.
4. Chiller - variant A.
5. Chiller - variant B with a cooling tower.
6. Cooling system schematic. Drawings documentation.
7. Dimensioning of the pipes.
8. Chilled ceilings.
9. Split systems.
10. Cold rooms/freezer rooms.
11. Completation