Course Details

Heating

Academic Year 2025/26

BTA014 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-EVB Summer Semester 2nd year

Course Guarantor

Ing. Marcela Počinková, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/290014

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Hygrothermal indoor climate and conditions for thermal comfort. Heat transportation theory. Concept of ventilation and heating buildings.
  • 2. Method for calculation of the design heat load.
  • 3. Heating systems and their parts. Divisions and principals of technical solution of heating systems.
  • 4. Heating surfaces. Convective radiators. Floor heating und wall heating.
  • 5. Basic kinds of fuels and energy. Energy sources. Solid fuel boiler rooms.
  • 6. Gas boiler rooms. Chimneys and smoke - flues.
  • 7. Central preparation of hot domestic water. Elements in boiler rooms and engine rooms.
  • 8. Safety devices for heating systems.
  • 9. Hydraulics and sizing of central heating systems, regulation fittings and circulation pumps.
  • 10. Centralized distribution of heat, house station.
  • 11. Direct electric heating and accumulation heating.
  • 12. Heating systems method regulation in buildings.
  • 13. The use of renewable and alternative energy sources and their impact on the classification of buildings.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Overall heat transfer coefficient building construction, preparing of blind matrix for drawing.
  • 2. Average coefficient of heat transfer, its evaluation, preliminary calculation of heat loss.
  • 3. Heat losses of individual rooms specified object.
  • 4. The dings of radiators, drawing of the floor plan, nominal and real performance of radiators.
  • 5. Pipeline systems in the floor plan, connection scheme of radiators.
  • 6. Design of heat source for family house and its location. Solution air inlet and flue gas. Diagram of the boilers.
  • 7. Design of piping distribution system and design of circulation pump. Heat and fuel consumption. Technical report.
  • 8. Central domestic water preparation.
  • 9. Gas boiler room to 500 kW - equipment design and layout.
  • 10. Safety devices for heating systems.
  • 11. Boiler room ventilation. The connection scheme for boiler room up to 500 kW.
  • 12.-13. Diagram of connection of transfer station.