Course Details

HVAC systems

Academic Year 2025/26

BTA016 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-EVB Winter Semester 3rd year

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

winter

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. Maintaining of indoor climate with HVAC systems. Selected physical phenomena, wet air and its conditioning.
  • 2. Thermal humidity loads in buildings.
  • 3. Natural ventilation: types and applications.
  • 4. Air flow in rooms, distribution elements.
  • 5. Parts of HVAC systems for air treatment and air transport.
  • 6. HVAC mechanical rooms.
  • 7. Air-based systems in air-conditioning and their design.
  • 8. Water- and refrigeration-based systems in air-conditioning and their design.
  • 9. Cooling in HVAC systems.
  • 10. Heat recovery in HVAC systems.
  • 11. Noise in HVAC systems and its attenuation. Design of damping elements.
  • 12. Regulation of HVAC equipment, applications of HVAC systems in industry.
  • 13. Applications of HVAC systems in residential and public buildings.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Air heater
  • 2. Psychrometry tasks
  • 3. Heat balance
  • 4. Natural ventilation
  • 5. Mechanical ventilation concept
  • 6. HVAC mechanical room
  • 7. Drawings and specifications
  • 8. Air-based air-conditioning system
  • 9. Combined air-conditioning system
  • 10. Cooling in HVAC systems
  • 11. Heat recovery in HVAC systems
  • 12. Noise attenuation in HVAC systems
  • 13. Submission of assigned tasks and credits.