Course Details

Cooling of Buildings

Academic Year 2025/26

BTB008 course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPC-SI / S Summer Semester 4th year

Course Guarantor

Ing. Marian Formánek, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Building Services

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

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289875

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