Course Details

Cooling of Buildings

Academic Year 2024/25

BTB008 course is part of 1 study plan

BPC-SI / S Summer Semester 4th year

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