Course Details

Experimental methods and measurements

Academic Year 2025/26

NTA037 course is part of 1 study plan

NPC-EVB Winter Semester 1st year

Course Guarantor

Institute

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

4 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Measuring equipment, principles of implementation of the experiment, the accuracy of measurement, processing of data.
  • 2. Monitoring of hydraulic behaviour of internal water system, water hammer, hydraulic characteristic of outlet accessories of sanitary draw-of taps.
  • 3. Flow rate measuring, determination of pump head-capacity curve, determination of system curve.
  • 4. Monitoring of thermal behaviour of internal water system, heating and cool down of hot water storage tank.
  • 5. Illumination measuring. The artificial lighting. The efficiency light sources.
  • 6. The cooling circuit, pressures of refrigerant, cooling capacity.
  • 7. Settings and functions of the controller.
  • 8. Fan curve and pressure conditions in air ducts.
  • 9. Acoustic microclimate and source of noise.
  • 10. Smoke test of flow pattern using distributive elements models.
  • 11. Structural design of radiators.
  • 12. Wall heating, assessment of heat flow rate and surface coefficient of heat transfer, heat exchanger.
  • 13. Heating systems valves curves, determination of plate exchange output.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Instruction lab work with measuring equipment.
  • 2. Monitoring of hydraulic behaviour of internal water system, water hammer, hydraulic characteristic of outlet accessories of sanitary draw-of taps.
  • 3. Flow rate measuring, determination of pump head-capacity curve, determination of system curve.
  • 4. Monitoring of thermal behaviour of internal water system, heating and cool down of hot water storage tank.
  • 5. Illumination measuring. The artificial lighting. The efficiency light sources.
  • 6. The cooling circuit, pressures of refrigerant, cooling capacity.
  • 7. Settings and functions of the controller.
  • 8. Fan curve and pressure conditions in air ducts.
  • 9. Acoustic microclimate and source of noise.
  • 10. Smoke test of flow pattern using distributive elements models.
  • 11. Structural design of radiators.
  • 12. Wall heating, assessment of heat flow rate and surface coefficient of heat transfer, heat exchanger.
  • 13. Heating systems valves curves, determination of plate exchange output.