SELECTED TOPICS OF VENTILATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING

Course guarantor:

Vladimír Zmrhal

Lecturer:

Vladimír Zmrhal

Tutor:

Vladimír Zmrhal

Supervisor:

Department of Environmental Engineering

Synopsis:

Principles of ventilation. Requirements for indoor air quality. Sources of indoor environmental degradation.

Balance of a ventilated room with a constant and variable source of pollutants.

Natural, hybrid and forced ventilation design methods. Ventilation concept.

Thermodynamic properties of dry and humid air. Theory of humid air and application of psychrometric principles. Advanced air treatments in ventilation and air-conditioning. Outdoor and indoor climatic conditions.

Heat load of air-conditioned and non-conditioned rooms.

Theory of isothermal and non-isothermal air flow in rooms, simulations. Methods of distribution and diffusion of air in rooms. Selection and positioning of the terminal elements for supply and exhaust of air.

Design of air ducts.

Ventilation of civil buildings - residential premises, etc.

Industrial ventilation.

Design of single-zone and multi-zone air conditioning systems. Air systems, combined air - water systems, water systems incl. cooling ceilings, refrigeration systems.

Selection, design and control of ventilation and air conditioning systems.

Distribution of heat, cold and fresh air in buildings. Free cooling by outdoor air.

Analysis of heat transfer in ventilation and air-conditioning systems, dimensioning of devices for minimal energy consumption. Energy demand for heating and cooling of air. Recuperation of heat and humidity.

Requirements:

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Study materials:

Geshwiler, M.: Psychrometrics Theory and Practice, ASHRAE Atlanta, 1996

Vedavarz, A., Kumar, S., Hussain, M.: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Handbook for Design and

Implementation, Industrial Press, 2007

McQuiston, F.C., Parker, J.D., Spitler, J.D.: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Analysis and Design, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.

Note:

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