361-0342/02 – Refrigeration Systems and Heat Pumps I (CHZ1)
| Gurantor department | Department of Power Engineering | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Mojmír Vrtek, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Mojmír Vrtek, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2013/2014 | Year of cancellation | 2021/2022 |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST, FS | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The subject deals with refrigeration technique and heat pumps. Students gain
basic knowledges in theory of compressor and sorption refrigeration cycles,
environmental aspects of refrigerants. Further the use of heat pumps for low
potential heat utilization is taught.
Teaching methods
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Summary
The subject deals with refrigeration technique and heat pumps. Students gain
basic knowledges in theory of compressor and sorption refrigeration cycles,
environmental aspects of refrigerants. Further the use of heat pumps for low
potential heat utilization is taught.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
DOSSAT, R., J.; HORAN, T., J.: Principles of Refrigeration. 5th Edition.
Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN 0130272701. 454 p.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Another demands for student are not.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction, purpose of refrigeration systems and heat pums.
2. Methods of generation low temperatures, basic theory of refrigeration cycles. Compressor vapor cycle one-stage.
3. Binary mixtures. Heat transfer fluids.
4. Refrigerants - solving tools.
5. Properties of basic types of refrigerants.
6. Compressor vapor cycle, two stage, cascade.
7. Absorption cycle
8. Heat pumps - types
9. Characteristic of low potential heat sources for heat pumps. Usage of heat pumps.
Conditions for subject completion
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Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction