635-3037/01 – Heating and air conditioning (VaK)
| Gurantor department | Department of Thermal Engineering | Credits | 6 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Marek Velička, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student will be able:
- to characterize the main principles of heating buildings in terms of thermal properties
- to describe basic types of heating and the possibility of reducing heating costs
- to describe basic principles of ventilation and types of air conditioning
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
The subject is focused on the theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of heating buildings. Attention is mainly devoted to the basic principles of calculating heat losses, the possibility of reducing heating costs, basic types of heat sources, possibilities of heating method - floor heating, radiant heating, infrared heating, hot air heating, the heating systems and air conditioning systems principles.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Written test and oral exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
Attendence on excursions in producing plants.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
• Meteorological and climate basics – how it affects weather and climate heating buildings. Environmental factors - temperature, humidity, wind, solar radiation.
• Thermal comfort – definition, influences, their officials. Heat production, the equation of thermal comfort, temperature regulation. Flow in the heated space.
• Heating of buildings – types of heating, heat and fuel consumption in heating buildings.
• Heat losses of buildings – transmission the walls and ventilation losses.
• Basis of structural design and construction in terms of thermal properties.
• Ways to reduce the cost of heating, building thermal insulation.
• Categorization of heat – the boiler room, fuel economy, principles of co-production of heat and electricity, heating systems, heat pumps.
• Local heating – heaters for solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, local boiler and furnaces.
• Types of heating systems, layout and components.
• Heat pumps – principle, types, efficiency.
• Other possibilities heating – floor heating, radiant heating, infrared heating, hot air heating.
• Solar thermal systems for production of heat, types of collectors.
• Principles of ventilation – natural and mechanical ventilation, exhaust and air distribution, mixing and humidification.
• Air conditioning - air conditioning types, distribution and conditioning on the design of heat transfer fluids, climate control, air conditioning system components.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction