CAE 464/517: HVAC Systems Design (Spring 2021)
Course Description
This course introduce students to both theory and applied design procedures for HVAC equipment and systems. By taking this course students will be able to:
- Understand fundamentals of fluid and energy flows for HVAC equipment and systems
- Design and size air distribution systems, hydronic systems, and refrigeration systems
- Design, draw, and read mechanical drawings
- Design, review, and assess different HVAC designs
- Propose recommendations to revise HVAC designs and retrofit existing HVAC systems
- Utilize both hand calculations and computer modeling (graduate students) for sizing air distribution systems, hydronic systems, and refrigeration systems
Course Syllabus (updated as we go; includes current schedule)
Lecture
- Lecture 01: Course overview and introduction
- Lecture 02: Review of HVAC system drawings
- Lecture03: Installation
- Lecture 04: Psychrometrics processes and space conditioning
- Lecture 05: Design conditions and heating loads
- Lecture 06: Heating and cooling loads
- Lecture 07: Load calculation examples
- Lecture 08: OpenStudio training
- Lecture 09: Intro to fluid flow and ASHRAE 62.1
- Lecture 10: Air distribution systems: principles and air jets
- Lecture 11: Air distribution systems: classification of air diffusion
- Lecture 12: Air distribution systems: diffuser selection
- Lecture 13: Air distribution systems: diffuser selection examples and intro to pressure loss in ducts and fittings
- Lecture 14: Air distribution systems: course project and pressure loss in fittings
- Lecture 15: Air distribution systems: duct design methods
- Lecture 16: Air distribution systems: fan selection
- Lecture 17: Air distribution systems: fan selection example and air handling unit
- Lecture 18: Take home exam
- Lecture 19: Hydronic systems: Intro to hydronic systems
- Lecture 20: Hydronic systems: Pipe design
- Lecture 21: Hydronic systems: System characteristics and project questions
- Lecture 22: Hydronic systems: System characteristics and pumps
- Lecture 23: Hydronic systems: System additional examples
- Lecture 24: Refrigeration systems: Intro to vapor compression cycle and P-h, T-S diagrams
- Lecture 25: Refrigeration systems: Vapor compression cycle examples and refrigerants
- Lecture 26: Refrigeration systems: Intro to absorption cooling and chiller selection
- Lecture 27: No Lecture
- Lecture 28: Refrigeration systems: Chiller selection
- Lecture 29: Summary project part 2 feedback, ventilation types and intro to absorption cooling