| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Energy Conversion Systems and Technologies (2019) |
 Subjects |
| AIR CONDITIONING AND ENERGY SAVING IN BUILDINGS |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2021_22 |
| Subject | AIR CONDITIONING AND ENERGY SAVING IN BUILDINGS | Code | 20755201 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 4.5 | Optional | 1Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Typologies of HVAC systems | 1.1. Previous concepts (I): space, local and area 1.2. Preliminary concepts (II): local and system loads 1.3. Previous concepts (III): simultaneous or successive thermal inversion 1.4. Criteria to consider to choice a HVAC system 1.4.1. Cost 1.4.2. Level of comfort requirements 1.4.3. Flexibility 1.4.4. Volume and space 1.4.5. Regulations (energy efficiency, refrigerants...) 1.5. Classification of HVAC systems 1.6. Unitary systems 1.7. Centralized systems: all-air systems 1.8. Centralized systems: all-water systems 1.9. Centralized water-air systems |
| 2. Basic cycles | 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Evolution of the moist air in a room: line of operation of the room 2.3. Basic summer cycle. Description 2.4. Determination of the summer cycle design parameters 2.5. Examples of the summer cycle 2.6. Control of the partial load 2.7. Winter cycles. Description 2.8. Determination of the winter cycle design parameters 2.9. Example of winter cycles |
| 3. Confort conditions and air quality | 3.1. Air confort conditions 3.1.1. Air temperature, radiant temperature and operative temperature 3.1.2. Relative humidity 3.1.3. Air velocity and air distribution 3.2. Air quality 3.2.1. Air pollutants 3.2.2. Air renovations |
| 4. Energy savings in HVAC systems | 4.1. Review of saving techniques in buildings and HVAC 4.2. Free-cooling with outside air 4.3. Free cooling with cooling towers 4.4. Heat recovery extraction 4.5. Energy transfer among zones 4.6. Operational conditions for HVAC systems coupled to heat pumps and boilers 4.7. Exercises |
