Course Name: Construction Equipment

Course Code: S2293103

Semester: 2

Credit: 3

Program: Building

Course Module: Heating and Ventilation

Responsible: Jihong Ling

E-mail: jihongling@126.com

Department:School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University

Time Allocation(1 credit hour = 45 minutes)

Course Description

This course introduces the concept, methods, technologies and best practice examples of heating, ventilating and air conditioning for the sustainable urban and architectural design. This course discusses basic principles of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning and their application to the systems of building services engineering, including heat loss calculations, the various forms of heating, ventilating and conditioning systems, calculating principles of load and air volume.

Prerequisite

Building Physics

Course Objectives

• To have a systematic and comprehensive understanding for Building Services Engineering

• To have a good command of calculation methods for thermal resistance and heat transfer coefficient, basic composition of heating load, classifications and applications of terminal heating units and piping arrangement

• To understand the guidelines of the four combinations of natural and mechanical ventilation

• To understand the mechanisms of the various forms of air-conditioning systems, and the calculation method for outdoor air requirement

• To understand the calculation methods for ventilation quantity, and the working principles of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems.

Course Syllabus

1. Heat loss calculations

1.1 identify and use the thermal conductivity and resistivity of building materials

1.2 calculation of the thermal transmittance of walls, roofs, floors and windows

1.3 the use of the proportional area method to calculate the average U value of a thermally bridged wall or other structure

2. Heating

2.1 the use of centralized and decentralized forms of heating system;

2.2 composition of heating load;

2.3 applications of hot-water radiators and embedded pipe radiant panel systems;

2.4 Classifications and applications of water heating systems.

3. Ventilating

3.1 the physiological reasons for fresh air ventilation of buildings;

3.2 calculation of ventilation quantity;

3.3 The four combinations of natural and mechanical ventilation.

4. Air-Conditioning

1.4 working principles of air-conditioning systems;

1.5 various forms of air-conditioning system;

1.6 calculation of outdoor air requirement;

1.7 the states of refrigerant within a vapour compression refrigeration cycle

Textbooks & References

• GaoMingyuan, YueXiuping.Building Services Engineering(3^rded). China Architecture & Building Press, 2005

• David V. Chadderton.Building Services Engineering. Spon Press,2004

• Runming Yao, KoenSteemers, Baizhan Li.Sustainable Urban and Architectural Design.China Architecture & Building Press, 2006

Capability Tasks

CT1: To understand basic science, and to have analytical ability and the ability to integrate related knowledge.

CT3: To grasp methodologies and engineering tools: identifying, utilizing and solving problems. Even if the students are not familiar with the content, they can turn to computer tools for systematic analysis.

CT7: To understand the issues concerned with the environment, especially the concept of sustainable development.

Achievements

• To master the calculation methods for thermal resistance and heat transfer coefficient. –Level: M

• To master the calculation methods for average heat transfer coefficient for the building envelope. –Level: M

• To understand composition of heating load. –Level: A

• To be familiar with the classifications and applications of terminal heating units. –Level: N

• To be familiar with the classifications and applications for water heating systems. –Level: N

• To understand basic forms of ventilating systems. –Level: M

• To be familiar with the basic calculating principles of ventilation quantity. –Level: N

• To be familiar with the various forms and composition of air- conditioning systems. –Level: A

• To understand the calculation methods for indoor air requirements. –Level: A

• To understand the working principles of a vapour compression refrigeration cycle. –Level: N

Students: Building, Year 1