Air Conditioning

HVAC Systems: Air Conditioning

Dr. Harjit Singh
Room 116 Howell Building [e-mail]
Fridays 09.30 – 11.30am Unless otherwise specified

For students enquiries:

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Building Services Engineering: Building Air Conditioning Module (ME5508), Brunel University

Introduction to the module
• Credit: 15 • Teaching materials:
– Provided for the MSc students. – Undergrads: Buy them from the stores.

• Assignment: to be handed two weeks before Xmas, deadline-28 Jan 2013
• Students enquiries: – Fridays 09.30 – 11.30am Unless otherwise specified – Outside these hours: email me for appointment: [e-mail] • Is the teaching materials enough: yes, but further reading is recommended
– Eastop, T. D and Watson. E. (1992). Mechanical Services for Buildings, Longman Scientific and Technical – CIBSE Guide A, Section 1: Environmental criteria for design, CIBSE, 2006 – Jones, W. P. (2003). Air Conditioning Engineering (5th edition), Arnold Publishing.

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Building Services Engineering: Building Air Conditioning Module (ME5508), Brunel University

Module Content • Part 1 - Basic principles of air conditioning system design
– Psychrometry – Basic Air Conditioning Processes (heating, cooling, humidification/dehumidification) – Thermal Comfort – Design Conditions – Basic Air Conditioning System Design

• Part 2 – Air Conditioning Systems (Design and Applications)
– Air Conditioning System Classification – All-air systems (constant volume and variable volume)

– Air and water systems (induction and fan coil systems – panel type systems)
– All water systems (non ventilation fan coils and heat pumps)
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Building Services Engineering: Building Air Conditioning Module (ME5508), Brunel University

Basic Requirements

• For revising the basics (Chapter 1 ‘Building Air Conditioning’ book)
– – – – – Thermodynamic properties and how to obtain them from tables and diagrams Open and closed systems First law of thermodynamics (SFEE