HVAC Design - MEP Arabian Infotech Training Institute
Price: AED 2,750

Course details

1. INTRODUCTION TO HVAC

  • Fundamentals of Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning.
  • Basic refrigeration system or refrigeration cycle.
  • Details of Compressor, condenser, Evaporator and Expansion devices.
  • Types of heat transfer.
  • Sensible Heat, Latent Heat.
  • Psychometric chart and usage of psychometric ; 
  • Dry bulb temperature, wet bulb temperature, dew point temperature
  • Relative humidity, sensible heat ratios.

2. AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM

  • Classification of Air conditioning systems.
  • Direct Expansion and Chilled water systems.
  • Window type air conditioners, Split type Air conditioners, Centralised air conditioners, Variable Refrigerant volume (VRV) systems.
  • Chilled water Fan coil units (FCU), Air Handling units (AHUs) and Fresh air handling Units (FAHUs).
  • Chillers, condensing units, district cooling plants.
  • Refrigerants.
  • Local authority guide lines and LEED recommendations in HVAC Design.

3. DESIGN OF AIRCONDITIONING

  • Details of Space load and Load factors.
  • Thumb rules for heat load estimation.
  • HVAC Standards units and conversion Factors.
  • Heat Load calculation Manual E20 calculation, excel software. 
  • HAP software (software shall be provided to students).
  • Equipment ;
  • Manufactures data for Equipment selections with reference to the calculated cooling load.
  • External Static Pressure and motor selection.
  • Acoustics and noise levels.
  • COP and EER values.
  • U-Value ;
  • Thermal Load summary sheet, window schedule, u value calculation sheet preparations for Dubai Municipality.
  • Sample HAP calculations.

4. VENTILATION SYSTEMS

  • Fresh air and Exhaust air calculations
  • Smoke ventilation systems for low rise, midrise, high rise and super high rise buildings.
  • Staircase pressurisation systems
  • Car park ventilation system
  • Kitchen exhaust system
  • Selection of Fresh air handling units (with and without thermal heat wheel)
  • Selection of Smoke ventilation fans and car park exhaust fans. 
  • Selection of Ecology units.
  • Example calculations and selections.

5. DUCT DESIGN

  • Duct designing - Equal friction Method and Equal velocity ;
  • Duct Aspect ratio and duct sizing.
  • Duct Materials selection and gauges selection.
  • Classification of Low, Medium and high pressure ducts.
  • McQuay duct sizer software.
  • Sample duct designing.
  • Detailed ESP Calculation.

6. DUCT ACCESSORIES

  • Selection of Grilles and Diffusers - Velocity, pressure drop and throw.
  • Volume control Dampers , Motorised dampers and Variable Air Volume
  • Fire Dampers, Motorised Fire Dampers and Smoke Fire dampers - Applications as per Dubai Civil Defence.
  • Acoustic lining and thermal insulation details.
  • Selection of Sand trap louvers, Gravity louvers.
  • Example selection from Catalogues.

7. CHILLED WATER SYSTEMS

  • Selection of Chillers and types of Chillers.
  • Primary Chilled water pump and secondary chilled water pumps working and selection.
  • Chilled water Pump Head calculation.
  • Chilled water pipe sizing.
  • McQuay Pipe sizing software and usage.
  • Selection of Heat Exchangers.

8. CHILLED WATER PIPING ACCESSORIES

  • Chilled water pipes and fittings material selections.
  • Chilled water Pipe insulation and cladding details.
  • Chilled water valves - 2 way Valves, 3 way valves, Butter fly valves, Gate valves, Double regulating valves, thermostats, pressure gauges, test points, strainers, nonreturn valves, Pressure independent control valves and air vents.

9. ENGINEERING  

  • Standard shop drawing legends and line types.
  • Air balancing Methods & Chilled water balancing.
  • Operational and Maintenance of HVAC ;  

10. REFERENCES 

  • Standards -ASHRAE Handbook for Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems and equipments, Carrier Design Handbooks, ASHRAE , Dubai Municipality Regulations, Green Building Regulations, and Dubai Civil defence Regulations.
  • Softwares - Carrier Hap / , McQuay pipe sizer, McQuay Duct Sizer, ASHRAE Duct Fitting Database.
Updated on 09 January, 2019

Job roles this course is suitable for:

Mechanical Engineers , MEP Coordinator , HVAC Engineer

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