CE3HVA-Heating Ventilation and air conditioning design

Module Provider: School of Construction Management and Engineering, School of Built Environment
Number of credits: 10 [5 ECTS credits]
Level:6
Terms in which taught: Autumn term module
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Non-modular pre-requisites:
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Current from: 2022/3

Module Convenor: Dr Mehdi Shahrestani
Email: m.shahrestani@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

This module introduces the concept of heating, ventilation and air conditioning system design. In addition, students are introduced to one or more commercially available software package to assist in the design of buildings and their services. Examples of programmes which may be used include IES, EnergyPlus, Trnsys or Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) packages.

In this module, students will be able to further develop the knowledge they gained in the module of “Building Services2: Fundamentals (CE2BSF)” and learn a new simulation package to assess the thermal and energy performance of buildings and building environmental services. This integrated approach enables the theories and concepts learnt in CE2BSF to be used and applied in this module to help better understanding the concept of building services as well as its application.

Aims:

The aim of this module is to provide students with the knowledge and techniques to assess the thermal and energy performance of buildings and design appropriate heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems considering climate conditions, type of the building, occupancy patterns and profiles, required indoor thermal conditions and indoor air quality.

Assessable learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this module the student should be able to:

• Describe the difference between a zone and a space in heating, ventilation and air conditioning system design,


• Calculate the maximum cooling and heating demand of a building,


• Categorise the main heating, ventilation and air condition systems,


• Simulate a simple building and its associated heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems usingthe introduced software package for modelling,


• Design heating, cooling and ventilation systems for a building together with sizing the main components of the system,


• Evaluate the energy performance and energy-related CO2 emission associated with main systems used for heating, ventilation and air conditioning, ��

Additional outcomes:

• To compare main air distribution systems including constant air volume (CAV) and Variable Air Volume system (VAV), ��


• To appraise the main hot/chilled water distribution systems including variable and constant flow systems,


• To compare the energy performance of central heating and cooling system including gas boiler, electrical heater, air-source heat pumps, water source heat pumps, combined heat and power systems,


• To assess the risk of overheating in buildings and describe the health issues in buildings services.


• Understand the code of professional conduct and ethical principles.

Outline content:

• Categorisation of central heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems,


• Air distribution system design,


• Hot and child water distribution system design,


• Thermal comfort and indoor air quality,


• Control strategies for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and their impacts on the energy performance and energy-related emissions of the building,


• Simulation of buildings and air conditioning systems using a simulation package,


• Sizing the design capacity of the main components in a simple heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.


• Code of professional conduct and ethical principles.

Global context:

The skills and knowledge that students will acquire from this module have global applications.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:

Teaching in this module will be by means of lectures, tutorials and practical classes using facilities available in the computer l