Coursecode: wb4426
Coursename: Indoor Climate Control Fundamentals

ECTS creditpoints: 3

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Lecturer(s): Paassen, prof.dr.ir. A.H.C. van

Tel.: 015-27 86675

Catalog data:
Introduction indoor climate; Mollier diagram of humid air, thermal comfort, outdoor climate as disturbing factor, calculation of heating and cooling load, simulation models of thermal behaviour of buildings.
Installations and their capacities, ducts for air transport, air movement in confined spaces (simple calculations and computer fluid dynamics programs).

Courseyear: MSc 1st year
Semester: 1A / 1B
Hours p/w: 2
Other hours:
Assessment: oral
Assessm.period(s): By app.
(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites: BSc.

Follow up: wb4424

Detailed description of topics:

• Introduction indoor climate: objectives, heating, ventilating, air conditioning (HVAC).

• Characteristics of humidity. The Mollier diagram giving the relations between absolute humidity, relative humidity and enthalpy, is discussed.

• Thermal comfort. Various definitions of comfort are given. The comfort model of Fanger and its use as a design tool are demonstrated.

• Outdoor climate as disturbing factor; physical and statistical properties of solar radiation. Temperature, humidity and wind.

• Heating and cooling loads in buildings. The thermal response of the building in outdoor climate, internal heat sources. Calculation of capacities of HVAC-installations.

• HVAC systems and their applications. When, what to apply.

• Design of transport of air and water (Ducts and piping).

• Air flow patterns in air conditioned confined spaces: calculation methods are discussed and an introduction of the computational fluid dynamic computer codes is given.

Course material:

• Indoor Climate A (wb4412)

• Calculation of heating, cooling load and temperature exceeding.

References from literature:
Papers mentioned in course material.

Remarks (specific information about assesment, entry requirements, etc.):

Goals:
To provide student basic knowledge for designing heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning installations in buildings.
Fundamentals are treated in depth, there where it is required for understanding the design.

Computer use:
Computer codes for design are demonstrated (VABI). Simulation thermal behaviour office room (modelling: SIMULINK).

Laboratory project(s):
Experiments with air handling installation.

Design content:
A case study: a design for a specific building is discussed.

Percentage of design: 75%