HVAC DESIGN TRAINING SYLLABUS

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 chart.
● 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 AIR CONDITIONING

● 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 selections.
● 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 selection.
● Thermal Load summary sheet, window schedule, u value calculation sheet
preparations for Dubai Municipality.
● Sample HAP calculations.

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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 Method.

● 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 ACCSSORIES

● 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.

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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, non-
return 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 systems.

10. REFERENCES

● Standards –ASHRAE Handbook for Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems

and equipments, Carrier Design Handbooks, ASHRAE 62.1, Dubai Municipality
Regulations, Green Building Regulations, and Dubai Civil defence Regulations.
● Softwares – Carrier Hap 4.9 / 5.0, McQuay pipe sizer, McQuay Duct Sizer, ASHRAE
Duct Fitting Database.

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