FACULTY OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST AND SOCIETY

(BNP30302)
SECTION 2
SEMESTER 2 2019/2020

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
MOBILE APPS: HVAC DUCT CALCULATOR

LECTURER:
1. Ts. Dr Mariah Binti Awang

Prepared by:
NAME MATRICS NO.
NORSYAZA AQILAH BINTI ROSLI AN 170002

Submitted by:
4rd March 2020
1.0 INTRODUCTION

The importance of mobile phones in our everyday life and activities is undeniably, this is
because there is ongoing tremendous transformation in that mobile phones are no longer the
ordinary communication device it used to be. Today's technological advances have created
many useful and user-friendly applications which helps people a lot in their daily life. On the
other side, this technology has help engineers a lot in their scope of work, for example are in
HVAC system. As we know, the importance of an HVAC system in commercial and
residential buildings cannot be overemphasized. The fact remains that fresh air is good for the
body and in commercial buildings, it helps improve productivity. A good ventilation system
helps to reduce the number of pollutants, bacteria and odour in a facility. In HVAC system, it
takes a long process to propose and design a right ducting system for building. Duct systems
are designed to properly distribute air throughout a building. Ducts that are not well designed
result in discomfort, high energy costs, bad air quality and increased noise levels.

2.0 FEATURES IN HVAC DUCT CALCULATOR

 Value can be selected quickly

 Product page shows all values
 Required value are highlighted

3.0 CASE STUDY

In ducting design, a lot of calculation need to be done in order to get an exact ducting size
and a suitable type of ducting. However, in calculation of ducting design required a calculator
to help in getting the exact value, one of all duct calculator in play store are HVAC Duct
Calculator. In HVAC Duct Calculator, on the product page, we are required to insert the
value as requested which are temperature, relative humidity (%) and head loss. All of this
value can be obtain from the previous calculation for ducting design. After inserting all
required value, the calculator will spin to calculate the highlighted value which are fluid
velocity (fpm) and round size (in). Once it’s done, we finally can choose a suitable type and
duct size for HVAC system by referring to Daikin’s HVAC catalogue.
 Figure 1: HVAC Duct Calculator application

Figure 2: Product page of HVAC Duct Calculator