ASHRAE’s HVAC Design: Level I Essentials

(MENA):
Tools for High Performance Building Designers
:Instructors
Walid Chakroun, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE
Omar Abdelaziz, Ph.D., Member ASHRAE

AGENDA
Day 1
8:00 Sign-in

8:15 Introductions 11:45 Questions and Answers

8:30 Fundamentals
• Heat Transfer Processes 12:00 Psychrometrics
• U-Factor Calculations
• Roofs and Windows
• Fan/Pump Laws 12:30 Lunch
• Refrigeration Cycle

9:30 Heating & Cooling Load 1:30 Psychrometrics (continued)

Calculations
• Manual Load Calculations
o Human Comfort, Standard 55, 2:45 Break
Thermostat Set Points, Weather
Data
o Heating Load 3:00 Psychrometrics (continued)
o ASHRAE headquarters
Building
o Case Study 3:30 Psychrometrics Case Study
Kuwait Case Study
10:15 Break

10:30 Heating & Cooling Load 4:30 Questions & Answers

Calculations (Continued)
o Cooling Load
o Ventilation 5:00 Wrap-Up
Day 2
8:00 Sign-in 12:30 Lunch

8:15 Design Process

o Design Phases 1:30 Case Study on Air Systems
System Selection
• Criteria for Selection
o Zoning 2:30 Questions & Answers
o Over-/ Under-Sizing
o Life Cycle Cost
o System Integration 2:45 Break

10:15 Break
3:00 Standards, and Guidelines ,Codes
10:30 Basic Design of Air Systems
• Building Pressurization
• Duct Design and Sizing 4:30 Questions & Answers
o Leakage
o Insulation
• Pressure Drop Calculations 5:00 Wrap-up
• Diffuser Selection
• Fan Selection

Day 3

8:00 Sign-in 10:15 Break

8:15 Hydronic Design 10:30 HVAC Equipment (continued)

• Pump Selection
• Pipe Sizing 12:30 Lunch
• Pump Configurations/Arrangements
• Steam Design 1:30 HVAC Systems
• Constant Volume Systems
9:30 HVAC Equipment • VAV Systems
• Air Moving Equipment • DOAS
o Fan Coil Units • Chilled Beams
o Air Handling Units • Variable Refrigerant Flow
o Rooftop Units • Underfloor Air Distribution
• Cooling • Chiller Plant Design
o Compressors • Boiler Plant Design
o DX Condensing Units • Water Source Heat Pumps
o Chillers • Ground Source Heat Pumps
o Heat Pumps (water/air cooled)
o Cooling Towers (fluid/dry coolers) 2:45 Break
• Humidification
o Electric 3:00 HVAC Systems (continued)
o Gas
o Heat Recovery Systems 4:30 Questions & Answers

5:00 Wrap-Up