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General Guidelines for the Culminating Design Project

1. Culminating Design Courses should be taken on the terminal design subjects


(ME 515L, ME 514L & 525L).
2. Only students who are 5th year in standing should be allowed to enroll in the
culminating design course.
3. The number of students per group should not be more than seven (7)
4. The student design is to be evaluated accordingly based on the Design Assessment
Tool prepared by the instructor.
5. The final output of the project should be in hardbound
6. The following documentation guideline should be observed:

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7. Design Project Outline:


Title Page
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: PROJECT BACKGOUND
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Project Objectives
1.3. Project Scope and Limitation
1.4. The Client
1.5. Project Specific
CHAPTER 2: CODES, STANDARDS & CONTRAINTS
2.1. Codes and Standards
2.2. Design Constraints
2.2.1. Economic Constraint
2.2.2. Environmental Constraint
2.2.3. Sustainability Constraint
2.3. Trade-off Analysis
2.4. Trade-off Assessments
CHAPTER 3: COOLING LOAD & AIRFLOW CALCULATIONS
3.1. Cooling Load Calculation
3.2. Air Flow Calculation
CHAPTER 4: DUCT SIZING
4.1. Duct sizes
4.2. Static Pressure Calculation
CHAPTER 5: EQUIPMENT SIZING
CHAPTER 6: DUCTING & EQUIPMENT LAYOUT
CHAPTER 7: PROJECT ESTIMATE
REFERENCES
APPENDICES

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