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| Level: | MSc(Eng) |
| Contact Hours: | 2.5 hours per week (One Semester) |
| Prerequisite: | None |
| Calendar Entry: | Different forms of energy supply to buildings: electricity, fuel oil, solar; heating and cooling systems: psychrometry, thermal comfort, heating and cooling load estimation, boilers, furnaces and other heating devices, associated equipment including piping, ducting work; refrigeration; air conditioning and ventilation: fresh air requirement, air contamination, fume and dust removal, air conditioning system design, control devices. |
| Assessment Methods: | Examination
(80%), Continuous Assessment (20%) |
| Course Website: | http://me.hku.hk/bse/MEBS6006/ |
| Course Co-ordinator: | Dr.
Benjamin P. L. Ho (benjamin.ho@hku.hk), Room 5-24, Haking Wong Bldg Dr. Sam C. M. Hui (cmhui@hku.hk), Room 5-22, Haking Wong Bldg |
Educational Objectives:
- To enable students to understand the basic principles of design and operation of heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and refrigerating (HVAC&R) systems for environmental control of buildings.
- To enable students to design and select proper HVAC&R systems to serve the desired purpose.
- To explain the fundamental principles of HVAC&R systems for environmental control of buildings.
- To develop skills for design and selection of HVAC&R systems.
Some useful references are listed below. Additional references and materials will be provided over the course.
- ASHRAE, 2013. ASHRAE Handbook Fundamentals 2013, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., Atlanta, GA. [ASHRAE Catalog: 697 A82 T4]
- ASHRAE, 2012. ASHRAE HVAC Systems and Equipment Handbook 2012, SI edition, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [ASHRAE Catalog: 697 A82 T4]
- ASHRAE, 2011. ASHRAE HVAC Applications Handbook 2011, SI edition, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [ASHRAE Catalog: 697 A82 T4]
- ASHRAE, 2010. ASHRAE Refrigeration Handbook 2010, SI edition, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [ASHRAE Catalog: 697 A82 T4]
- ASHRAE 581-RP Project Team, 1993. Air-conditioning Systems Design Manual, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [697.93 A51]
- CIBSE, 2001. Ventilation and Air Conditioning, CIBSE Guide B2, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London. [697.9 V4]
- Grondzik, W. (ed.), 2007. Air-conditioning Systems Design Manual, Second Edition, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA and Butterworth-Heinemann, Burlington, MA. [697.93 A298 G87] [From ScienceDirect]
- Haines, R. W. and Wilson, C. L., 2003. HVAC Systems Design Handbook, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York. [697 H1 h]
- Howell, R. H., Coad, W. J. and Sauer, H. J., 2013. Principles of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, 7th ed., American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [ASHRAE Catalog: 697 A82 T4]
- Jones, W. P., 2001. Air Conditioning Engineering, 5th ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford & Boston. [697.93 J79 a] [ebook via ScienceDirect]
- Jones, W. P., 1997. Air Conditioning Applications and Design, 2nd ed., Arnold, London. [697.93 J79]
- McQuiston, F. C., Parker, J. D. and Spitler, J. D., 2000. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning: Analysis and Design, 5th ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York. [697 M17]
- Race, G. L., 2007. Design Checks for HVAC: A Quality Control Framework for Building Services Engineers, Application Guide BG 4/2007, 2nd ed., Building Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [697 R1][AV 697 P416] (printed and CD-ROM versions)
- Race, G. L. and Mitchell, S., 2003. A Practical Guide to HVAC Building Services Calculations, Building Services Research and Information Association, Bracknell, Berkshire, England. [697 R1 p] [AV 697 R1 p8] (printed and CD-ROM versions)
- Stoecker, W. F. and Jones, J. W., 1982. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, New York. [621.56 S87]
- Wang, S. K., Lavan, Z. and Norton, P., 2000. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering, CRC Press, Boca Raton. [697.93 W246 a]
- Air conditioning and refrigeration [Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century]
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning (ASHRAE) http://www.ashrae.org
- The History of Air Conditioning http://www.air-conditioners-and-heaters.com/air_conditioning_history.html
- History of Air Conditioning [ASHRAE] http://xp20.ashrae.org/ABOUT/history.htm
- Resources page of BBSE2008 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering, http://www.mech.hku.hk/bse/bbse2008/resources.htm