AE 5402 - Building Mechanical System Design

• Calculate building heating and cooling loads using standard hand calculation methods, including the CLTD method of cooling load determination
• Explain the purpose and operating principles associated with various hardware components within an HVAC system, and perform basic sizing of components and designs of systems
• Understand various strategies for energy recovery within HVAC systems
• Construct virtual building models and perform energy simulations on simple buildings, using the TRACE energy simulation program
• Explain why and how various unit treatment processes such as water softening, ion exchange, and reverse osmosis are used within modern plumbing systems to pre-treat potable water prior to consumption or for post-treatment purposes
• Explain current trends and recent advances in fire protection systems

• Introductory course in building mechanical systems

• Review of psychrometrics and human comfort
• Review of heating load calculations                   
• Cooling load calculations                                                                                         
• HVAC system types (all air and hydronic; heating and cooling)            
• HVAC equipment                                                                                                          
• Midterm exam                                                                                                                
• Energy conservation strategies                                                                                              
• Introduction to energy simulation and modelling w/trane TRACE
• Topics in fire protection system design                                                                            
• Water pre- and post-treatment for plumbing systems