Professional Certificate of Competency in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

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Foundation degree

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Description

  • Type

    Foundation degree

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    3 Months

  • Start date

    On request

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

In this interactive 3 month LIVE ONLINE course, you will learn how to:
Maintain and troubleshoot HVAC systems
Understand and apply the psychrometic chart
Design for good air quality
Perform basic load calculations
Initiate an effective inspection and maintenance program
Reduce forced outages and prevent serious damage to HVAC equipment
Provide an overview of the legislative requirements plus the essential steps and responsibilities for the maintenance and repair of HVAC systems
Outline the technologies available for the efficient energy management using HVAC systems

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F.Mashiane

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16/01/2021
About the course: This a place that is next level in the world of engineering.
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V.Ifill

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16/01/2021
About the course: Good webinars and they help you understand everything nicely.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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2021

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The average rating is higher than 3.7

More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months

This centre has featured on Emagister for 6 years

Subjects

  • On-Air
  • Quality Training
  • Systems
  • Refrigeration
  • Thermodynamics
  • Air conditioning
  • Design
  • Quality
  • Other service operations
  • Elements of control

Teachers and trainers (1)

Lecturers Engineering Institute

Lecturers Engineering Institute

Online

Course programme

Overview

This course is designed for engineers and technicians from a wide range of abilities and backgrounds and will provide an excellent introduction to the fundamentals of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning. It commences with a review of psychrometric charts and then examines the factors that influence design choices, indoor air quality, load calculations and heating/ventilation and air-conditioning systems.

Numerous tips and tricks taught throughout the course make it very practical and topical to your every day applications.

Content Outline

MODULE 1: Introduction to HVAC

  • Principles of thermodynamics
  • Pressure and temperature relationship
  • Fundamentals of heat transfer
  • Fundamentals of fluid flow

MODULE 2: Psychrometry

  • Introduction to psychrometry
  • The properties of air
  • Understanding the psychrometric charts

MODULE 3: Requirements of Comfort Air Conditioning

  • Air purification methods
  • Thermodynamics of the human body
  • Role of clothing
  • Comfort and comfort chart
  • Design considerations
  • Requirements of temperature and humidity-high heat load industries
  • Recommended inside design conditions
  • Outside summer design conditions for some foreign cities
  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Design of ventilation systems

MODULE 4: Heating and Cooling Load Calculation Procedure

  • Design considerations
  • Internal Sensible and Latent Heat Load components
  • Design condition - indoor & outdoor conditions
  • External Load components
  • Miscellaneous heat sources
  • Fresh air load

MODULE 5: HVAC Systems

  • Heating systems
  • Hot water heating system
  • Steam heating systems
  • Electric heating systems
  • Air-conditioning systems: General
  • Air handling units
  • Functional variations in the design
  • Capacity calculation of an air handling unit

MODULE 6 - Variable Air Volume (VAV) systems

  • System concept
  • Different VAV systems

MODULE 7 - Duct design, air flow and its distribution

  • Air flow and pressure losses
  • Duct design
  • Air distribution system inside space
  • Ventilation systems

MODULE 8 - Insulation of Air-conditioning systems and Air-Conditioning Equipment

  • Desired properties of an ideal insulating material
  • Factors affecting thermal conductivity
  • Types of insulation materials
  • Insulated systems
  • Importance of relative humidity for the selection of insulation
  • Air-conditioning equipment
  • Air filters
  • Humidifiers
  • Dehumidifiers
  • Fans and blowers

MODULE 9 - Refrigeration

  • Methods of refrigeration
  • Air refrigeration system
  • Vapour compression refrigeration system
  • Absorption refrigeration system
  • Important refrigerants
  • Refrigeration equipment

MODULE 10 - Controls and Instrumentation

  • Elements of control
  • Types of control system
  • Typical control systems

MODULE 11 - Installation, Commissioning, Operation, Testing and Maintenance

  • Installation
  • Charging the refrigeration unit
  • Adding oil to the compressor
  • Commissioning
  • Other service operations
  • Maintenance

MODULE 12 - Fault finding and troubleshooting and Green House effect and Future Refrigerants

  • Troubleshooting
  • The greenhouse effect
  • History of CFCs
  • Ozone depletion by CFCs and the greenhouse effect
  • Future refrigerants to replace CFCs

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Professional Certificate of Competency in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

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