Professional Certificate of Competency in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
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Foundation degree
Online
Description
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Type
Foundation degree
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
3 Months
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Start date
On request
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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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
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
Reviews
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This a place that is next level in the world of engineering.
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Good webinars and they help you understand everything nicely.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
F.Mashiane
V.Ifill
This centre's achievements
All courses are up to date
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
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
Software/Hardware Used
Software
- N/A
Hardware
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Professional Certificate of Competency in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning