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Advanced Energy Innovations Ontario

HVAC COURSE FOR CORPORATE CLIENTS

Introduction

AEIO provides a professional development course on heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC). The applied approach focuses on how HVAC systems work and how they can be made more cost- and energy-efficient. The logical stepwise approaches to analyzing HVAC problems are illustrated with detailed examples.

The course developer and presenter, Thomas Simko, PhD, PEng, has received nine university teaching awards.

This practical course is designed for engineers and technologists with no background in HVAC, or for those looking to refresh or update their understanding of the topic. All of the necessary basic concepts, tailored for the experience of the audience, are introduced at the start of the course.

This course has been delivered to mechanical and civil engineers and professionals from the building industry.

Benefits

Savings on operating costs	Designers and operators will be better able to identify the energy and cost savings of various improvements to HVAC systems.
Savings on capital costs	Personnel choosing new systems will be better informed about the many options available.
Expanded market	Consultants will be able to offer new cost-saving expertise to clients.

Topics

The available topics are listed below. We will customize the course according to the needs and interests of your company.

Thermodynamics Background	Enthalpy, temperature-volume diagrams and units
Air Conditioning Systems	All-air, air-water and all-water systems
Psychrometrics	Fundamentals and the psychrometric chart
Basic Air Conditioning	Humidification and dehumidification
Advanced Air Conditioning	Mixed air streams, sensible heat factor, realistic applications
Indoor Air Quality	Comfort, contaminants, contaminant control
Heat Transfer Modes	Conduction, convection and radiation
Heat Transfer in Buildings	Walls, ceilings, windows, doors, slabs and basements
Infiltration & Exfiltration	Crack method, wind pressure and stack pressure
Heating Load	Heat conduction and infiltration loads and the calculation of the heating load
Cooling Load	Concepts including thermal mass, conduction through walls and windows, solar heat gain, internal gains, infiltration, delays in heat flows becoming part of the load, and the radiant time series method
Solar Energy	The solar spectrum and solar heat gain calculations
Advanced HVAC Systems	Heat recovery systems and dedicated outdoor air systems

Course Delivery

Dr. Simko delivers the course at your company in a three- or four-day format, depending on your preference. The longer version is more comprehensive with more topics and worked examples. There is no limit to the class size, but ten to twenty students is ideal. The course materials can also be delivered by your company in-house on a licensed basis.

Deliverables

Personal delivery	Three or four days of instruction, slides created with Powerpoint(R)
Slides in hardcopy	Bound printouts of the slides
Summaries	Summary sheets for the equations and symbols
Follow-up	The instructor will remain available to answer questions by email.

There is also an optional course project: an energy use simulation for a large building using a freely available software package.

Permission has been obtained to use the fluid properties in this course.

The following textbook has been adopted for this course and is a required purchase for students:

McQuiston, F., Parker, J, Spitler, J. Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, 6th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.

Contact

Please contact us to discuss how we can customize and schedule this course to meet the needs of your company.