Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Refrigeration Systems and Heat Pumps I

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	361-0342/02
Abbreviation	CHZ1
Course title	Refrigeration Systems and Heat Pumps I
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Power Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Mojmír Vrtek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction, purpose of refrigeration systems and heat pums.
2. Methods of generation low temperatures, basic theory of refrigeration cycles. Compressor vapor cycle one-stage.
3. Binary mixtures. Heat transfer fluids.
4. Refrigerants - solving tools.
5. Properties of basic types of refrigerants.
6. Compressor vapor cycle, two stage, cascade.
7. Absorption cycle
8. Heat pumps - types
9. Characteristic of low potential heat sources for heat pumps. Usage of heat pumps.

Literature

MORAN, M.J.; SHAPIRO, H.N.: Fundamental of Engineering Thermodynamics. 2nd Edition. New York : John Wiey & Sons, Inc., 1992. .
LANGLEY, B., C.: Heat Pump Technology. 3rd Edition. Prentice Hall, 2001.
ISBN 0130339652. 536 p.

Advised literature

DOSSAT, R., J.; HORAN, T., J.: Principles of Refrigeration. 5th Edition.
Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN 0130272701. 454 p.

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