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Refrigeration Systems and Heat Pumps

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Course Unit Code361-0929/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated10 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Third Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter, Summer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
VRT20doc. Ing. Mojmír Vrtek, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject more detailed deals with refrigeration technique and heat pumps. Students gain deep knowledges in theory and design of compressor and sorption refrigeration cycles and systems, environmental aspects of refrigerants. Further the use of heat pumps for low potential heat utilization is taught.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Students gain knowledge about with refrigeration technique and heat pumps. Students gain
deep knowledges in theory and design of compressor and sorption refrigeration
cycles and systems, environmental aspects of refrigerants. Further the use of
heat pumps for low potential heat utilization is taught.
It can be individually focused on particular topics by student's specialization.
Course Contents
1. Introduction, purpose of refrigeration systems and heat pums.
2. Methods of generation low temperatures, basic theory of refrigeration cycles.
3. Compressor vapor cycle one-stage.
4. Binary mixtures. Heat transfer fluids.
5. Refrigerants - solving tools.
6. Properties of basic types of refrigerants.
7. Other types of compressor refrigeration cycles – ejector, variants of two-stage cycles, cascade cycles.
8. Sorption cycles – absorption NH3-H2O, H2O-LiBr, adsorption cycles
9. Gas refrigeration cycles
10. Air liquefaction, rectification
11. Basic mechanical components of refrigeration equipment and heat pump
12. Heat pums – types.
13. Heat pumps, connecting to space heating system, assessment of heat pump - auxiliary energy source energy balance
14. Evaluation of the effectiveness of basic types of heat pumps – energy, exergy and macroenergetic
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
DOSSAT R., J.; HORAN T., J. Principles of Refrigeration. Fifth Edition. Upper Saddle River : Pearson Education, Inc., 2002. 454 p. ISBN 0-13-027270-1.
WHITMAN, W. C; JOHNSON, W. M.; TOMCZYCK, J. A. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology. 5E (5th Bk&CD edition). Thomson Delmar Learning, 2004. ISBN 1401837654.
DVOŘÁK, Z. Základy chladicí techniky. 1. vyd. Praha : SNTL - Nakladatelství
technické literatury, 1986. 247 s.
PETRÁK, Miroslav a Jiří PETRÁK. Kompresorová chladicí zařízení a jejich energetická náročnost. Vyd. 1. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, Fakulta strojní, 2011, 158 s. ISBN 978-80-01-04929-7.
PETRÁK, J., PETRÁK, M. Tepelná čerpadla. Praha: ČVUT, 2004. 245 s. ISBN 80-01-03126-8.
DOSSAT R., J.; HORAN T., J. Principles of Refrigeration. Fifth Edition. Upper Saddle River : Pearson Education, Inc., 2002. 454 p. ISBN 0-13-027270-1.
Recommended Reading:
LANGLEY, B., C. Heat pump technology. 3. ed. Upper Saddle River : Pearson Education, Inc., 2002. 536 s. ISBN 0-13-033965-2.
LANGLEY, B., C. Heat pump technology. 3. ed. Upper Saddle River : Pearson Education, Inc., 2002. 536 s. ISBN 0-13-033965-2.
WHITMAN, W. C; JOHNSON, W. M.; TOMCZYCK, J. A. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technology. 5E (5th Bk&CD edition). Thomson Delmar Learning, 2004. ISBN 1401837654.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Other activities
Assesment methods and criteria
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