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In Applications of Psychrometrics to Heating and Cooling Systems, you'll learn ...
- Basic terminology and definitions related to air properties
- How to read a psychrometric chart
- The relationship between seven (7) different air properties: DBT, WBT, RH, dew point, absolute humidity, enthalpy and specific volume
- How to apply the psychrometric charts to air-conditioning applications
Overview
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Credit: 6 PDH
Length: 111 pages
Maintaining thermal comfort for building occupants is one of the most important goals of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) design engineers. Psychrometrics is used to help select the proper air conditioning equipment and determine the environmental conditions that affect human thermal comfort.
Psychrometrics is a study of moist air. Air conditioning engineers use the psychometric chart to predict changes in the environment when the amount of heat and/or water in the air changes. A psychrometric chart provides a convenient way to look at the air conditioning processes, and it will answer why heated air can hold more moisture, and conversely, how allowing moist air to cool will result in condensation.
Once you understand the basic concepts, you will also understand how to mechanically manipulate the environment to achieve the desired space conditions.
This course introduces psychrometric charts and describes the interactions of air, moisture, and temperature for achieving desired space conditions. The course will benefit HVAC design engineers, energy engineers, HSE professionals, and facility operational and maintenance engineers.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- How the various properties of air are measured
- Various psychrometric processes - sensible heating and cooling, cooling and dehumidification, evaporative cooling, heating and humidification and air mixing
- The air conditioning processes for four (4) extreme climatic conditions (miami, phoenix, minneapolis and seattle)
- The difference between sensible heat and latent heat
- The terms "sensible heat factor", "room sensible heat factor" and "grand sensible heat factor"
- How to calculate the required volume air flow rate
- How to compute the cooling coil capacity
- Standard equations used in air conditioning
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 33 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 6 PDH
Length: 111 pages
