Cooling and Refrigeration Systems (5 cr)
Code: 5T00EI00-3006
General information
Enrolment period
02.12.2024 - 31.12.2024
Timing
01.01.2025 - 31.07.2025
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Building Services Engineering
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Building Services Engineering, HVAC Systems
Teachers
- Jari Puranen
- Joel Tirkkonen
Person in charge
Joel Tirkkonen
Groups
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23AI253
Objectives (course unit)
The student is able to
- calculate the cooling need for cooling and refrigeration systems
- present the basic thermodynamic processes in cooling technology and identify the wiring diagrams and main components of refrigeration systems
- calculate the mass and energy balances of a cooling process as well draw the refrigerant of a refrigeration process on a logp,h drawing
- find out the regulations concerning refrigeration
- find out about the devices and their manufactures
- receive cooling and refrigeration systems
Content (course unit)
Principles of calculating cooling needs. District cooling as a solution. Basic processes of compressor refrigeration, refrigerants, essential standards and regulations, cool storage, heat exchange pumps, pipe installation and adjustment in a cooling and refrigeration unit, compressors, evaporators and condensers, expansion valves and other accessories. Lubricants and dimensioning software for refrigeration.
Prerequisites (course unit)
Heating and Energy Technology (5T00BE07)
Assessment scale
0-5