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HVAC Control and Distribution

HVAC

Course Number: HCD-303

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Course Description:

The course explains controlling air distribution for the comfort of people and is designed for any worker involved in air distribution systems.  Takes students from the basics of HVAC electrical controls through air distribution and troubleshooting.  Attendees are taught how to modulate their electrical controls and use fundamental air distribution principles for achieving consistent HVAC comfort and efficiency in buildings, plants and facilities. Reduction of air velocity and related noise are investigated.  HVAC system problems can be divided into three major categories – Air Distribution, Electrical or Mechanical. The part that causes most service headaches is the electrical portion and most of that can be traced back to control problems. A lot of the training concentrates on overcoming the most common service problems encountered in HVAC.

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Each student will receive class books, work activity sheets, self-test progress evaluations, as well as questions from the instructor to make sure they understand the material presented. It is expected that an attendee will leave the class with the basic knowledge of the subject and possess new found skills to better equip them when they return to their job. A certificate suitable for framing will be issued to each attendee who successfully completes the course.

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*Includes a day on fans and blowers.

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Hands-on activities:
25% hands-on activities

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3-day course: $1395 per person

Course Syllabus

THERMODYNAMICS

  • Objectives

  • Principles and fundamentals of heat transfer

  • Pressure and vacuum

  • Pressure/temperature/volume relationships

  • Gas laws

  • Cycle construction

 

VAPOR-COMPRESSION REFRIGERATION CYCLE

  • Heat-transfer process

  • Follow the heat

  • Typical operating conditions

 

REFRIGERANTS AND OILS

  • Refrigerant composition

  • R-410A

  • Refrigerant classifications

  • Refrigerant safety

  • Refrigerant cylinders

  • Environmental refrigerant regulations

 

REFRIGERANT EQUIPMENT COMPONENTS

  • Evaporators

  • Compressors

  • Condensers

  • Metering devices

  • Refrigeration-system accessories

 

HEAT LOAD IN REFRIGERATION SYSTEM

  • Survey

  • Calculating the total product load

  • Miscellaneous heat load

 

PSYCHROMETERICS

  • Psychrometrics

  • Comfort

  • EPA 420-K-02-003

  • Moisture control in the mold control

  • Humidity

  • Preservation

  • Dew point

  • CRM Requirements

  • Air Condition System Design

 

BASIC ELECTRICITY

  • Basic electricity & Ohm’s Law

  • Meters & tools for taking electrical measurements

  • Electrical circuits: series & parallel

 

CONTROL CIRCUITS

  • Schematics

  • Ladder Diagrams

  • Developing Wiring Diagrams

 

CONTROLS

  • Overloads

  • Relays

  • Contactors

  • Control Transformer

  • Starting Relay

  • Defrost Timer

  • Thermostat

  • High Pressure Control

  • Low Pressure Control

  • Oil Pressure Control

 

TROUBLESHOOTING

  • General Troubleshooting

  • Commercial Air Conditioning

  • Heat Pump Control

  • Pump Down Cycle

 

DETERMINING AND IMPROVING AIR FLOW

  • 400 cfm per ton

  • How many square feet per ton

  • Air mixture at the cooling coil

 

EXHAUST AIR

  • Positive pressure

  • Negative pressure

 

MAKE-UP AIR

  • Positive pressure

  • Negative pressure

  • Conditioning the “make up” air

 

TROUBLESHOOTING THE AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

  • Temperature difference across coil

  • Balance in the system

  • Short cycling

  • Duct sizing

  • Noise

  • How to use a Ductulator

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*This course includes a day on fans and blowers.

 

Course Pictures

IR Measurement:

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Can Everyone See It?

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Taking the Next Step:

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Students taking a reading:

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