TA: Zhiqiang (John) Zhai
Room: 3-412
Telephone: (617)253-7628
Office Hours: R10-12
Send e-mail:zqzhai@MIT.EDU
Units: 3-0-9
Level: H-level Graduate Credit
Prerequisite: 4.42J/2.45J or 2.006
Class meetings: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30-11:00 am in Room 5-232
Explores the fundamentals of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. Discussion of psychrometrics, air conditioning processes, thermal comfort, indoor air quality and outdoor design conditions; concentration on the calculation of heating and cooling load in order to size suitable HVAC equipment; estimation of energy consumption of the HVAC equipment. Introduces both manual and computer methods. One site visit.
Syllabus
Report from five national laboratories, 1998