READOS / Engineering
Fluids, HVAC and Building Services
Air, water and heat in buildings: psychrometrics, HVAC design, heating, ventilation, controls, commissioning, pipe flow and pumps.
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- 01Psychrometrics for HVAC and process air: humidity, dew point and the loads you cannot feelA practical guide to moist air: dry-bulb, wet-bulb, dew point, humidity ratio and enthalpy, the main processes on the psychrometric chart, sensible and latent loads, and condensation.
- 02HVAC for commercial and industrial buildings: loads, system choices, efficiency, controls and maintenanceHeating, ventilation and air conditioning is often a building's largest energy cost and biggest source of comfort complaints. How loads, systems, controls and maintenance decide both.
- 03Heating systems for commercial and industrial buildings: boilers, burners, heat pumps and controlsHow hydronic, warm-air, radiant and heat-pump heating work, what makes boilers efficient, how burners are controlled safely, and how controls and water treatment keep heating systems economical.
- 04Fans and ductwork for ventilation and HVAC: fan curves, duct design, extraction and energyHow fans and ducts move air, how fan and system curves set the operating point, how duct design and fittings drive pressure loss, and how to extract dust and fumes and cut fan energy.
- 05HVAC controls and commissioning: sequences, set points, fault finding and keeping systems tunedHow building controls sense, decide and act, which control strategies save energy, how commissioning proves a system works as intended, and how to find and fix the faults that waste energy.
- 06Passive and low-energy cooling for Australian workplaces: reduce the heat before you buy the coolingHow shading, insulation, cool roofs, thermal mass, night purging, natural ventilation, air movement and evaporative cooling cut cooling demand in offices, warehouses and factories.
- 07Pipe flow, pressure drop and pump selection: getting fluid where it needs to go efficientlyHow head, velocity, friction and fittings set pressure drop, how system and pump curves fix the operating point, why efficiency and NPSH matter, and how pipe size affects energy cost.
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