Course syllabus for Building services engineering, civil engineers

Course syllabus adopted 2019-02-20 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameInstallationsteknik, civilingenjör
  • CodeBOM375
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTKSAM
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyCivil and Environmental Engineering
  • DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 58124
  • Block schedule
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0117 Examination 2.5 c
Grading: TH		 2.5 c
  • 01 Jun 2021 am J
  • 10 Okt 2020 am J
  • 27 Aug 2021 am J
0217 Project 5 c
Grading: UG		 5 c

In programmes

Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

BOM265 Building technology

Aim

The course should provide basic knowledge of HVAC design, on a system level as well as on a detailed level. It includes the design and dimensioning of systems for heating, cooling, air conditioning, ventilation, tap water and waste water. The course aims to provide an overarching understanding of the needs for these systems and how they operate in practical applications, based on theoretical fundamentals. The course will be carried out as a group design project, supported by teachers and consultants, thus providing an insight in the work procedure regarding necessary choices, design and dimensioning of required systems.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

- Explain and be able to participate in the design and building process from a building service engineering perspective.
- Explain and understand the consequences of various demands on indoor climate and work environmental climate regarding required technical systems and resulting operational energy use.
- Suggest and describe principles for appropriate choices of HVAC systems based upon formulated demands on the indoor climate.
- Dimensioning calculation of HVAC systems as well as systems for tap water and waste water.
- Explain the principles of control systems together with systems for supervision in practice.
- Performing measurements of temperature and flows together with analysis of the results. 


Content

The focus of the course is applied design of building service systems, consisting of the following qualities: - Establishing heating, cooling and ventilation demands for a building. - Principles for energy efficient design. - Design of systems for ventilation and air conditioning. - Design of heating system. - Design of air and water based systems for comfort cooling. - Design of tap water system and hot water circulation system. - Design of wastewater system.

Organisation

The course is given as an advanced design project, supplemented by lectures and calculation exercises to clarify various course topics. The project is supported and evaluated by a team of teachers and external HVAC consultants. In addition to lectures, the course also includes laboratory exercises in practical measuring techniques. The measurement techniques relates to the measurement of water and air flows, temperatures and the calculation of heat flows with regard to current measurement accuracy.

Literature

Warfvinge, Dahlblom: Projektering av VVS-installationer, Studentlitteratur

Examination including compulsory elements

Examination is based on approved compulsory design project (written report and final presentation), approved laborations and completed with a written examination (four grade scale (TH)).