Fundamentals of Indoor Environmental Engineering (FSI-IZR)

Academic year 2023/2024
Supervisor: doc. Ing. Pavel Charvát, Ph.D.  
Supervising institute: EÚ all courses guaranted by this institute
Teaching language: Czech
Aims of the course unit:
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with technologies for creating healthy and comfortable indoor environments with the focus on minimization of energy consumption.
Learning outcomes and competences:
Students acquire basic knowledge of technologies for creating healthy and comfortable indoor environments in buildings.
Prerequisites:
Practical knowledge of physics, mathematics and thermodynamics.
Course contents:
The course addresses issues concerning indoor environments in buildings, which include human thermal comfort, indoor air quality, ventilation, heating, air conditioning, energy conservation and sustainability.
Teaching methods and criteria:
The course is taught through lectures and seminars. Lectures are an explanation of basic principles and theory. Seminars (tutorials) are focused on the practical mastery of the subject matter covered in the lectures and include basic design procedures and calculations in indoor environmental engineering.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes:
Two multiple choice tests (in the 7th and 13th teaching week).
Controlled participation in lessons:
Active participation in seminars and passing two tests (in the 7th and 13th teaching week).
Type of course unit:
    Lecture  13 × 2 hrs. optionally                  
    Exercise  13 × 1 hrs. compulsory                  
Course curriculum:
    Lecture 1. Introduction to indoor environmental engineering (outdoor and indoor environment, human thermal comfort).
2. Thermal environment (operative temperature, PMV, PPD, DR, WBGT).
3. Indoor air quality (types of pollutants, health protection, ways of providing required indoor air quality).
4. Building ventilation (natural ventilation, mechanical ventilation, air cleaning).
5. Ventilation technology (air transport and distribution, components of ventilation systems).
6. Energy demand of ventilation, waste heat recovery.
7. Air-conditioning systems (classification, components).
8. Sizing and operation of air-conditioning systems.
9. Space heating in buildings, classification of heating systems.
10. Heat sources and components of space heating systems.
11. Energy performance of buildings and its evaluation, integration of renewable energy sources.
12. Noise and its influence on humans, basics of engineering acoustics, health protection in noisy environments.
13. New trends in indoor environmental engineering.
    Exercise 1. Instruments and techniques for evaluation of thermal environment.
2. Human thermal comfort, thermal comfort diagrams.
3. Indoor air quality, calculation of ventilation rates.
4. Natural ventilation (air flow through ventilation openings and ventilation shafts).
5. Mechanical ventilation, air supply, air jets.
6. Waste heat recovery in ventilation.
7. Educational assessment (multiple choice test).
8. Summer operation of an all-air air-conditioning system.
9. Winter operation of an all-air air-conditioning system.
10. Calculation of design heat load.
11. Evaluation of energy performance of buildings.
12. Noise and engineering acoustics, basic quantities and calculations.
13. Educational assessment (multiple choice test).
Literature - fundamental:
1. McQUISTON, Faye C., Jerald D. PARKER and Jeffrey D. SPITLER. Heating Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, John Wiley and Sons, [2005]. ISBN 0-471-66154-6
2. ASHRAE handbook: Fundamentals (SI Edition). American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., [2013]. ISBN 978-1-936504-46-6
3. ASHRAE Handbook - Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems and Equipment (SI Edition). American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc., [2012]. ISBN 9781936504268
Literature - recommended:
1. NOVÝ, Richard a kol. Technika prostředí. České vysoké učení technické v Praze. [2006]. ISBN 80-01-03492-5
2. JANOTKOVÁ, Eva. Technika prostředí - 1. a 2. část. FSI VUT v Brně, [2014]. Elektronická verze v pdf dostupná v e-learningu.
The study programmes with the given course:
Programme Study form Branch Spec. Final classification   Course-unit credits     Obligation     Level     Year     Semester  
B-ENE-P full-time study --- no specialisation -- GCr 3 Compulsory 1 3 W