Start Date: 10 May,2026
End Date: 14 May,2026
Duration: 5 Days
Overview:
This course provides an excellent introduction to the fundamentals of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. It commences with a review of psychometric charts and then examines the factors that nuance design choices, indoor air quality, load calculations and heating/ventilation and air-conditioning systems. The course introduces many important subjects. The details include terminologies, psychometric processes, heat load calculations, the selection of appropriate equipment/system, installation procedures for equipment, its maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Study the details of heat load calculations, selection of appropriate equipment/system and the design of the ducts and piping networks, in addition to installation, maintenance and troubleshooting
Learn the fundamentals of HVAC, including primary and secondary equipment, means of distribution, space and load determination, operating strategy, performance rating terms, and function of components.
Understand the basic selection criteria for heating systems and factors considered when designing commercial heating systems.
Understand and apply the psychometric chart
Design for good air quality
Minimise forced outages and prevent severe damage to HVAC Equipment
Provide an overview of the legislative requirements, plus the essential steps and responsibilities for the maintenance and repair of HVAC Systems
Course Content:
- An introduction to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
- Basic criteria of heat transfer and ventilation
- Molleir charts and thermodynamic principles
- Basic cycles and calculation of performance and effectiveness
- Basic components of a complete system
- Understanding of airflow and affecting parameters
- Evaporator construction details
- Condenser construction details
- Capillary action and expansion valves
- Compressor construction details
- Cycle coefficient of performance
- Lubrication system
- Thermo-states and method of control
- Control equipment
- Reverse systems
- Measuring techniques and methods of control
- Sticho-metric chart
- Operation of a cycle
- Maintenance of a cycle and maintenance philosophy.
- Case studies
Targeted Audience:
HVAC Engineers
HVAC Consultants
HVAC Contractors
End Users Engineers
