The aim of the course is to introduce the students to selected subjects from the research front in the field of refrigeration and heat pump technology. An additional aim is to broaden the students' knowledge in this field from previous courses.
The course includes the following subjects communicated via lectures, assignments and study visits.
o Cooling in shops
o Geothermal heat pumps
o Ice rinks and their energy systems
o Heat recovery
o New synthetic low-GWP (Global Warming Potential) refrigerants
o Propane and ammonia in small heat pumps
o Carbon dioxide
o Heat driven cold
o Acoustic, magnetic and other
o CoolPack and PackCalc
o Refprop in Excel
o IMST-ART
o Earth Energy Designer-EED
To pass the course, the student should be able to:
1. Discuss the most important progress in refrigeration and heat pump technology.
2. Use the most important computational tools for refrigeration and heat pump technology.
3. Carry out calculations of performance for heat and cooling system.
4. Design heat pumping systems and choose appropriate capacity for the main components of the systems.
To receive higher grades the student should also be able to:
5. Analyse performance for heat pumping systems and compare performance between different system solutions.
6. Explain the principles of the most important alternative cooling processes. Identify their potential, limitations and main application fields.
7. Describe some of the latest technologies and the latest introduced refrigerants for selected applications. Justify the introduction of these and compare them with traditional technologies and refrigerants.
