Chilled Water Systems

Available in both virtual and in-person, instructor-led formats, this Chilled Water Systems seminar will teach you how to keep your system running efficiently, whether it keeps people or equipment cool.

Description

Students will learn about components used in chilled water systems, uses and applications of chilled water systems among many other things. This seminar is perfect for anyone looking to increase their knowledge about chillers, cooling towers and other chilled water systems.

Course Outline

Day One - Discussion Topics

Day One examines the basics of chilled water systems including chillers and cooling towers. We’ll do an overview and review heat theories so students understand why things happen.

Chilled Water Systems Overview

  • Introduction
  • Component tasks
  • System design
  • Controls
  • Codes and standards

Heat Transfer Theory

  • Properties of matter: solid, liquid, vapor
  • Laws of Thermodynamics
  • Heat transfer theory:
    • Conduction
    • Convection
    • Radiation
    • Evaporation
  • Principles of heat and temperature measurement
  • British thermal unit, specific heat
  • Sensible heat latent heat, superheat
  • Gas laws
  • Atmospheric pressure, vacuum
  • Pressure/temperature and pressure/volume relationships

Compression Refrigeration Cycle

  • Refrigeration cycle, change of state of refrigerant
  • Heat transfer within the refrigeration cycle
  • Follow-the-heat™

Day Two - Discussion Topics

Day Two introduces advanced topics such as refrigerants and equipment components, heat rejection systems and principles of heat movement.

Refrigerants

  • Refrigerant composition, including new blends
  • Refrigerant oils
  • Refrigerant handling: recovery, recycling, reclamation

Equipment Components

  • Compressors: reciprocating, scroll, screw, rotary, centrifugal
  • Evaporators: tube-in-shell, tube-in-tube, coil-in-shell
  • Condensers: water-cooled, air-cooled, evaporative
  • Metering devices:
  • Thermostatic expansion valve
  • Electronic expansion valve
  • High and low side floats
  • Auxiliary refrigeration equipment

Heat Rejection Systems

  • Cooling towers
  • Evaporative coolers and condensers, heat exchangers
  • Cooling tower operation and maintenance
  • Water chemistry for open and closed re-circulating systems
  • Glycol systems and fluids

Psychrometrics

  • Principles of air movement
  • Wet-bulb and dry-bulb temperatures
  • Relative humidity and dew point temperatures
  • Psychrometric chart exercises

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