Course Overview
A build-up from the fundamentals covered in Heating Systems 1. In-depth coverage extends to strategies encompassing temperature mixing and outdoor reset controls, distribution piping in multiple-zone systems, different types of heat emitters in a hydronic heating system, circuit layout design in radiant floor heating. An overview on hydronic snowmelting design, and integrating solar thermal in hydronic heating will be included.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
3.0
- Retired
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify and describe the elements of controls systems.
- Explain the types of control action.
- Explain the types of valve flow characteristics.
- Identify the control strategies commonly adopted in the hydronic industry.
- Differentiate the temperature mixing strategies commonly used in hydronic heating design.
- Design a distribution piping strategy for a multiple zoned system.
- Layout floor tubing design for a radiant floor heating system to industry practices.
- Design a full hydronic heating system utilizing different types of heat emitters together.
- Design hydronic snowmelting applications based on engineering calculations.
- Analyze hydronic heating systems integrating solar thermal energy.
Effective as of Winter 2012
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