Course Overview
This course will cover the principles of a typical refrigeration cycle, and develop student skills and knowledge to safely operate and maintain a shipboard Refrigeration and Air Conditioning plant. Troubleshooting, fault analysis, and safe handling, identification, and storage of refrigerant to comply with environmental and regulatory requirements will be emphasized. Students will also apply the necessary skills to repair and maintain a variety of refrigeration plants and associated equipment, similar to those used on ships. Students will use refrigeration tools and test equipment to troubleshoot a working refrigeration system, draw vacuum, and recharge refrigerant using different methods. Safe handling, identification, and recovery of refrigerant to comply with environmental and regulatory requirements will be discussed.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Sketch and describe a typical shipboard refrigeration plant.
- Sketch and describe the various components of a shipboard refrigeration plant.
- Operate and perform refrigeration system maintenance on the "Refrigeration Trainer".
- Sketch and describe a shipboard refrigeration plant using secondary (Brine) refrigerants.
- Apply standards and regulations governing refrigerants, and document and track all refrigerant on board.
- Sketch and describe a typical shipboard air conditioning system.
- Use psychometric charts and plot the relationship between temperature, relative humidity, moisture content, and specific volume of air-vapour mixture on it.
- Identify refrigeration system components.
- Use refrigeration specialty tools and test equipment.
- Recover refrigerant from systems into approved recovery containers.
- Pressure test and evacuation of refrigeration systems to refrigeration codes.
- Recharge refrigerant into the systems using different techniques.
- Troubleshoot operating systems using diagnostic equipment.
- Document the refrigerant usage on board as per regulations.
- Interpret standards and regulations governing refrigerants.
Effective as of Fall 2021
Related Programs
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (MEOC 1320) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs with a co-op option.
School of Transportation
- Marine Engineering
Diploma Full-time
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