Course overview
This course will enable students to design and analyse thermo-fluidic systems, in particular, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, renewable energy systems and steam power generation systems using both analytic and computational fluid dynamics modelling. Renewable Energy, Steam Power Plant Design and Analysis, Air Conditioning and Psychrometrics, Heating and Cooling Load Calculations, Duct Sizing Calculations, Refrigeration Systems, Energy Estimation Methods, Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), CFD Governing Equations, CFD Meshing, Turbulence Modelling.
Course learning outcomes
- Evaluate the heating/cooling load in buildings.
- Analyse, design and select air-conditioning and refrigeration components and systems.
- Apply the principles of thermodynamics in power plants.
- Create computational fluid dynamics models of practical thermo-fluid systems, and evaluate the accuracy of the modelling results.
- Compare and interpret the results of different turbulence models within computational fluid dynamics simulations.