Engineering system -- 2

PROJECT DESCRIPTION In this project you will design a heating, cooling, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a building. The design should be based on the geographical characteristics and weather conditions of the building’s location. You will need to first collect some data regarding the building, make several engineering assumptions, develop a mathematical model, and analyse the obtained results. OVERVIEW HVAC is the field which encompasses heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. These are the mechanical systems which manage the environmental comfort of buildings, homes, and living areas. Some of the systems include air conditioning systems, heating systems, and chillers. To design an efficient HVAC system, it is important that engineers understand the concepts of sensible heat and latent heat and their interrelationships. This design project will include the development of a full graphical analysis/simulation to have a deeper understanding on the heating and cooling loads transferred externally and internally. You will learn how to establish the physical characteristics and how HVAC systems may be influenced by the geographical layout. Thermodynamic basic laws and governing mathematical differential equations will be the focus for the basis foundation of the modelling approach.