Climatização e Refrigeração

- Evaluate the climate profiles of the various geographical areas of Portugal;

- Calculate heat transfer coefficients of building envelopes, framing them in regulatory requirements;

- Determine internal dissipation loads in buildings, due to occupancy, equipment, lighting, among others;

- Determining ventilation volume rates and flows in buildings, based on pollutant emissions and/or regulatory or other requirements;

- Determining the environmental conditions to be achieved inside the buildings, either from the point of view of human comfort, or due to constraints on the processes carried out there;

- Know the main HVAC&R technological systems and equipments;

- Determine the thermal and energy needs of buildings, with the aid of computational calculation;

- Dimensioning the capacities required for the HVAC&R systems and their components.

- Develop comparative technical-economic studies between HVAC&R solutions, based on estimates of investment costs versus operating/maintenance costs;

Skills to be acquired in the Curricular Unit:

- It is intended that students acquire adequate skills for the preparation of studies and projects for technical installations of HVAC&R in buildings.