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CODE 66078
ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-IND/10
LANGUAGE English
TEACHING LOCATION
  • LA SPEZIA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The course deals with HVAC for small pleasure yachts and sails

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The unit provides students with concepts of HVAC operating principles and relevant systems, with particular concern to the systems installed on the pleasure crafts.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The students, practising with the calculation of the size of the components for a small climatization system, will develop the capability of looking critically at the projects for chiller and fan-coils systems, for small yachts.

TEACHING METHODS

The educational activities are organized into 48 hours of theoretical classes.

Part of the course will deal with the preliminary design of a chiller & fan coils system for a small pleasure yacht or sail.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Principle of cooling, inverse cycles. Psychometry and main transformation of humid air.
Thermal comfort: Ashrae 55 and ISO 7730. Heat and mass balance of building: evaluation of thermal loads.
Main configurations of AC plants: Split systems, Water systems, Air systems.

Part of the course will focus the plants commonly employed on yachts.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

FRANCESCO DEVIA (President)

ANNA CHIARI

GUGLIELMO LOMONACO

MARIO MISALE

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Course website

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The oral examination will be based on the discussion of the report about the preliminary design of a chiller & fan coils system for a small pleasure yacht or sail, which will be prepared by students.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The assessment of students' skill is based on their capability of explaining and sustaining the choices they made, about the preliminary design of the HVAC for a small pleasure yacht

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
11/01/2024 12:00 LA SPEZIA Orale
25/01/2024 12:00 LA SPEZIA Orale
15/02/2024 12:00 LA SPEZIA Orale
04/06/2024 12:00 LA SPEZIA Orale
04/07/2024 12:00 LA SPEZIA Orale
25/07/2024 12:00 LA SPEZIA Orale I can't do the exams on 25/7. The examination will be on 22/7 or 29/7 contact francesco.devia@unige.it by e-mail. - Contact Prof. DEVIA
12/09/2024 12:00 LA SPEZIA Orale