EXPERT TALK ON HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING, KPR Institute Engineering and Technology, Autonomous Engineering Institution, Coimbatore, India

Department of Mechanical Engineering in association with ISHARE student chapter and L&T Edutech organizes an Expert talk on Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning on 14.06.2023. Dr Mahesh Vasantrao Kulkarni, Teaching Associate, L&T Eductech is the expert person for this event. He discussed the following topics with second-year mechanical engineering students

• Describe the basic concept of psychrometric, the significance of various air properties and psychrometric processes.
  
• Explain the concepts of HVAC system design for buildings, including the factors that affect design decisions
  
• standards used to design efficient air-conditioning and ventilation systems
  
• Apply the concepts of HVAC equipment’s such as chillers, cooling towers, pumps, and air handling units to solve real-world applications
  
• Illustrate the design of lift well & lift lobby pressurization system for a given building layout as per code standard NBC 2016
  
• Evaluate the heat load calculation for an office building using standard codes, such as ASHRAE, ISHRAE etc.
  
• Design and selection of the various equipment used for HVAC systems, including chillers, cooling towers, pumps, air handling units
  
• Heat load calculations
  
• Life safety System design
  

• Demand control Ventilation systems (DCV)
  
• Variable Refrigerant flow Systems (VRV)
  
• External Duct static Pressure calculations
  

• Pump head calculations
  
• HVAC equipment’s – chillers, cooling towers, pumps, air handling units, and building side components
  
• Design HVAC systems for buildings with a practical approach and real-time methods used in the industry
  

He gave the information with real-time site installation photographs which help learners understand the systems and components with better clarity. The session was very informative and useful