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The Refrigeration and HVAC Training Lab puts a heavy focus on hands-on refrigeration & HVAC training while teaching the fundamentals of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, climate control and refrigeration technologies (HVACR). This lab consists of many training units that cover most Refrigeration and HVAC teaching and training topics such as Electricity, Heating, Basic and Advanced Air Conditioning, Ventilation, Installation, Hydronics, Basic and Refrigeration, Refrigeration Components and Application of Refrigeration Systems. This integrated Lab system provides students with solid foundation in the Refrigeration and HVAC, make them able to immediately enter the workforce as refrigeration service and maintenance technicians.
The lab enables students to apply many experiments and activities covers various topics in The Refrigeration and HVAC such as:
ELECTRICITY FUNDAMENTALS
- Introduction to electricity
- Switches
- Series and parallel circuits
- Voltage and current measurements
- Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws
- Capacitors and inductors
- Transformers
- Relays and contactors
- Semiconductors, diodes, LEDs, rectifiers
- Electrical distribution
- Troubleshooting
BUILDING ENERGY MANAGEMENT
- HVAC systems
- Direct digital control
- Rooftop units and rooftop unit controllers
- Supervisory controllers
- Programmable controllers
- Networks
- Humidity control
- Heating, cooling, and free cooling
- Smoke detection
- CO2 level detection
- Human-machine interfaces
- Occupancy
- Alarms and trends
- Single-zone and multi-zone systems
- Constant air volume systems
- Pressure-dependent variable air volume systems
- Pressure-independent variable air volume systems
- Commissioning
- Troubleshooting
ELECTRIC HEATING
- Heat and energy concepts
- Forced-air systems
- Control transformer
- Thermostats
- Sequencers
- Blower control
- Heating elements
- Thermal protection
- Troubleshooting
REFRIGERATION SYSTEM DEMONSTRATOR
- Physics Applied to Refrigeration
- Introduction to Refrigeration
- The Compressor
- The Evaporator and Condenser
- Metering Devices
- System Control Devices
- Introduction to Heat Pump Systems
- Refrigeration Faults
PRINCIPLES AND COMPONENTS OF A REFRIGERATION
- Introduction to the System Trainer
- Setup
- Receiver, Accumulators, Oil Separators
- Compressor
- Operation of Metering Devices
- System Control Services
- Evaporator and Condenser Principles
- Refrigeration Systems
- Variations of System Loading
- System Troubleshooting
HEAT PUMP
- Manual Thermostat Operation
- Electric Heating
- Defrosting
- Programmable Thermostat Operation
- Troubleshooting
