Overview
Chiller plants are an essential part of buildings and consume a significant amount of energy. This course focuses on the fundamental operations of HVAC components (comprising chilled water and air handling systems), measurement and data acquisition and analytics to determine the specific energy consumption (SEC) of the chilled water and air handling systems. During the course, participants will be tasked to measure and analyse at least 2 weeks of HVAC components raw data, propose potential energy saving opportunities and design improvement concept through the group presentation.
What You’ll Learn
1. Understanding chilled water system
- Introduction to HVAC system
- Compression cycle and compression chiller systems
- Absorption cycle and absorption chiller systems
- Water Side circulation system
- Analyzing the performance of a chiller plant and chiller sequencing
- Fundamental of Chiller Plants and its Associated Components
- Fundamental of Cooling Towers and its Operation
- Heat recovery systems
2. Understanding airside system
- Air properties for air conditioning
- Performance calculation of HVAC system (Air side)
- Introduction to Fans/Blower for air distribution
- Concept of air side performance
- Duct/pipe system and concept
- Fan selection and Pressure drop
- Major loss
- Minor loss
- Relationship between volume flow rates, pressure drop and power.
- Critical parameters for air side performance
- Fundamental of Cooling towers and its operation
- Cooling tower performance and operations
3. Data Acquisition Methodology on HVAC parameters for analysis
- Key parameters on HVAC facilities that affect Energy Performance
- Efficiency Index for different facilities and their best practice efficiencies
- Type of Measuring Tools
- Safety Requirement on Power Measurement and other measurements
- AHU airflow / Face Velocity / on/off Coil Temp using Psychrometric Chart and Software
- Cooling measurement Methods on Chilled Water System + Heat Balance
- Water Pipe System Curve Generation
- Tutorial on Identification of measuring location and type of tools needed
4. Financial Analysis of Operating HVAC System
- Financial Analysis Introduction
- Simple payback calculation
- Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- Excel Exercise on Financial Calculation
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)
- Tutorial on Financial Analysis
- Case Study Introduction and Objective
5. Raw Data Generation + Data Analysis
- Super-imposed Plot Generation
- Power
- Flowrate
- Temp
- Pressure
- Tonnage
- Efficiency
- Histogram Generation
- Power
- Temp
- Tonnage
- Efficiency
- Scatter Diagram for Correlation Observation
- Tonnage vs Efficiency
- Flowrate vs Pressure
- Flowrate per Cooling Capacity vs Delta Temp
- Solution Proposal with Financial Calculation (Case Study)
Who Should Attend
- Energy Engineers/Managers
- Facilities Engineers/Managers
- Engineers/Managers who are required to understand piping networks in the following industries:
- Process industries such as chemicals & energy, pharmaceutical engineering, food manufacturing
- Air-conditioning supply
- Transport engineering (marine & offshore) subsector
SITizens Learning Credits (SLC) - Eligible Course
This course is SITizens Learning Credits (SLC) eligible. Please refer to the
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Prerequisites
Bachelor Degree in Engineering or Engineering Diploma with 2 years of relevant working experience.
Certificate and Assessment
A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who:
- Attend 75% of the course
- Undertake non-credit bearing assessment (during course)
Continuing Professional Development
This workshop is eligible for the following continuing professional development units:
- 33 PDUs awarded by PEB Singapore
- 40 SCEM PDUs awarded by IES Singapore
Schedule
| Schedule |
Description |
| Day 1 (13 Feb 2023) |
Understanding chilled water system
- Introduction to HVAC system
- Compression cycle and compression chiller systems
- Absorption cycle and absorption chiller systems
- Water Side circulation system
- Analyzing the performance of a chiller plant and chiller sequencing
- Fundamental of Chiller Plants and its Associated Components
- Fundamental of Cooling Towers and its Operation
- Heat recovery systems
|
| Day 2 (14 Feb 2023) |
Understanding airside system
- Air properties
- Performance calculation of HVAC system (Air side)
- Introduction to Fans/Blower for air distribution
- Concept of air side performance
- Duct/pipe system and concept
- Fan selection and Pressure drop
- Major loss
- Minor loss
- Relationship between volume flow rates, pressure drop and power.
- Critical parameters for air side performance
- Fundamental of Cooling towers and its operation
- Cooling tower performance and operations
|
| Day 3 (20 Feb 2023) |
Data Acquisition Methodology on HVAC parameters for analysis
- Key parameters on HVAC facilities that affect Energy Performance
- Efficiency Index for different facilities and their best practice efficiencies
- Type of Measuring Tools
- Safety Requirement on Power Measurement and other measurements
- AHU airflow / Face Velocity / on/off Coil Temp using Psychrometric Chart and Software
- Cooling measurement Methods on Chilled Water System + Heat Balance
- Water Pipe System Curve Generation
- Tutorial on Identification of measuring location and type of tools needed
|
| Day 4 (21 Feb 2023) |
Financial Analysis
- Financial Analysis Introduction
- Simple payback calculation
- Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
- Excel Exercise on Financial Calculation
- Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)
- Tutorial on Financial Analysis
- Case Study Introduction and Objective
Raw Data Generation + Data Analysis
- Super-imposed Plot Generation
- Power
- Flowrate
- Temp
- Pressure
- Tonnage
- Efficiency
|
| Day 5 (22 Feb 2023) |
Raw Data Generation + Data Analysis
- Histogram Generation
- Power
- Temp
- Tonnage
- Efficiency
- Scatter Diagram for Correlation Observation
- Tonnage vs Efficiency
- Flowrate vs Pressure
- Flowrate per Cooling Capacity vs Delta Temp
- Solution Proposal with Financial Calculation (Case Study)
- Assessment in the form of MCQ and group presentation
|
Fees
| Category |
Full Fee |
After SF Funding |
| Singapore Citizen (Below 40) |
$5,350.00 |
$1,605.00 |
| Singapore Citizen (40 & above) |
$5,350.00 |
$605.00 |
| Singapore PR/LTVP+ Holder |
$5,400.00 |
$1,620.00 |
| Non-Singaporeans |
$5,400.00 |
Not Eligible |
Note:
- All figures include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.
- You can opt for either SF Series Funding or Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy. Both cannot be combined.
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Terms & Conditions:
SkillsFuture Funding
In order to be eligible for the 70% training grant awarded by SkillsFuture, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:
- Be a Singaporean Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident or LTVP+ Holder
- Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy
To be eligible for the 90% enhanced subsidy awarded, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:
- Be a Singaporean Citizen
- Be at least 40 years old
- Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme
SIT reserves the right to collect the balance of the programme fees (i.e. the potential grant amount) directly from the applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) should the above requirements not be fulfilled.
SIT reserves the right to make changes to published course information, including dates, times, venues, fees and instructors without prior notice.
