- Fundamental of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning systems
- Basic refrigeration system or refrigerant cycle.
- Details of compressors, condenser, evaporator and expansion devices
- Types of heat transfer
- Sensible heat and Latent heat
- Psychometric chart and usage of psychometric chart.
- Dru bulb temperature, wet bulb temperature, dew point temperature
- Relative humidity. Sensible heat ratios
- Classification of Air conditioning system
- Direct Expansion (DX) and Chilled water systems
- Window type air conditioners, split type air conditioners, centralized air conditioners, variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems
- Chilled water fan coil units (FCU), Air handling units (AHUs) and fresh air handling units (FAHUs)
- Chillers, condensing units, district cooling plants and its application.
- Refrigerants
- Local authority guidelines and LEED recommendation in HVAC design.
- Details of space load and load factors
- Thumbs rules for heat load estimations
- HVAC standards units and conversion factors
- Heat load calculations manual E20 calculations and excel software.
- Hour Analysis Programme (HAP) software analysis.
- Equipment selections.
- Manufactures data for equipment selections with reference to the calculated cooling load.
- External static pressure and motor selection
- Acoustic and noise levels.
- U-value selection
- Thermal load summary sheet, window schedule. How to calculate U-value.
- Interpreting HAP reports.
- Fresh air and Exhaust air calculations
- Smoke ventilation systems for low-rise, mid-rise, high-rise and super high-rise buildings.
- Staircase pressurization systems
- Car park ventilation systems.
- Kitchen exhaust system.
- Selection of fresh air handling units (with and without thermal heat wheel).
- Selection of smoke ventilation fans and car park exhaust fans
- Selection of ecology units
- Duct designing – Equal friction method.
- Duct aspect ratio and duct sizing.
- Duct materials selection and gauges selection.
- Classification of low, medium and high-pressure ducts.
- Duct sizing software and first principle.
- Detail of external static pressure.
- Selection of grilles and diffusers.
- Volume control dampers; Motorized dampers and variable air volume dampers.
- Fire dampers: Motorized fire dampers and smoke fire dampers.
- Acoustic lining and thermal insulation
- Selection of sand trap louvres and gravity louvres.
- Selection from catalogs.
- Selection of chillers and types of chillers
- Primary and secondary chilled water pump. Working principle and selection.
- Chilled water pump head calculation
- Chilled water pipe sizing: First principle and software.
- Selection of heat exchangers.
- Chilled water pipes and fittings material selections
- Chilled water pipe insulation and cladding details
- Chilled water valves – 2-way valves, butterfly valves, gate valves, double regulating valves, thermostats, pressure gauges, test points, strainers, non-return valves, pressure independent control valves and air vents.
- Fire concept.
- NFPA codes representation.
- NFPA and BS standard codes representation.
- Local codes guidelines.
- Types of fire extinguishers with applicable codes.
- Selection of fire extinguishers
- Design methods and distance between extinguishers.
- Types of approval on fire extinguishers
- Installation procedure
- Maintenance procedure
- Sprinkler operation procedures and types. Example pendant, recessed, concealed and side wall type
- Pipe sizing calculation
- Types of pipes used.
- Sprinkler flow calculation i.e. hydraulic calculations.
- Sprinkler coverage distance.
- Installation procedure.
- Cabinet selection and types – surface and recessed type
- Landing valves selection
- Hose reel selection.
- Pipe sizing calculation
- Types of pipes and flow calculation
- Types of fire pump set
- Electrical, diesel and jockey pump selection.
- Pump head and flow calculation.
- Test line sizing
- Suction side selection
- Discharge side valve selection
- Pump plinth sizing.
- Pump room sizing
- Deluge foam valve selection
- Mechanical type operation.
- Electrical type operation.
- Foam tank sizing.
- Types of foam used.
- Concentration of foam selection
- Pipe sizing and flow calculation.
- Operation method of foam.
- Installation procedure.
- Design density calculation.
- Cylinder selection.
- Gas quantity calculation.
- Types of gas used.
- Electrical type operation.
- Detection system
- Fire suppression panel.
- Manual call station.
- Abort switch
- Solenoid valve operation.
- Coverage area of nozzle
- Manifold selection.
- Pipe sizing calculation.
- Flow calculation.
- Operation method
- Installation procedure.
- Fire alarm panel selection.
- Loop card selection.
- Network card selection
- Smoke detection
- Heat detection
- Multi-sensor detector
- Manual call point
- Sounder flasher
- Duct detector
- Flame detector.
- Linear head detector
- Cable selection
- Coverage area of devices
- Operation method
- Installation procedure
- Panel capacity selection
- Self-contained type
- Monitoring type
- Central battery type
- Loop card selection.
- Network card selection
- Emergency light and watt selection.
- Cable selection
- Coverage area of devices
- Operation method
- Installation procedure
- Panel capacity selection
- Ceiling mounted speakers
- Wall mounted speakers
- Amplified calculation
- Wattage calculation
- Cable selection
- Coverage area of devices
- Operation method
- Installation procedure
- Scope of electrical designing and draughting/drafting with their respective duties.
- Electrical general distribution concept/house wiring system.
- Different electrical services: Lighting, power, fire alarm, emergency lighting etc.
- Importance of symbol and legends in electrical design and system.
- Common abbreviations of all kind of system
- Lux level calculation and different types of lamps.
- Load scheduling (single house, apartment, high-rise building) common areas, open area and load calculations.
- Cables: Selection, conductor, conductor, strands, cores and insulation.
- Armored and unarmored cables.
- Voltage drop calculation
- Transformer selection as per different application.
- Cable schedule selection as per the standard.
- Switch gears (circuit breakers) types and selection.
- Internal mechanism and working of circuit breakers
- Panel boards (MDB, SMDB, DBs) etc.
- Short circuit calculations in a building.
- Capacitor bank – Power factor improvement.
- Busbar details and selection for high rise buildings.
- Cable tray, cable ladder, raceway, trucking, conduit and routing.
- Cable tray design and selection.
- Fire alarm system and emergency lighting system (central battery and self-contained system).
- Telephone system.
- Selection of UPS and generators
- Single line diagram (SLD).
- Types of earthing according to the requirements.
- Introduction to lightning arrestors
- Close Circuit Television (CCTV): Types of cameras and circuiting.
- Synchronization between the mechanical and electrical engineers, load analysis from HVAC equipment.
- Types of drawings: design, workshop and as-built drawings.
- International standards (IPC/ASHRAE/BS)
- SI units and Metric units.
- Cold water system
- Boosted cold water system
- Gray water system
- Cooled cold water
- Hot water systems
- Irrigation system
- Water tanks: Location, construction and types – Underground, above ground and overhead water tanks.
- Water tank sizing – British standard, demand estimation, residential, commercial and industrial facility.
- Standard pipe sizes
- Common sanitary fixtures details
- Wash basin
- Water closet
- Showers
- Sinks
- Bath tubs
- Bidets
- Urinals
- Pump capacity and selection – Transfer, booster and sump pump
- Water pipe sizing in buildings
- Water hammer arrestors.
- Pressure reducing stations
- Multimedia filters
- Water softeners
- UV filters
- Pressure vessels
- Variable frequency drive systems
- Application of cold water, heat exchanger sizing, cooled cold water pump sizing and grey water system
- Water heater sizing and selection
- Solar system design
- Hot water demand calculation
- Calorifier sizin
- Boiler sizing
- Solar system selection for hot water with other accessories
- Detailing of plumbing services and preparing plumbing drawing, isometric drawings and preparing working drawings.
- Storm water intensity calculations
- Rain water outlet selection
- Storm water pipe sizing.
- Standard slopes
- Sand traps
- Invert level calculation for manholes and inspection chambers
- Soak away sizing and calculations
- Free discharge
- Rain water harvesting
- Holding tank design
- Submersible pumps
- Condensate drainage system
- Storage tank sizing
- Standard and code application
- Standard pipe sizes
- Application of sanitary fittings in design analysis.
- Maximum number of discharge units allowed in stack. Single stack system, design of horizontal drains by discharge unit’s method.
- Planter drains
- Local authority regulations and standard.
- Manhole/inspection chamber schedule preparation.
- Septic tanks, soak-pit, Sewage treatment plant (STP) and Integrated Waste Treatment Plant (IWTP)
- Selection of grease and oil interceptors
- Catch basins
- Sump pit.