Title: Unit 2 Outline
Course: HET 273 - Pneumatic, Electric and DDC Automation - Spring 2015 > Section: HET 273 - Pneumatic, Electric and DDC Automation - Spring 2015

Unit 2 Outline

Unit 1 Outline
Unit 2 Outline

Heat Transfer

Objectives

After this week’s assignment, the HVAC learner should be able to:

- Identify the ways heat is transferred in HVAC systems
- Describe the different states of matter
- Discuss the types of heat
- Explain the meaning of Btu
- Discuss thermodynamics
- Describe what is temperature

Introduction

Identify the ways heat is transferred in HVAC systems
- What is heat?
- How does heat move?
- What types of heat?

Describe the different states of matter
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation

Describe what is temperature
- Heat intensity

Discuss the types of heat
- Sensible Heat
- Latent Heat
- Latent Heat of Fusion
- Latent Heat of Condensation
- Latent Heat of Vaporization

Explain the meaning of Btu
- How much energy is a Btu
- How do we measure a Btu

Discuss Heat transfer difference in Winter and Summer
- Heat Loss
- Heat Gain

Review the vocabulary terms listed below and look up their definitions / descriptions before taking the Vocabulary Quiz.

Vocabulary

Terms

- Element
- Compounds
- Heat
- Btu’s
- Thermodynamics
- Conduction
- Convection
- Sensible Heat
- Specific Heat
- Sub-cooled
- Superheated
- Latent Heat
- Change of State
- Radiation