University of Alberta
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Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Systems

MAE 494/598
Closed
Arizona State University (ASU)
Arizona State University (ASU)
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Pat Phelan
Professor and Associate Dean
(4)
5
Timeline
  • September 12, 2024
    Experience start
  • December 5, 2024
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Mechanical engineering Hardware product design Environmental sustainability
Skills
design thinking communication research model development deployment and documentation
Learner goals and capabilities

Air conditioning refers to the thermal and environmental control of building interiors, while refrigeration refers to maintaining sub-ambient temperatures for food, vaccines, or other products. The purpose of this course is to enable students to specify and/or design such systems for application in residential, commercial, and industrial environments.

Learners

Learners
Undergraduate
Intermediate levels
90 learners
Project
25 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final project deliverable will be a recorded video presentation.

Project timeline
  • September 12, 2024
    Experience start
  • December 5, 2024
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

In teams of 4 or 5, students will select an air conditioning/refrigeration technology or approach which can apply to buildings, manufacturing, transportation, or other applications requiring cooling. Each project will require an analysis of its energy consumption, electrical demand, installation cost, and an estimate of the CO2 emissions caused by this installation. If the system is replacing an existing system then an estimate of the energy, demand, and CO2 emissions savings will be generated.

For this project students can do one of the following:

• Conceive of a “new” air conditioning or refrigeration technology, and develop it further to the point where a technical and economic assessment of its potential can be made. This can be an entirely new concept, or one that students want to explore further.

• In a similar manner, conceive of a new installation or operation approach, such as an improved process to control an air conditioner or refrigerator, and analyze its potential to save energy, CO2, and money.

• Analyze the combined technical and economic implications of an air conditioning or refrigeration technology, such as the application of cost-effective cooling for agricultural produce in developing countries.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.