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Refrigeration and Heat Pumps (5 cr)

Code: BYR22VV09-3002

General information


Enrollment

01.12.2025 - 08.03.2026

Timing

02.03.2026 - 24.04.2026

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Civil and Construction Engineering

Teachers

  • Alvar Lehtonen

Groups

  • BYS22D-E
    Ingenjör (YH), byggnads- och samhällsteknik, 2022, dagstudier, Ekenäs
  • BYS23D-E
    Ingenjör (YH), byggnads- och samhällsteknik, 2023, dagstudier, Ekenäs

Objective

The student:
- are aware of the fundamentals and standards of refrigeration and heat pumps
- knows the different forms of heat pumps
- understands the basic refrigeration processes and the Carnot’s theorem
- can dimension heat pump and refrigeration services and interpreting their schematic diagrams
- are aware of the different refrigerants and their outlooks on a general level

Content

- fundamentals and standards of refrigeration and heat pumps
- theory of refrigeration processes
- tasks of schematic diagrams and dimensioning of heat pump and refrigeration services

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students fulfill the objectives of the course, and in the relevant realization compulsory parts, at a satisfactory level

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students fulfill the objectives of the course, and in the relevant realization compulsory parts, at a good level

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students fulfill the objectives of the course, and in the relevant realization compulsory parts, at an excellent level

Qualifications

The Educational Modules Introduction to Building Techniques and The Residential and Public Buildings and the course of Thermodynamics, or similar knowledge