PROGRAMME (2024)
Day 1
Monday, 1 July
8.45 - 9.00 Workshop Registration
9.00 – 9.30 Introductions
9.30 - 11.00 Session 1
Specifications; Examination of the purpose of specifications in the contractor/customer relationship. Preparation and interpretation of specifications. Technical detail for customers, consultants and contractors. Case studies.
11.30 - 1.00 Session 2
Refrigeration basics. Review of basic refrigeration cycles. Introduction to system analysis tools and refrigeration jargon. Introduction to psychrometrics.
1.30 - 3.00 Session 3
The CFC issue and global warming - implications for refrigeration.
3.30 - 5.00 Session 4
Heat load calculations. Techniques for estimation of loads and identification of excessive heat loads. Methods for load reduction. Hand calculations and computer analysis.
5.15 - 8.00 Introductory Social
(venue to be confirmed at workshop)
Day 2
Tuesday, 2 July
8.30 - 10.00 Session 5
Heat load calculations continued. Techniques for estimation of loads and identification of excessive heat loads. Methods for load reduction. Hand calculations and computer analysis.
10.30 - 12.00 Session 6
Heat load calculations. A “hands-on” session for participants to use the techniques on typical industrial problems.
12.30 - 2.00 Session 7
Air cooling systems (evaporators) and defrost systems. Discussion and quantitative techniques for ensuring that maximum efficiency is obtained.
2.30 - 4.00 Session 8
Water vapour and refrigeration. Vapour barriers, condensation on cold surfaces, humidity control.
4.00 - 5.30 Session 9
Estimation of chilling times and means for predicting the effect of changing conditions on chiller performance. Hand calculations and computer analysis.
Day 3
Wednesday, 3 July
8.00 - 9.30 Session 10
Estimation of freezing times and means for predicting the effect of changing conditions on freezer performance. Cryogenics. Hand calculations and computer analysis. A “hands-on” session for participants to use the techniques on a typical industrial problem.
10.00 -11.30 Session 11
Product weight loss. Theory and practical techniques to minimise product shrinkage in refrigerated facilities.
11.30 - 12.30 Session 12
Refrigeration plant design and energy efficiency calculations. Review basic techniques and analyse simple single stage cycles.
1.30 - 3.00 Session 13
Refrigeration plant design and energy efficiency calculations. More complex plant configurations, plant variations to save energy.
3.30 - 5.00 Session 14
Heat pump cycle designs and energy efficiency calculations for process heating. Matching heat pumps to process requirements. High temperature heat pumps.
6.00 - 10.00 Workshop Dinner
(venue to be confirmed at workshop)
Day 4
Thursday, 4 July
8.30 – 10.00 Session 15
Refrigeration and heat pump plant and energy calculations. A “hands-on” session for participants to use the techniques on a typical industrial problem.
10.30 – 12.00 Session 16
Absorption refrigeration. Principles of operation, system types and layouts, performance characteristics and efficiency, applications and economics.
1.00 - 2.30 Session 17
Operational aspects of refrigeration plant performance - performance of evaporators, condensers and compressor and effect of pipeline pressure drop.
3.00 - 4.30 Session 18
Operational aspects of refrigeration plant performance - measurement of performance, trouble-shooting guidelines, effects of operational practices on energy efficiency.
Day 5 (optional)
Friday, 5 July
8.30 – 10.00 Session 19
Introduction to and use of spreadsheet calculation tools – prediction of applications heat loads and prediction of freezing and chilling times.
10.30 – 12.00 Session 20
Introduction to and use of spreadsheet calculation tools –use of CoolProps to get refrigerant and psychrometric properties and to analysis simple cycles.
1.00 – 2.30 Session 21
Introduction to and use of spreadsheet calculation tools – analysis of complex cycles and heat pumps.