ME 409 – Air Conditioning
Spring Quarter 2005-2006
COURSE CONTRACT
INSTRUCTOR:
Days / Hour / Room
Instructor
Office
Campus Phone
Home Phone
MTRF / 6 / G308
D. E. Richards
Moench C101
877-8477
232-0006
ME 409
Air Conditioning
4R-0L-4C S Pre: ES202 and ME302 or consent of instructor
Human comfort and the properties of air. Air conditioning in residences, public and industrial buildings using vapor
compression and absorption units. Cooling loads, psychrometry, fans, duct sizing and layout, automatic control and
acoustic design considerations.
TEXTBOOKS:
Main Textbook
R. H. Howell, H. J. Sauer, Jr., and W. J. Coad, Principles of Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning,
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 2005
Reference Textbooks
2005 ASHRAE Handbook — Fundamentals, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers, Inc., Atlanta, GA, 2005
F. C. McQuiston, J. D. Parker, and J. D. Spitler, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning—Analysis and Design, 6th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2005.
COURSE HOMEPAGE: www.rose-hulman.edu/~richards/courses/me409
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
As used in the title of this course, “air conditioning” refers to much more than just cooling air. It is shorthand for the
entire field of environmental control. After successfully completing this course you should
• be able to explain common terminology, concepts, standards, and principles of environmental control,
• be able to apply standard, accepted procedures for the analysis and design of controlled environments and
environmental control systems, and
• understand and be able to explain how these standard procedures, e.g. “rules of thumb,” are related to the
basic engineering sciences—thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer—you have already studied.
COURSE GRADE COMPONENTS:
Midterm exams (3) .......................................................................................................................................... 60 %
Homework and In-class activities ................................................................................................................... 15 %
Design Project(s) ............................................................................................................................................. 25 %
Total ……….. 100 %
**NOTE: To pass the course, you must have an average passing grade for the exams and the project.
Performance on the remaining course grade components may increase or decrease your final grade.
COURSE EXPECTATIONS:
Work Load: This is a four-credit course. The workload for this course should average 8 to 12 hours out of class
each week. This time should be spent reading the text and notes, working problems, discussing material with your
colleagues, looking at resources on the WWW and thinking about the material in this course.
Reading Assignments: Please complete the reading assignments before class. In-class activities assume that you
are familiar with the assigned reading material.
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ME 409 – Air Conditioning
Spring Quarter 2005-2006
Homework Assignments:
o Homework is assigned daily and each day’s homework is treated as a set. Unless you are told otherwise,
you should begin work on homework following the class period in which it is assigned. The set number
corresponds to the course period it appears on the schedule.
o Homework sets will be collected at the beginning of the class period on the due dates indicated in the
schedule.
o Late homework will not be accepted except for medical reasons or prior arrangements with the instructor.
This includes homework submitted after class without my permission.
Attendance: Excused absences must be arranged in advance. The instructor reserves the right to reduce your final
course grade by one letter grade for every four unexcused absences. Eight or more absences, excused or unexcused,
may result in your failing the course. If you miss class, it is your responsibility to obtain all assignments and handouts from students who were present in class.
GRADING STANDARDS
Letter grades in this course are established by comparing your performance against an absolute standard of performance. Typically, 90% and above is an A, 80% and above is a B, 70% and above is a C. A performance level below
60% is usually unacceptable and will result in a failing grade.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
Any act of academic misconduct is grounds for discipline in accordance with the most recent edition of the RoseHulman Institute of Technology Academic Rules and Procedures. If in doubt, ASK! The most recent information
can be found on the web at http://www.rose-hulman.edu/Users/groups/Registrar/arap/rules00.htm . Specific guidance about collaboration and the use of files is found below under Homework Guidelines.
Getting Help with Homework1
A fundamental principle of academic integrity is that you must fairly represent the source of the intellectual content
of work you submit for credit. In this course, collaboration on homework is allowed, unless otherwise directed, as
long as all sources consulted (both literature and people) are acknowledged clearly at the end of each problem.
Failure to acknowledge the contributions of others to your homework solution will be considered cheating. Verbatim copying all or part of a solution that you submit for credit when you have not made any intellectual contribution
is considered to be academically dishonest.
If you need help on the homework use the following resources:
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Get help from a classmate, but do not copy their solution. Discussion among students to understand homework
problems or to prepare for exams is encouraged. Working in a group on the homework can be an excellent way
to learn the material; however, do not get in the habit of letting others do the thinking for you. Do not divide up
the problems, but help each other when you get stuck. Remember that every student will be individually accountable for the material on the exams.
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Get help from the instructor. Check with your instructor for office hours and availability.
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Adapted from the “Academic Honesty” section of Course Facts for Unified Engineering Course 16.010 and
16.020, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
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