Heat Pump Systems is the heating and cooling technology in which one refrigeration system moves heat in either direction, warming a space or cooling it. The equipment runs on the same refrigeration cycle used in air conditioning, with controls that set the direction of heat flow.
What it covers
The catalog describes the course as: “An overview of air-conditioning and automatic controls.”
Topics covered include comfort and psychometrics, refrigeration applied to air-conditioning, residential energy auditing, typical operating conditions, troubleshooting, and automatic control components, applications, and troubleshooting.
Which program covers it
In InterCoast Colleges’ HVAC Technician program, heat pump systems is covered in the course HVAC104, Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems.
The HVAC Technician outline lists HVAC104 Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems at 90 clock hours (60 lecture, 30 laboratory) and 5 semester credits.
Prerequisites for HVAC104: “Completion of the equivalent of ATP104, ATP105, ATP106”.
Other topics in the HVAC Technician program include basic refrigeration, gas-fired heating systems, refrigerant recovery, and air distribution and balancing.
This topic is covered in the HVAC Technician program at InterCoast Colleges.