Purpose of Seminar:
The purpose of this course is to provide the students with a working knowledge of commercial pneumatic comfort control systems.
Although this course was originally designed as a 5-day “Hands-on” training course, the curriculum can be tailored to meet your specific needs whether you require five days of training or two, want the full-blown “Hands-on” experience, or just a basic lecture introduction. Just let us know. We’ll customize it specifically for you.
Who should take this course?
If you have Pneumatic Comfort Controls in your building, this course is for you. Attendees come from a wide variety of industries, skill levels, company sizes, and job titles, so if you're not sure you'll fit in or will benefit from the class, don't worry - you will - as long as you have an interest in HVAC systems, Pneumatic Comfort Controls, and keeping people in your facility comfortable! People who will benefit from attending this seminar include….
All maintenance personnel in:
- Manufacturing Plants
- Commercial Buildings
- Hospitals
- Schools
- Government Buildings
- Research Facilities
- Shopping Centers
- Apartment Buildings
Including:
- All Building Maintenance Personnel
- All Plant & Facility Maintenance Technicians
- Building Engineers
- Building Managers & Superintendents
- Apprentice and Experienced HVACR Technicians
- Energy Management Personnel
- Multi-craft & Cross Training Personnel
- Mechanical Engineers
- Any person needing to know about Pneumatic Comfort Controls
Course Outline / Agenda
INTRODUCTION
- - General Engineering Data
THE AIR CONDITIONING PROCESS
- - Basic Science
- - Human Comfort
- - Air Conditioning System Design
- - Cooling Systems
- - Heating Systems
- - Central Fan Systems
- - Unitary Equipment
CONTROL FUNDAMENTALS
- - Terminology
- - Types of Control Action
TYPES OF CONTROL SYSTEMS
- - Pneumatic Systems
- - Electric Systems
- - Analog Electronic Systems
- - Direct Digital Control Systems
COMPONENTS OF AN AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM
- - Sensor
- - Controller
- - Controlled Device
- - Auxiliary Devices
PNEUMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
- - Air Supply
- - Sensors
- - Controllers
- - Controlled Devices
- - The Truth Table
- - Receiver Controller
- - Auxiliary Devices
- - Calibration and Troubleshooting
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
All students attending our seminars receive a personalized Certificate of Completion and .8 CEUs
(Continuing Education Units) per day of training. Over 40,000 employers and government agencies who
have sent their employees to our classes accept American Trainco CEUs for continuing education
requirements. Our administration and record keeping practices meet or exceed the standards of ACE
(American Council on Education) and we are able to provide transcripts of all classes attended and
tests taken by individual students. Please contact us if our CEUs are not yet accepted by your authority.
We will initiate an application to get the approval process started.