Basic Fundamentals of HVAC
Basic Fundamentals of HVAC
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Early modules lay down the physics cleanly without fluff, which helped frame everything that follows. The psychrometric chart walkthrough in Chapter 2, especially the example tracing mixed air at 55°F and 60% RH, stuck because it's exactly what comes up when reviewing HVAC specs. Explanations map well to day-to-day arch and infra conversations, like translating load calcs into duct sizing choices you can defend in a PR or design review. It’s beginner-friendly but doesn’t talk down, though I wished there was a bit more on controls logic and how it shows up in obs once systems hit prod. Some slides lingered on terminology, and a few diagrams could be tighter, but that’s a minor gripe. After finishing, I’m quicker to make HVAC calls and sanity-check arch tradeoffs without bouncing everything to a specialist.
Feels like annotated notes from someone who's been in the field, aimed at getting a team aligned fast without fluff. The psychrometrics section where he walks a mixed-air example step by step, then sanity-checks humidity against comfort bands, stuck with me. As a TeamLead watching budget, it's mostly practical, though I wasn't sold on the brief controls overview and wished there was more on commissioning checks across the system arch and building infra. Still, the way it calls out oddball cases: shoulder-season short cycling and undersized returns, helps avoid mistakes that show up later.
The psychrometric chart walkthrough in Chapter 3 clicked for sizing airflow; it's mostly clear, though I wished for a quick field calc example.
Is this course for you?
You should take this if
- You work in HVAC
- You're a Mechanical Engineering professional
- You prefer live, instructor-led training with Q&A
You should skip if
- You need a different specialisation outside Mechanical Engineering
- You need fully self-paced, on-demand content
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Sat, Mar 21, 2026
Duration
1 hour per day
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What learners say about this course
More like a hands-on walkthrough than a skim, and it's paced for someone trying to connect theory to day-to-day work. The moment that stuck was Module 3's heat-load calc using the sample office floor plan, especially the psychrometric chart callout at 18:40 and why it breaks in prod conditions. As a grad, I kept mapping it to arch/infra habits from my repo and CI checklists; wished there was more on k8s-style ops analogies for hvacr controls. Still, it got across stuff I'd normally grab a senior between meetings to explain.
Good orientation for HVAC career paths; the Module 3 psychrometric chart exercise plotting sensible vs latent loads for a small office stuck with me. it's mostly aimed at beginners, which is fine, but I wasn't sold on the salary segment and wished there was more on field commissioning vs design tracks.
Section 3’s pump NPSH calc and curve matching saved me a redesign; mostly strong, wasn't sold on skimpy control valve sizing.
The scaling angle is what pulled me in, even at a beginner level, and it maps well to how I think about arch and infra. liked the moment in the duct sizing section where they run CFM against static pressure and show how diffuser choice changes the outcome; that clicked more than diagrams. It wasn't sold on the short obs bit—I wished there was more on diagnosing airflow like we do in prod with RPS and alerts. Still, the frameworks stick, and I’ll reuse them long after tools shift.
Oct 2, 2026 
