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design of RE heating, including:heat transfer encompassing:modes of heat transferconduction through a flat plate, series flat plates, thick and thin wall pipe, and composite pipes (e.g. lagged pipes and drums)convection at a flat surface or tuberadiation from a flat surface or tube for black or grey bodiescombined conduction and convection through single or multiple flat plates or thin wall tubescombined convection and radiationcombined conduction, convection and radiation such as fluid in a tank (convection to wall), through wall and/or insulation (conduction) to outside air (convection and radiation)heat exchangers - parallel, counter flow and cross flowcombustion and fuels encompassing:the combustion processfuels - desirable and undesirable characteristics, solid, liquid and gaseous types, their relative advantages and disadvantages and common methods of combustionair/fuel ration - stoichiometric excess or insufficient airemissions and pollutants and their controlcombustion equations - element mass balancecombustion products - gravimetric basissteam encompassing:importance of steam for heat transfer and power productionsteam/water properties and the interrelationship between the various properties for unsaturated or saturated water or steam either superheated, saturated or wetsaturation temperature and pressure, specific enthalpy, specific volume and dryness fractiontemperature-specific enthalpy diagram for steam/wateruse of steam table to determine steam/water properties (any condition except supercritical)steam generation - water tube and fire tube boilers, and boiler efficiencysafety devices and controls used with boilerssteam plant - steam traps, economiser, air, pre-heater, superheater, air/water separators, water treatment, feedwater pump and exhaust gas treatmentheat transfer rates to or from steam/water (any condition except supercritical)steam throttling and formation of flash steamsteam heat exchangers and barrel calorimeterssteam plant for process heatingsteam plant for power productionrefrigeration/heat pump encompassing:basic principles and terminologyvapour compression cycleperformance criteriatypes of refrigerant - designation, properties advantages and disadvantagesrefrigerant properties using the pH diagramideal vapour compression cycle on the pH diagramenergy balance and heat transfers in compressor, evaporator and condenseractual vapour compression cycle and variations from the ideal - pressure loss in lines and non-ideal compressionsuperheating and sub-cooling with or without suction/liquid heat exchangerCarnot principle applied to refrigerator and heat pump principles of evaporative refrigeration, absorption refrigeration, air cycle refrigeration and thermo-electric refrigerationdaily irradiation encompassing:definition of the terms: declination angle, reflectance, sunshine hours and extraterrestrial irradiationsolar radiation data tables and contour mapsdetermination, using field measurements and a sun path diagram, the times and dates when a photovoltaic (PV) array will be shaded by obstacles at a particular sitecalculation of the daily average irradiation on a horizontal plane given extraterrestrial irradiation, location constants and sunshine hour datacalculation of the monthly mean daily irradiation falling on a PV array for each month of the year, adjusted for the effects of shading, using irradiance and irradiation data tables and a sun path diagram and/or appropriate softwareenergy balance encompassing:definitions of the terms: transmittance, absorptance, emittance, specific heat, absorber, heat removal factor and stagnation temperatureheat transfer mechanisms of conduction, convection and radiation and their operation in a simple fin and tube collectorhow the transmittance, absorptance and emittance properties of materials used in the collector affect the performance of the collectorways to reduce heat losses from a collectorenergy balance and instantaneous efficiency equations for a collectorcalculation of the collector constants from the instantaneous collector efficiency equation for a linear relationshipsolar collector encompassing:five major factors that affect the selection of materials for solar collectorsfeatures of collectors for low, medium and high temperature applications in terms of heat transfer, optical properties and materials of constructionthe scope and content of Australian Standards (AS) AS/NZS 2712 Solar and heat pump water heaters, or similar standardsrequirements of AS/NZS 2712 Solar and heat pump water heaters, or similar standards in one aspect of collector constructiontests required by AS/NZS 2712 Solar and heat pump water heaters, or similar standards with regard to collector constructionsolar collector performance encompassing:scope and content of AS/NZS 2535 Test methods for solar collectors, and AS 2984 Solar water heaters – Method of test for thermal performance – Outdoor test method, or similar standardsmethod for testing the thermal performance of a solar collector or a solar water heater according to AS/NZS 2535 Test methods for solar collectors. and AS 2984 Solar water heaters – Method of test for thermal performance – Outdoor test method, or similar standardsinstantaneous efficiency of a solar collector for different inlet temperatures and flow rateseffect of varying inlet temperature and flow rate on the performance of a solar collectorefficiency curves for various types of solar collectorsperformance of various types of solar water heaters in terms of their design, location and predicted solar fractionhydraulic circuits encompassing:definition of the terms: equivalent length, static head, dynamic head and heat exchangerconfiguration of a hydraulic circuit for a pumped storage solar water heating systemfunction of the components in the circuiteffects of water quality on the life and performance of components in the hydraulic circuitsuitable type and size components to minimise hydraulic and energy losses, including pipes, pumps, heat exchangers, expansion tanks, valves and filters for a hydraulic circuit with a given flow rate and headsafety requirements of the hydraulic circuit in terms of temperature, pressure and hydrogen gas releaserequirements to balance flow through parallel/series combinations of collector arrayssuitable water and energy conservation measures, including user education, water conservation technologies and insulationsuitable types and level of insulation for system components to minimise heat lossesdomestic solar water heaters encompassing:definition of the terms: thermosiphon system, pumped storage system and sacrificial anodefunction of the components in a domestic solar water heater, including the collector, storage tank, valves, piping, differential controllers, pumps, insulation and support framesschematic diagram of different types of system configurations showing collectors, storage tank, piping, pumps, filters, valves, heat exchangers and expansion tanksfactors which affect system performance, including storage tank and collector design, system location and collector orientation, water quality, hot water demand and usage patternsafety requirements that prevent injury from high temperature water and hydrogen gas explosions during installation, maintenance and use of solar water heatersdemand for hot water and irradiation for a given location and collector tilt angle, orientation and shadingselection a suitably sized system for a given demand and location to meet a specific solar fraction and/or minimise life cycle costconsequences of under/oversizing of solar water heating systems in terms of the effect on system performance, safety and life expectancy of componentsinstallation, commissioning and maintenance requirements for a given situation including location and mounting of collectors, storage tanks, valves, pumps, pipes and ancillary fittingsenergy conservation and efficiency measures that will enhance the performance of a solar water heater such as appropriate usage patterns, insulation, water conservation technologies and auxiliary energy tariffsthe capital cost, simple pay back and life cycle cost of solar and electric or gas hot water heaters according to AS 3595 and AS/NZS 4536 Life cycle costingcommercial solar hot water heaters encompassing:schematic diagrams for two different types of system configurations showing collectors, storage tank, piping, pumps, filters, valves, heat exchangers and expansion tankssteps involved in the design of a commercial solar water heating systemassessment of the demand for hot water and irradiation for a given location and collector tilt angle, orientation and shadingselection of a suitably sized system for a given demand and location to meet a specific solar fraction and/or minimise life cycle costconsequences of under/oversizing of a solar water heating system in terms of system performance, safety and life expectancy of componentsinstallation, commissioning and maintenance requirements for a given situation, including location and mounting of collectors, storage tanks, valves, pumps, pipes and ancillary fittingsevaluation of energy conservation and efficiency measures that will enhance the performance of a solar water heater such as appropriate usage patterns, insulation, water conservation technologies and auxiliary energy tariffsthe capital cost, simple payback time and life cycle cost of solar and electric or gas hot water heaters according to AS 3595 and AS/NZS 4536 Life cycle costingpool solar hot water heaters encompassing:function of the components of solar pool heating systemstypical system configurationtwo factors which affect system performanceheating system technologies encompassing:types and their applicationoperating parameters of common systemssystem component parameters and specificationssystem performance and requirementsinstallation specifications and requirementsrelevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processesrelevant manufacturer specificationsrelevant WHS/OHS legislated requirementsrelevant workplace documentationrelevant workplace policies and procedures. |