Technical Talk on Maintenance of HVAC Equipment

(Audit Course in Maintenance Engineering)

The Department of Mechanical Engineering conducted a Technical Talk on Maintenance of HVAC Equipment’s on March 15, 2023. The session is held as a part of Audit Course in Maintenance Engineering for Third year students of Mechanical Department. The session was delivered by Mr. Prakash Naik, Past President, ISHRAE Goa Chapter and Retired Officer from Goa Shipyard Ltd.

 Asst. Prof. Swapnil Ramani, (Co-ordinator) welcomed the student participants and introduced about the audit course for the academic year 2022-2023. He also outlined the major activities that will be carried out during the course and explained the benefits of the same. 

Mr. Prakash explained about the different types of HVAC systems. Various components of split AC, package AC, Precision AC units, Centre Plant, Vapour Refrigeration cycle were also briefly discussed.

Mr. Naik provided insights on the need for Maintenance and various techniques; namely; Predictive, Preventive & Corrective techniques in maintenance engineering were explained in detail. He also emphasized the requirement of maintaining a log book and said “It is a health chart of a machine or component”.

Mr. Prakash Naik explained the major problems that occurs in refrigeration / cooling systems and briefed about the troubleshooting of the same. He also elucidated the different controlling systems related to HVAC & RAC system. He then briefed about Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) audit guidelines as given by various bodies like AHSRAE, OSHA etc.

The Audit Course session was organized by the coordinators, Mr Swapnil Ramani (Asst. Prof – Mechanical), Mr. Sharad Shanbhag (Asst. Prof – Mechanical) and Mr. Joyston Menezes (Lab Asst – Mechanical). The session was attended by the students and staff of Mechanical Department.