Program Overview

HEATING VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING

COURSE DETAILS

• CODE: 66078
• ACADEMIC YEAR: 2025/2026
• CREDITS: 6 cfu anno 2 YACHT DESIGN 9268 (LM-34) - LA SPEZIA
• SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR: ING-IND/10
• LANGUAGE: English
• TEACHING LOCATION: LA SPEZIA
• SEMESTER: 2° Semester
• TEACHING MATERIALS: AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The course deals with HVAC for small pleasure yachts and sails.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The unit provides students with concepts of HVAC operating principles and relevant systems, with particular concern to the systems installed on pleasure crafts.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The students, practising with the calculation of the size of the components for a small climatization system, will develop the capability of looking critically at the projects for chiller and fan-coils systems, for small yachts.

PREREQUISITES

There are no specific requirements.

TEACHING METHODS

The educational activities are organized into 48 hours of theoretical classes. Part of the course will deal with the preliminary design of a chiller & fan coils system for a small pleasure yacht or sail.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• Principle of cooling, inverse cycles.
• Psychometry and main transformation of humid air.
• Thermal comfort: Ashrae 55 and ISO 7730.
• Heat and mass balance of building: evaluation of thermal loads.
• Main configurations of AC plants: Split systems, Water systems, Air systems.
• Part of the course will focus on the plants commonly employed on yachts.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

• Teacher: FRANCESCO DEVIA
• Exam Board:
  • FRANCESCO DEVIA (President)
  • ANNA CHIARI
  • GUGLIELMO LOMONACO
  • ANNALISA MARCHITTO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Course website.

CLASS SCHEDULE

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy.

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The oral examination will be based on the discussion of the report about the preliminary design of a chiller & fan coils system for a small pleasure yacht or sail, which will be prepared by students.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The assessment of students' skill is based on their capability of explaining and sustaining the choices they made, about the preliminary design of the HVAC for a small pleasure yacht.

EXAM SCHEDULE

• Data appello: 08/01/2026
• Orario: 12:00
• Luogo: LA SPEZIA
• Degree type: Orale
• Note:
• Additional exam dates:
  • 22/01/2026
  • 12/02/2026
  • 04/06/2026
  • 02/07/2026
  • 23/07/2026
  • 17/09/2026
  • All exams at 12:00 in LA SPEZIA.