The Building Services Engineering test hall is the only one of its kind in Sweden. It is designed to enhance knowledge of the way in which climate control, comfort and indoor environment systems operate in different circumstances. The facility provides a clear insight into the entire process from energy supply, distribution and control through to the resulting indoor climate and provides a wide range of options for various types of research and/or training.
The Division of Building Services Engineering focuses on training and research into the indoor climate, energy use and technical systems that supply buildings and bring them to life: in other words the ventilation, heating, cooling and various types of energy supply systems.
The ability to visualise actual systems, components and processes is a fundamental aspect of the development of engineers’ technical understanding, encouraging their interest and creativity. Being able to see fully functioning systems and perform full-scale experiments provides a much stronger sense of reality and practical experience than fundamental theoretical principles and simulations performed in a computer environment can provide. Their interest and, especially, their enthusiasm increase significantly! This applies not only to students at university but also to engineers who are already working in the sector, who want to develop their expertise or quite simply update their knowledge.
- Control test rig (adjustment of P, PI or PID to achieve the required flow or temperature)
- Pump rig (importance of static pressure, influence of pump and system characteristics)
- Flow measurement rig (various means of measuring air flow)
- Filter test rig (measuring separation efficiency depending on filter and/or ionisation)
- Radiator rig (effect of adjustment, pressure drop, flow and temperature on heat output)
- Refrigeration rig (generation of electricity, heating and cooling effect and COP).
- Ground storage system with nine individually adjustable boreholes
- Liquid-borne distribution system for heating and cooling
- Central control and monitoring system for both the control and collection of measurements
- Various laboratory rigs for experimenting on pumps, refrigeration systems, control and regulation systems etc.
- Clean-air chamber for analysing emissions from humans and materials
- Metal-lined chamber (an enclosed space with sheet metal walls for analysing emissions from various materials)
- Glass room (an enclosed space with a wet bench and large ceiling-mounted filter unit for laminar ventilation)
- Seminar room for analysing air quality and thermal comfort.
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- Measurement assignments
- Laboratory tests
- Practical tests
- Training and education, experimental and laboratory work
