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Overview

Fan coil units are products that have been around for years; however, there has been a growing interest in the use of these products for a variety of reasons. Fan coil units can provide zone control of heating and cooling in a manner that matches the zone load. For fan coil products, the typical application characteristics are similar to multi-family residential building. For these structures, heating and cooling load calculations will differ from commercial applications.

In this course the student will learn some of the basics about fan coil unit design and applications. In addition, the student will learn about some basic principles of heat transfer, psychrometrics and room load calculations that must be understood to properly size and select fan coil units. The student will also learn about specifiable features and benefits of fan coil products including control components, coils, filters, casings, housing design, test standards and more.

The student is expected to read and review the material contained in the Titus Product Catalog Engineering Guidelines - Fan Coil Units, as well as the Titus Fan Coils Catalog.

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions at the end of this course to obtain 2 PDH credits. The first ten quiz questions will focus on the Engineering Guidelines document (12 pages). The last five questions will require the student to select from equipment in the Titus Fan Coils Catalog (86 pages) in order to answer the questions. Note that it is not necessary to review the entire catalog in order to answer the equipment selection questions in the course quiz.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  · Basic psychrometrics
  · Basic heat transfer principles
  · Fan coil types and models
  · Room load calculation basics
  · Properties of coils and coil designs
  · Fan coil control devices
  · Titus specific fan coil products models, sizes, capacities, specification features

State Board Acceptance

This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by state and provincial licensing boards. Decatur Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing education in all states that pre-approve course providers. In all other states that mandate continuing education for engineers, it is the individual engineer's responsibility to determine the suitability of activities for PDH credit. The state boards typically accept online* courses that cover technical, managerial** or ethical content and which are relevant to the practice of engineering. The course must have a clear purpose or objective with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee's field of practice. For questions about your mandatory PDH requirements, visit the website of your state licensing board.

*Online courses are accepted by all state licensing boards that mandate continuing education. Other than New York (which limits online courses to 18 PDH) and Iowa (which limits online courses to 6 PDH), there are no limits placed by other states on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education. Consult with your state licensing board if you have any questions about the acceptability of online courses.

**The New York State Board of Engineers does not accept general office management courses, but will accept project management courses that are offered by an approved provider and that are technical in nature and contribute to the engineer's professional practice.

Please Note: Continuing Education credits for this course are awarded as PDH (Professional Development Hour Credits).