Automotive Heating & Air Conditioning
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Automotive Heating & Air Conditioning Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Automotive Heating & Air Conditioning (subject code 4340201) as prescribed for COMPUTER · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 57 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4340201)Unit 1 Fundamental of Air conditioning System.
- 1.1. Requirement of Air conditioning system.
- 1.2. Air conditioning system basic terminology.
- 1.2.1. Refrigeration cooling load, Cooling capacity and 1 ton of refrigerant.
- 1.2.2. Air Conditioning
- 1.2.3. Dry bulb Temperature, Wet Bulb Temperature and Dew point temperature.
- 1.2.4. Humidity and Relative Humidity.
- 1.2.5. Latent Heat of Condensation& Latent Heat of Evaporation.
- 1.2.6. Modes of heat transfer.
- 1.2.7. Moist air, saturated air and unsaturated air.
- 1.3. Types and properties of air conditioning refrigerant and Refrigerant Oil.
- 1.4. Effect of air conditioning refrigerants on the environment.
- 1.5. Concept of ecofriendly refrigerants.
Unit 2 Automotive Cooling System.
- 2.1. Basic working cycle of Automotive cooling system
- 2.2. Major components Automotive cooling system
- 2.2.1. Magnetic clutch.
- 2.2.2. Types of compressors.
- 2.2.4. Receiver Drier and Filter.
- 2.2.6. Expansion valves and heat sensing tube.
- 2.2.7. Orifice tube.
- 2.3. Trouble shooting of automotive cooling system.
- 2.3.1. Based on complain.
- 2.3.2. Based on component defect.
- 2.3.3. Various Contaminant and their effects. Automotive heating & Air conditioning Course Code: 4340201
Unit 3 Automotive Heating & HVAC Ventilation System.
- 3.2. Major components Automotive heating system.
- 3.2.1. engine cooling system component
- 3.2.2. Heater Core
- 3.2.3. Heater Hoses
- 3.2.4. Heater Control Valve
- 3.2.5. HVAC Control Panel 3.3.Working of electric heating system. 3.4.Ventilation of Automotive AC System.
- 3.4.1. Air Distribution system.
- 3.4.2. Duct System.
- 3.4.3. Different Outlets and Grills/vents
- 3.4.5. Air Filters
- 3.5. Types of Air Conditioning Unit
- 3.5.1. Based on its working. a) Heater Cooler Independent System b) Reheat Air Conditioning System c) Semi-air mixed type Air Conditioning System d) Full air mixed type Air Conditioning System
- 3.5.2. Based on its location. i) Dash type air condition system ii) Boot type air conditioning system iii) Dual air conditioning system
- 3.6. Trouble shooting of Automotive Heating System.
Unit 4 Various controls and Automatic climate control.
- 4.1.1. Pressure Switch
- 4.1.2. Evaporator Pressure Regulator
- 4.1.3. Humidifier and Dehumidifier
- 4.1.4. Thermistor Switch
- 4.1.5. Vacuum operated device Automotive heating & Air conditioning Course Code: 4340201
Unit 5 HVAC Maintenance, Servicing and Repairing.
- 5.1. Inspection of A.C system –Visually and with the help of sight glass.
- 5.2. leak test of refrigerant
- 5.2.1. Electronic leak detector unit
- 5.2.2. Soap Bubble method
- 5.2.3. Water Immersion method
- 5.2.4. Fluorescent dye and Ultra violate rays method
- 5.3. Periodic service (Routine Service) of Automotive AC System.
- 5.4. Automotive charging and discharging methods:
- 5.4.1. Discharging A.C system and Evacuating A.C system.
- 5.4.2. Charging A.C system using various methods. (Liquid Charging, Vapour charging, top up cane charging, Charging with recovery unit)
- 5.4.3. Adding oil in Automotive A.C system.
- 5.5. Servicing steps/procedure of following components:
- 5.5.1. Compressor and Magnetic clutch and shaft seal replacement
- 5.5.2. Hose pipe fitting and connection checking.
- 5.5.3. Evaporator, condenser, Heater core. Note: The UOs need to be formulated at the ‘Application Level’ and above of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy’ to accelerate the attainment of the COs and the competency. Automotive heating & Air conditioning Course Code: 4340201