Workshops

OTS R&D offers full, in-person multi-day workshops covering a range of topics or virtual one-hour sessions on specific content areas. The below outline is a general list of the workshop offerings we provide. Contact us to coordinate for your specific interests and training needs.

Available Workshop and Presentation Topics

Heat Transfer and Vapor Compression Cycle Fundamentals

  • HVAC and Heat Transfer Fundamentals
  • HVAC Optimization
  • Refrigeration Cycle Fundamentals
  • Refrigerant and Oil Mixing and Impacts on Vapor Compression System Performance
  • Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Exchangers (tube-fin and Micro-channel Coils
  • Fluid-to-Fluid Heat transfer (Plate Heat Exchangers)
  • Compact Heat Exchangers
  • Frost Accumulation and Defrost Strategies: Modeling Performance and Implementing
    Alternative Hardware Solutions

Future and Alternative Technologies

  • Advanced Cooling Technologies
  • Combined Heat and Power Systems
  • Absorption Systems and Applications
  • Application of Thermoelectric Cooling and Heat Pumping Technologies
  • CO2 and Other Transcritical Systems and Applications
  • Thermal Storage Technologies and Integration
  • Increasing System Performance and Effectiveness through Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling
  • Thermal Storage Options and Implementation

Heat Exchanger Design and Technology

  • Recent Trends in Compact Heat Exchanger Technology
  • Impacts of Refrigerant and Air Maldistribution on Heat Exchanger Performance
  • The Future of Heat Exchanger Design
  • Design of Air-to-Refrigerant Heat Exchangers
  • Effective Design and Integration of Suction Line Heat Exchangers
  • Heat Exchanger Testing and Validation

Software Development and Training

  • CoilDesigner Techniques, Tips, and Tools
  • VapCyc Techniques, Tips, and Tools
  • Transient Modeling Strategies and Methodologies
  • Optimization
  • Data Reduction

Product and Development Planning

  • Innovation Engineering
  • Research Roadmap Development
  • Market Analysis and Technology Roadmapping
  • Uncertainty Analysis and Impacts on Data Interpretation and Reliability

Environmental Considerations and Impacts

  • Life Cycle Climate Performance
  • Alternative Refrigerants
  • Renewables and Integration with “Traditional” Technologies