MEM234015 — Design hydronic heat exchanger systems

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What an assessment for MEM234015 must cover

39 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 12 performance evidence and 13 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Clarify the design brief and specifications for the hydronic heat exchanger system

1.1Establish required features and performance parameters of a hydronic heat exchanger system
1.2Confirm technical, commercial and environmental parameters of the brief or contract
1.3Determine stakeholders to be consulted in design process
1.4Assess work health and safety (WHS), regulatory, sustainability or environmental issues relevant to the design task
1.5Confirm design brief, including budget and schedule, and provide preliminary advice on feasibility

2 Evaluate design analysis and prepare concept proposals

2.1Appraise initial qualitative and quantitative analysis of the design task
2.2Carry out required detailed modelling and calculations using appropriate software and validation techniques appropriate to the proposed system environment
2.3Generate solutions for a hydronic heat exchange system that respond to the design brief or contract
2.4Check feasibility and evaluate solutions against design criteria, ensuring conformity to WHS, air quality, environmental and sustainability requirements
2.5Present concept proposals to client and select preferred solution

3 Design hydronic system

3.1Develop the hydronic system design according to preferred solution
3.2Provide documentation, drawings, specifications and instructions that reflect the design
3.3Consult with client and stakeholders to obtain sign-off on design
3.4Monitor installation and commissioning with stakeholders and make any necessary adjustments to design

Performance evidence

interpreting features of plant and equipment
confirming parameters of the brief or contract and providing initial advice based on discipline knowledge, standards, work health and safety (WHS), regulatory and risk assessment requirements
researching sustainability implications and current industrial design techniques
sustainability implications and current industrial design techniques
investigating faults in existing designs and proposing solutions
measuring, modelling and calculating using appropriate techniques, software and validation techniques
innovating and creating solutions, incorporating systems thinking, continuous improvement, and constraint and contingency management
evaluating solutions against design criteria ensuring conformity to WHS requirements
designing hydronic heat exchange systems using current design methods on at least two occasions, selecting all required boilers, pumps, cooling towers and chillers
applying safe working practices and procedures
communicating, negotiating and reviewing with stakeholders and client throughout the process to obtain agreement on proposal and sign-off on design
documenting design by producing graphics, drawings, specifications and instructions

Knowledge evidence

contemporary engineering design methods
design brief parameters
hydronic heat exchange system components including: boilers, pumps, pipes, pipe fittings, cooling towers and chillers
techniques for: continuous improvement, problem solving and decision making, root cause analysis (RCA) or failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) or design review based on failure mode (DRBFM), and Pareto analysis
documenting design with drawings, specifications and instructions required
WHS, regulatory and environmental requirements for work areas and refrigerated spaces
standards, codes of practice, risk management and organisational procedures related to heating, ventilation and air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) design, installation, operation and maintenance
concepts of thermodynamics, hydronics, properties of substances, conservation of mass and energy principles
heat transfer including conduction, convection and radiation
heat exchangers
water chillers
pumping systems and cavitation
practical pump installations and operation problems

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