Training

The course “Heat Pumps: Technologies, Applications and Energy Efficiency” is for engineers, designers and installers. The program follows the textbook “Heat Pumps”, which V.L. Siarmiazhka wrote with colleagues for Uzbekistan: its calculations are based on local standards and the Tashkent climate. The first group completed the course in March 2026.

A group starts as soon as 5 people have signed up.

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Textbook

“Heat Pumps”. Textbook and study guide. Authors: A.I. Turovets, V.L. Siarmiazhka, I. Butuk, B. Ergashbayev. National Association of Power Engineers of Uzbekistan, with the support of the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme, Tashkent, 2026. 168 pages.

Six sections: heat pump design and performance, heating capacity calculation, the I-d chart, acoustic calculation, heat recovery and automation. Each section comes with review questions and calculation problems. Course participants study from the textbook.

The e-book version of the textbook can be bought separately for 30 USD. Choose the textbook in the form below and we will send the payment details, and the file once payment is received.

Who the course is for

Program

1. The heat pump as an engineering system. Purpose and history, classification, compressors, heat exchangers and refrigerants, operating principle, COP and seasonal efficiency, advantages and limitations.
2. Heat sources and system layouts. Air, ground, groundwater and surface water, wastewater and waste heat. Direct connection, buffer tank, bivalent system with a boiler, space heating combined with domestic hot water.
3. Heating capacity calculation. Design parameters under the standards of Uzbekistan, heat losses and heat gains, heat balance, thermal storage. A complete worked example for a production workshop in Tashkent.
4. Feasibility study. Fuel savings, capital investment, payback period of the heat pump and of building insulation.
5. The I-d chart and air treatment. Heating, cooling, dehumidification and humidification of air, and how to plot these processes on the chart.
6. Acoustic calculation. Noise limits, assessment points, vibration isolation and screening of outdoor units.
7. Heat recovery. Recuperators and rotary heat exchangers, heat from wastewater, the case for using secondary energy resources.
8. Automation. Sensors, controllers, functional control diagrams for the heat pump and the heating system.

How the course works

Theory is covered through the diagrams and calculations in the textbook. In practical sessions participants calculate the heat load of a building, select a heat pump and connection scheme, assess payback and solve review problems, for example finding the COP from the cooling capacity and compressor power.

Instructor

Viktor Leonidovich Siarmiazhka, expert of the National Association of Power Engineers of Uzbekistan on renewable energy, energy saving and secondary energy resources, co-author of the textbook.

Certificate

After the final assessment, participants receive a certificate of completion from the National Association of Power Engineers of Uzbekistan. It lists the program, hours of theory and practice, the final score, the certificate number and a QR code.

Fees and payment

Payment is made by transfer to the company’s corporate card. We send the payment details after you apply, once the group is full and the start date is agreed.

You can read more about heat pumps on our page “R290 heat pumps”.