You are responsible for a refrigeration system at a food processing facility, a pharmaceutical plant, an industrial operation, or a nuclear site. Or you are an engineer assigned to specify or maintain a chiller plant. Or a refrigeration system is not performing as it should and you need to diagnose why.
What Refrigeration Work Actually Involves
Practical refrigeration competence includes:
- Understanding how each major component works - compressors, condensers, evaporators, expansion devices - and how they interact as a system
- Knowing how to select and size components for a specific application and load
- Understanding refrigerant properties, handling, and safety requirements under Canadian regulations
- Reading and interpreting system measurements - suction pressure, discharge pressure, superheat, subcooling - to diagnose problems
- Understanding capacity control strategies and how systems behave at part load
- Knowing the specific requirements for commercial chillers versus industrial refrigeration versus process cooling
The Applications That Require This Knowledge
Food Processing and Cold Chain
Refrigeration is the core technology in food processing. Engineers need to understand sizing for varying loads, efficient operation, and diagnosing problems that affect product quality and food safety.
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences
Pharmaceutical facilities require precise temperature and humidity control under strict regulatory requirements. Engineers must understand both technical operation and compliance context.
Industrial and Process Applications
Manufacturing, chemical processing, and resource extraction use refrigeration for process cooling. Industrial refrigeration configurations differ significantly from commercial chiller systems.
Nuclear and Government Facilities
Specialized cooling systems at facilities like Canadian Nuclear Laboratories require strict performance and safety understanding. Engineers need systematic knowledge of refrigeration design and diagnostics.
Commercial Chiller Plants
Large office buildings, hospitals, universities, and data centers use chiller plants as their primary cooling source. Mechanical engineers, facility managers, and commissioning agents all need this knowledge.
What the Course Covers
- Fundamentals of refrigeration: the vapor-compression cycle in full applied detail
- Refrigeration system main components: types, selection criteria, and capacity control
- Accessories and system-level control
- Refrigeration system piping: sizing and installation
- Refrigerants, oils, and safety
- Refrigeration system and component measurements
- Refrigeration system diagnostics, servicing, and troubleshooting
- Commercial and industrial chillers: types, selection, and comparison
- Chiller operation and maintenance
- Energy conservation and peak operating efficiency
Who Faces This Challenge
- Mechanical and other engineers assigned responsibility for refrigeration systems at industrial, commercial, or institutional facilities
- Facility managers responsible for chiller plant operations in commercial buildings, hospitals, or campuses
- Process engineers in food, pharmaceutical, and industrial facilities where refrigeration is central to operations
- Commissioning engineers verifying chiller plant performance at handover
- Energy managers optimizing chiller plant efficiency and operating cost
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Frequently Asked Questions
A chiller is a specific type of refrigeration system that produces chilled water for distribution to air handling units in a building. Industrial refrigeration systems cool process streams, products, or spaces directly, often using different refrigerants and system configurations than commercial chillers.
The course covers the range of refrigerants in current use including HFCs, HFOs, and natural refrigerants, addressing properties, selection criteria, safety requirements, and the regulatory context around HFC phase-down under Canadian environmental regulations.
Yes. The course starts from the fundamentals of the vapor-compression cycle and builds systematically through components, systems, and diagnostics. Engineers with a thermodynamics background will find the foundation familiar; the course adds the applied layer that bridges theory to real system work.
Yes. The Refrigeration and Chiller Plants course provides 28 formal CPD hours, all qualifying as core engineering learning toward PEO PEAK requirements. It is PEO PEAK compliant. Read our PEO PEAK CPD Hours Guide →
Refrigeration and Chiller Plants
5 days · 28 CPD Hours · PEO PEAK compliant · $2,495 per attendee
Group discount: 10% off per attendee for three or more participants from the same organization.
