Assessment of thermal environment using a thermal manikin in a field environment chamber served by displacement ventilation system

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1661-1670

  Cheong, K W D ^a   Yu, W J ^a   Kosonen, R ^b   Tham, K W ^a   Sekhar, S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Halton Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Displacement ventilation; Manikin; Skin temperature; Thermal gradient

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; ENVIRONEMNT CHAMBER; MANIKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL MANIKIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; VENTILATION;

EID: 33745981162     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.06.018     Document Type: Article

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