Local thermal sensation and comfort study in a field environment chamber served by displacement ventilation system in the tropics

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 525-533

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Halton Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Displacement ventilation; Local thermal comfort; Local thermal sensation; Thermal gradient; Tropics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPICAL BUILDINGS;

DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION; LOCAL THERMAL COMFORT; LOCAL THERMAL SENSATION;

VENTILATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPICAL BUILDINGS; VENTILATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL REGION; VENTILATION;

EID: 33748928448     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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