Comparison of thermal comfort performance of two different types of road vehicle climate control systems

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 364-378

  Quanten, S ^a   van Brecht, A ^a   Berckmans, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; VENTILATION;

AIR REFRESHMENT RATE; HUMAN COMFORT; VEHICLE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; ERGONOMICS; HEATING; MOTOR VEHICLE; THERMOGENESIS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEATING; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 34250718086     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130601049337     Document Type: Article

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