Thermal comfort and IAQ assessment of under-floor air distribution system integrated with personalized ventilation in hot and humid climate

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1906-1913

  Li, Ruixin ^a,b   Sekhar, S C ^a   Melikov, A K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Draught; Hot and humid climate; Human response; Personalized ventilation; Under floor air distribution; Warmer supply air temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR DISTRIBUTION; HOT AND HUMID CLIMATE; HUMAN RESPONSE; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; SUPPLY AIR TEMPERATURE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FLOORS; THERMAL COMFORT;

VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 77952675955     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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