Thermal environment and productivity in the factory

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 116 PART 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 590-599

  Ye, Xiaojiang ^a,b   Chen, Huanxin ^b   Lian, Zhiwei ^c  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c ZHONGYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; THERMAL COMFORT;

FIELD INVESTIGATION; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL SENSATION VOTES; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 77954277233     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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