Evaluation of thermal comfort conditions in a classroom equipped with radiant cooling systems and subjected to uniform convective environment

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1292-1305

  Conceição, Eusébio Z E ^a   Lúcio, Ma Manuela J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b Agrupamento Vertical Professor Paula Nogueira   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cooling radiant systems; Human thermal physiology; Numerical simulation; Thermal comfort; View factors

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITIES; CLOTHING LAYERS; COMFORT CONDITIONS; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; FLOOR COOLING; HEAT EXCHANGE; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; HUMAN THERMAL-PHYSIOLOGY; INTERNAL SURFACES; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PMV INDEX; RADIANT COOLING; RADIANT FLOOR COOLING SYSTEMS; RADIANT FLOORS; RADIANT PANEL; RADIANT SYSTEMS; RESOLUTION SYSTEMS; SPHERICAL ELEMENTS; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; THERMAL COMFORT LEVEL; THERMAL RESPONSE; THERMAL SYSTEMS; THERMOREGULATORY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL BODY; VIEW FACTOR; WARM CONDITIONS;

CEILINGS; COOLING; FLOORS; FUEL TANKS; HOSIERY MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TEACHING; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 78649321072     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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