Thermal sensations of the whole body and head under local cooling and heating conditions during step-changes between workstation and ambient environment

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2342-2350

  Jin, Quan ^a   Duanmu, Lin ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Li, Xiangli ^a   Xu, Hongbo ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Local ventilation; Non uniform; Personal environment control; Step change; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT CONTROL; LOCAL VENTILATION; NON-UNIFORM; STEP-CHANGE; THERMAL SENSATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; BUILDING; SUMMER; VENTILATION; WINTER;

EID: 79959922935     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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