Human-body exergy balance calculation under un-steady state conditions

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2220-2229

  Tokunaga, Kayo ^a   Shukuya, Masanori ^a  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exergy balance; Human behaviour; Human Body; Sweat evaporation; Unsteady state calculation

Indexed keywords

EXERGY BALANCES; HUMAN BEHAVIOUR; HUMAN BODIES; SWEAT EVAPORATION; UNSTEADY STATE;

AIR CONDITIONING; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EVAPORATION; LIQUIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; VENTILATION;

EXERGY;

AIR CONDITIONING; BODY CONDITION; COOLING; EVAPORATION; EXERGY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; VENTILATION; WALKING;

EID: 79959951678     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.04.036     Document Type: Article

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