Case study assessment of local and general thermal comfort by means of local skin temperature

International Journal of Ventilation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-300

  Bogdan, Anna ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Clothing; Skin temperature measurements; Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; HOSIERY MANUFACTURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL COMFORT;

CLOTHING; MEASUREMENT POINTS; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL SENSATIONS; VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 82955246258     PISSN: 14733315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733315.2011.11683956     Document Type: Article

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