Assessment of thermal comfort in relation to applied low exergy systems the design of a climate chamber and the use of a thermophysiological model

Proceedings of Conference: Adapting to Change: New Thinking on Comfort, WINDSOR 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schellen, Lisje ^a   Loomans, Marcel ^a   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter ^a,b   Frijns, Arjan ^a   De Wit, Martin ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CFD; Physiological responses; Thermal comfort; Thermo Physiological Test Room; Thermophysiological model

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; LOCAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEST ROOM; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXERGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL COMFORT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84876264317     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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