Comfort under personally controlled air movement in warm and humid environments

Building and Environment

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-117

  Zhai, Yongchao ^a,b   Zhang, Hui ^b   Zhang, Yufeng ^a   Pasut, Wilmer ^b   Arens, Edward ^b   Meng, Qinglin ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air movement; Low energy; Perceived air quality; Personal control; Thermal comfort; Warm humid

Indexed keywords

AIR MOVEMENT; LOW ENERGY; PERCEIVED AIR QUALITY; PERSONAL CONTROL; WARM-HUMID;

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR;

EID: 84877270078     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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