Thermal, ventilation and energy saving performance evaluations of a ductless bed-based task/ambient air conditioning (TAC) system

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 297-305

  Mao, Ning ^a   Pan, Dongmei ^a   Deng, Shiming ^a   Chan, Mingyin ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Relative humidity; Task ambient air conditioning (TAC) system; Thermal comfort; Ventilation performance

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; SUPPLY AIR TEMPERATURE; TASK/AMBIENT AIR-CONDITIONING; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; VENTILATION PERFORMANCE; WET-BULB TEMPERATURES;

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SLEEP RESEARCH; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 84882267222     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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