Applicability of whole-body heat balance models for evaluating thermal sensation under non-uniform air movement in warm environments

Building and Environment

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-113

  Huang, Li ^a   Arens, Edward ^b   Zhang, Hui ^b   Zhu, Yingxin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Node; Air movement; Comfort model; SET; Thermal sensation; Turbulence intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894431813     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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