Thermal comfort and energy saving in a vehicle compartment using a localized air-conditioning system

Applied Energy

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-21

  Oh, Myoung Su ^a   Ahn, Jae Hwan ^a   Kim, Dong Woo ^a   Jang, Dong Soo ^a   Kim, Yongchan ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Automobile; Energy saving; Localized air conditioning; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; AUTOMOBILES; CEILINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTS;

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; LOCALIZED AIR-CONDITIONING; THERMAL INDEX;

AIR CONDITIONING;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; AUTOMOBILE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84905671902     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.07.089     Document Type: Article

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