Numerical optimisation of thermal comfort improvement for indoor environment with occupants and furniture

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 303-315

  Horikiri, Kana ^a   Yao, Yufeng ^b   Yao, Jun ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Heat generation; Indoor thermal comfort; PMV PPD; Ventilation velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL COMFORT; VENTILATION;

COMFORT IMPROVEMENT; INDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; INDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS; PMV-PPD; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMAL COMFORT LEVEL; THERMAL SENSATIONS; VENTILATION VELOCITY;

SENSORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 84919798971     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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