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THERMAL COMFORT.

CONFORT THERMIQUE.

Author(s) : OLESEN B. W.

Type of article: Article

Summary

DETAILED DIDACTIC REPORT ON THE NOTION OF HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE HUMAN BODY THERMOCONTROL MECHANISMS, EXPLAINING ALL FACTORS ACTING ON HEAT EXCHANGES AND DEFINING THE HEAT BALANCE OF MAN (METABOLISM, EXTERNAL WORK, THERMOLYSIS BY EVAPORATION AND RESPIRATION, CONDUCTION THROUGH CLOTHES, EXCHANGES BY RADIATION AND CONVECTION). HE GIVES THE MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION FOR THESE MAGNITUDES AND DEFINES THE < COMFORT > EQUATION, EXPRESSING OVERALL HEAT BALANCE. HE SHOWS WITH EXAMPLES THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE COMFORT EQUATION TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE COMFORT VALUES OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS (TEMPERATURE, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, RADIATION, AIR VELOCITY, THERMAL RESISTANCE OF CLOTHES AND ACTIVITY OF THE SUBJECT). J.R.

Details

  • Original title: CONFORT THERMIQUE.
  • Record ID : 1988-1597
  • Languages: French
  • Source: Génie clim. - n. 7
  • Publication date: 1987/02
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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