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Thermally Active Floors. 1.

Author(s) : NALL D. H.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Radiant conditioning has a long history going back to ancient China, thousands of years before the Roman Baths.1 It takes advantage of the fact that for low ambient air velocities, radiant heat transfer between the clothed body and surrounding surfaces is equal to or greater than convective heat transfer of the clothed body.2 For most buildings, the interior surfaces of the exterior partitions, exposed on their outer surfaces to the weather, will have the most extreme tem-peratures in the enclosure. Radiant conditioning balances the radiant interaction between occupants and enclosure, both by offsetting the radiant effects of the exterior partitions, and by interacting radiantly with these surfaces to bring them closer to the desired temperature.

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  • Original title: Thermally Active Floors. 1.
  • Record ID : 30007964
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: General information
  • Source: ASHRAE Journal - vol. 55 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 2013/01

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