Title of article :
Models of human thermoregulation and the prediction of local and overall thermal sensations
Author/Authors :
Ehab Foda، نويسنده , , Issa Almesri، نويسنده , , Hazim B. Awbi، نويسنده , , Piia Lamberg and Kai Sirén، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Pages :
10
From page :
2023
To page :
2032
Abstract :
This study aims at comparing the predictions of skin temperature from different models of human thermoregulation and investigating the currently available methods for the prediction of the local and overall thermal sensations. In this paper, the Fiala model, the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) thermoregulation model and a multi-segmental (MS) Pierce model were tested against recently measured data from the literature. The local and overall thermal sensations were predicted for different room conditions, obtained from a recent experimental study, using the UCB comfort model coupled with the MS-Pierce model. The overall thermal sensation was further predicted using three other models. The predictions were then compared with the subjective votes obtained from that study. The equivalent temperature approach was also investigated based on the same experimental study. The results show comparisons of the predicted skin temperature by the thermoregulation models, under steady state and dynamic conditions, with the measured data as well as the predictions of the thermal sensations from the different models.
Keywords :
thermoregulation , Skin temperature , Local thermal comfort , Thermal sensation
Journal title :
Building and Environment
Serial Year :
2011
Journal title :
Building and Environment
Record number :
1218257
Link To Document :
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