Investigating indoor air quality and thermal comfort using a numerical thermal manikin

N. P. Gao, H. Zhang, Jianlei Niu

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigated the pollutant exposure reduction and thermal comfort that can be achieved with personalised ventilation (PV) design when a PV system is combined with two types of background air conditioning systems. For the investigation of inhaled air quality, pollutants emitted from building materials are the targeted pollutants; and for the investigation of thermal comfort, local discomfort associated with nonuniform thermal environment is focused upon. These investigations were performed by combining CFD simulation of the 3D air flow and a multi-nodal humanbody thermo-regulation model. The results reveal some new characteristics of the three typical air distribution designs, i.e. mixed ventilation, displacement ventilation and PV, and provide insight into the possible optimisation of system combinations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7-17
Number of pages11
JournalIndoor and Built Environment
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2007

Keywords

  • Indoor air quality
  • Numerical thermal manikin (NTM)
  • Personalised ventilation
  • Thermal comfort

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Building and Construction

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