Publication detail

Investigation of thermal comfort in the office by means of thermal manikin

FIŠER, J. POKORNÝ, J. JÍCHA, M.

Czech title

Výzkum tepelného komfortu v kanceláři prostřednictvím tepelného manekýna

English title

Investigation of thermal comfort in the office by means of thermal manikin

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

The paper is focused on description of a principle of a thermal comfort measurement using thermal a manikin and methodology based on ISO 14505-2. The paper gives an example of the thermal comfort measurement in an office building during winter season in Central Europe. The influences of environment parameters and operational conditions of the office on thermal comfort are analysed. The anatomical thermal manikin, divided into 34 independently controlled and measured zones, was used for the measurements and the heat flows from all parts of the manikin were measured. Subsequently based on ISO 14505-2 the equivalent temperatures and thermal comfort were calculated. The measurements have shown the possibility of determining the thermal comfort using thermal manikin and also influences of main sources of discomfort in winter season: occasional ventilation through windows and loads from sun radiation. The results also show that measurement with thermal manikin is suitable approach for evaluation of local thermal comfort and allows precise measurements of inhomogeneity and asymmetry of indoor environments.

Czech abstract

Článek je zaměřen na popis principu měření tepelné pohody pomocí tepelné figuríny a metodiky založené na ISO 14505-2. Článek uvádí příklad měření tepelné pohody v administrativní budově během zimní sezóny ve střední Evropě. Jsou analyzovány vlivy parametrů prostředí a provozních podmínek kanceláře na tepelnou pohodu. K měření byla použita anatomická termální figurína rozdělená do 34 nezávisle kontrolovaných a měřených zón a byly měřeny tepelné toky ze všech částí figuríny. Následně byly na základě ISO 14505-2 vypočteny ekvivalentní teploty a tepelná pohoda. Měření ukázala možnost stanovení tepelné pohody pomocí termofiguríny a také vlivy hlavních zdrojů nepohodlí v zimním období: občasné větrání okny a zátěže slunečním zářením. Výsledky také ukazují, že měření pomocí termofiguríny je vhodným přístupem pro hodnocení lokální tepelné pohody a umožňuje přesné měření nehomogenity a asymetrie vnitřního prostředí.

English abstract

The paper is focused on description of a principle of a thermal comfort measurement using thermal a manikin and methodology based on ISO 14505-2. The paper gives an example of the thermal comfort measurement in an office building during winter season in Central Europe. The influences of environment parameters and operational conditions of the office on thermal comfort are analysed. The anatomical thermal manikin, divided into 34 independently controlled and measured zones, was used for the measurements and the heat flows from all parts of the manikin were measured. Subsequently based on ISO 14505-2 the equivalent temperatures and thermal comfort were calculated. The measurements have shown the possibility of determining the thermal comfort using thermal manikin and also influences of main sources of discomfort in winter season: occasional ventilation through windows and loads from sun radiation. The results also show that measurement with thermal manikin is suitable approach for evaluation of local thermal comfort and allows precise measurements of inhomogeneity and asymmetry of indoor environments.

Keywords in English

Thermal manikin, Thermal comfort, Indoor environment, Equivalent temperature

RIV year

2015

Released

01.05.2016

Publisher

WTIpress,

Location

Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO40 7AA, UK

ISBN

978-1-78466-110-6

Book

14th International Conference on Simulation and Experiments in Heat Transfer and Its Applications (HT) / 14th International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements in Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer

Edition number

106

Pages from–to

177–183

Pages count

7

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT114494,
  author="Jan {Fišer} and Jan {Pokorný} and Miroslav {Jícha},
  title="Investigation of thermal comfort in the office by means of thermal manikin",
  booktitle="14th International Conference on Simulation and Experiments in Heat Transfer and Its Applications (HT) / 14th International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements in Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer",
  year="2016",
  month="May",
  pages="177--183",
  publisher="WTIpress, ",
  address="Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO40 7AA, UK",
  isbn="978-1-78466-110-6"
}