Influences of air exchange effectiveness and its rate on thermal comfort: naturally ventilated office

This article presents the effects of air exchange rate (ACH) and air exchange effectiveness (AEE) on thermal comfort level of a naturally ventilated office room. The study was conducted in an office at UPM, Malaysia. Influence of ACH and AEE on thermal comfort has not been investigated and is, there...

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Main Authors: Daghigh, Roonak, Adam, Nor Mariah, Sahari, Barkawi, Sopian, Kamaruzzaman, Alghoul, Mohammad Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15221/1/Influences%20of%20air%20exchange%20effectiveness%20and%20its%20rate%20on%20thermal%20comfort%20naturally%20ventilated%20office.pdf
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author Daghigh, Roonak
Adam, Nor Mariah
Sahari, Barkawi
Sopian, Kamaruzzaman
Alghoul, Mohammad Ahmed
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description This article presents the effects of air exchange rate (ACH) and air exchange effectiveness (AEE) on thermal comfort level of a naturally ventilated office room. The study was conducted in an office at UPM, Malaysia. Influence of ACH and AEE on thermal comfort has not been investigated and is, therefore, not well understood. The main objective of this research is to investigate and assess these influences through the variable windows-door opening arrangements. To determine the windows-door opening performance in terms of ventilation air flow rate, 14 opening configurations have been considered. Thermal comfort variables were measured at the same time when ACH and AEE were evaluated. Through these data, the thermal comfort Fanger's indices (Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied (PPD)), ACH and AEE were calculated. These results showed that for a naturally ventilated office room three linear regression equations of PMV versus ACH and three linear regression equations of PMV versus AEE can be derived.
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spelling upm.eprints-152212019-05-09T01:27:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15221/ Influences of air exchange effectiveness and its rate on thermal comfort: naturally ventilated office Daghigh, Roonak Adam, Nor Mariah Sahari, Barkawi Sopian, Kamaruzzaman Alghoul, Mohammad Ahmed This article presents the effects of air exchange rate (ACH) and air exchange effectiveness (AEE) on thermal comfort level of a naturally ventilated office room. The study was conducted in an office at UPM, Malaysia. Influence of ACH and AEE on thermal comfort has not been investigated and is, therefore, not well understood. The main objective of this research is to investigate and assess these influences through the variable windows-door opening arrangements. To determine the windows-door opening performance in terms of ventilation air flow rate, 14 opening configurations have been considered. Thermal comfort variables were measured at the same time when ACH and AEE were evaluated. Through these data, the thermal comfort Fanger's indices (Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied (PPD)), ACH and AEE were calculated. These results showed that for a naturally ventilated office room three linear regression equations of PMV versus ACH and three linear regression equations of PMV versus AEE can be derived. SAGE Publications 2008 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15221/1/Influences%20of%20air%20exchange%20effectiveness%20and%20its%20rate%20on%20thermal%20comfort%20naturally%20ventilated%20office.pdf Daghigh, Roonak and Adam, Nor Mariah and Sahari, Barkawi and Sopian, Kamaruzzaman and Alghoul, Mohammad Ahmed (2008) Influences of air exchange effectiveness and its rate on thermal comfort: naturally ventilated office. Journal of Building Physics, 32 (2). pp. 175-194. ISSN 1744-2591; ESSN: 1744-2583 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1744259108097333 10.1177/1744259108097333
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title_full Influences of air exchange effectiveness and its rate on thermal comfort: naturally ventilated office
title_fullStr Influences of air exchange effectiveness and its rate on thermal comfort: naturally ventilated office
title_full_unstemmed Influences of air exchange effectiveness and its rate on thermal comfort: naturally ventilated office
title_short Influences of air exchange effectiveness and its rate on thermal comfort: naturally ventilated office
title_sort influences of air exchange effectiveness and its rate on thermal comfort naturally ventilated office
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