Comfort and Energy Performance of a Low-power Task-ambient Conditioning System

摘要：

The local comfort of feet,hands,and head determines the bodys overall thermal comfort (Zhang 2003,Arens et al.2006). We took advantage of this to design a task-ambient conditioning (TAC) system that heats only the feet and hands,and cools only the hands and face,to provide comfort in a wide range of ambient environments. The system was designed to be as simple,practical,and energy efficient as possible.Tests with human subjects show that the TAC system maintains acceptable comfort over a range of 18 30℃ in the ambient conditions. Per workstation,the TAC system uses a maximum of 41W for cooling and 59W for heating. By reducing the amount of control normally needed for the ambient environment in a building,energy savings of up to 60% in summer and 30% in winter are projected.

关键词： Thermal comfort Energy efficiency Task-ambient conditioning Personal environmental control system Personal ventilation

作者: DongEun Kim Hui Zhang Edward Arens Fred Bauman Charlie Huizenga Elena Buchberger

作者单位: Center for the Built Environment,University of California Berkeley,USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The First International Conference on Building Energy and Environment(第一届建筑能源与环境国际会议)

会议地点: 大连

会议语种:英文

页码: 999-1006

在线出版日期: 2008-07-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）