Thermal comfort assessment of an office building served by under-floor air distribution (UFAD) system - A case study

被引:34
作者
Alajmi, Ali F. [1 ]
Baddar, Faisal A. [2 ]
Bourisli, Raed I. [3 ]
机构
[1] Publ Author Appl Educ & Training, Dept Mech Engn, Coll Technol Studies, Mishref 40189, Kuwait
[2] KSC, Kharafi Natl, Fintas 51009, Kuwait
[3] Kuwait Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Safat 13060, Kuwait
关键词
Thermal comfort; Thermal comfort assessment; Under-floor air distribution (UFAD) system; Predicted Mean Vote (PMV); Air Distribution Performance Index (ADPI); Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; TEMPERATURE; ENERGY;
D O I
10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.11.027
中图分类号
TU [建筑科学];
学科分类号
0813 ;
摘要
The occupants' thermal comfort in an office building served by an under-floor air distribution (UFAD) system has been assessed using a number of different methods: field survey, physical and subjective measurements, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. Results show that for rooms conditioned by UFAD systems, the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) index was misleading, whereas the Air Distribution Performance Index (ADPI) was more indicative of the relative level of occupants' thermal comfort in the room. The CFD model search for the best operating conditions that maximize the occupant's thermal comfort resulted in a 90% improvement in the ADPI compared to the existing conditions. This was accomplished by setting the supply air temperature to 21 degrees C and inlet velocity to 1 m/s. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:153 / 159
页数:7
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