Advanced Thermal Manikin for Thermal Comfort Assessment in Vehicles and Buildings

Among the factors that influence the resilience and sustainability of cities in general, and of inhabited spaces in particular, there are extreme temperatures and, in particular, for people, thermal comfort is something that should be considered. This problem includes all aspects of comfort for user...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 12; no. 4; p. 1826
Main Authors Ion-Guţă, Dragoş Daniel, Ursu, Ioan, Toader, Adrian, Enciu, Daniela, Dancă, Paul Alexandru, Nastase, Ilinca, Croitoru, Cristiana Verona, Bode, Florin Ioan, Sandu, Mihnea
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.02.2022
Subjects
advanced thermal manikin
Ambient temperature
Buildings
Construction
equivalent temperature
Fuzzy logic
Heat loss
Heat transfer
Human body
Humidity
HVAC
Metabolism
neuro-fuzzy control
Predicted Mean Vote index
Radiation
Sustainability
Test chambers
Textile research
Thermal comfort
thermoregulation
Vehicles
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Summary:Among the factors that influence the resilience and sustainability of cities in general, and of inhabited spaces in particular, there are extreme temperatures and, in particular, for people, thermal comfort is something that should be considered. This problem includes all aspects of comfort for users of inhabited spaces in both buildings and vehicles. The purpose of this paper is to present the details of a recently designed and created thermal manikin that comprises 79 superficial zones with independent neuro-fuzzy temperature regulation. Both the component parts of the manikin and the acceptance strategy are described. Flexible heating elements were used to control the temperature, on which five digital sensors are positioned. In order to establish the relationship between heat loss and ambient temperature, the thermal manikin was calibrated in a climatic chamber. The thermal manikin was able to predict local sensations through the equivalent temperature concept of the so-called Predicted Mean Vote.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app12041826