Experimental Study of Temperature Effect on Human Skin: Discussion of Methodology

This paper present the discussion of methods used in experimental studies of thermal comfort that only focus on the effect skin temperature of human. The study was conducted human subject tests in a controlled environment chamber for cooling conditions. This study was measure in the test climate cha...

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Published inAdvanced Engineering Forum Vol. 10; no. Current Trends in Ergonomics; pp. 71 - 76
Main Authors Ismail, Ahmad Rasdan, Rosli, Abu Bakar, Jusoh, Norfadzilah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 30.12.2013
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Chambers
Climate
Human
Indoor environments
Methodology
Relative humidity
Skin temperature
Physiology
Skin Temperature
Comfort
Thermal
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Summary:This paper present the discussion of methods used in experimental studies of thermal comfort that only focus on the effect skin temperature of human. The study was conducted human subject tests in a controlled environment chamber for cooling conditions. This study was measure in the test climate chamber at Universiti Malaysia Pahang. Three broad methodology categories are compared which are experiments in which subjects have control of air temperature, relative humidity or neither. The local supply air temperatures were at 19, 25 and 32 °C while relative humidity was at 40, 55 and 70%. Together with a previously proposed diagram of basic features of the human thermoregulatory system may be used to specify limits for air temperature and relative humidity in the indoor environment.
Bibliography:Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2nd International Conference on Ergonomics (ICE 2013), September 2-4, 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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ISBN:9783037859643
3037859644
ISSN:2234-9898
2234-991X
2234-991X
DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.10.71