Human Thermal Comfort Model and Manikin 2002-01-1955
Current vehicle climate control systems are dramatically overpowered because they are designed to condition the cabin air mass in a specified period of time. A more effective and energy efficient objective is to directly achieve thermal comfort of the passengers. NREL is developing numerical and experimental tools to predict human thermal comfort in non-uniform transient thermal environments. These tools include a finite element model of human thermal physiology, a psychological model that predicts both local and global thermal comfort, and a high spatial resolution sweating thermal manikin for testing in actual vehicles.
Author(s):
Rom McGuffin, Rick Burke, Charley Huizenga, Zhang Hui, Andreas Vlahinos, George Fu
Affiliated:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Measurement Technology Northwest, University of California at Berkeley, Advanced Engineering Solutions, Consultant
Pages: 19
Event:
Future Car Congress
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Vehicle Thermal Management-PT-97
Related Topics:
Energy conservation
Comfort
Psychiatry and psychology
Tools and equipment
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