Thermal comfort analysis using BCAP for retrofitting a radiantly heated residence
Conference
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OSTI ID:345295
- Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- SSHC, Old Saybrook, CT (United States)
This paper presents the use of a thermal comfort design methodology to analyze the thermal comfort distribution in a radiantly heated room. The rooms chosen for the analysis are part of a house in a retirement community in the northeastern United States. The algorithm used to calculate the thermal comfort distribution was developed under ASHRAE RP-657. This algorithm computes heat transfer within a radiantly heated or cooled room, the mass-averaged room air temperature, and the wall surface temperature distributions. The radiation formulation used in the model accommodates arbitrary placement of walls and objects within the room. The results are corroborated by comparing the calculated mass-averaged dry-bulb air temperature to the observed room air temperature. The work reported here was funded under ASHRAE RP-907.
- OSTI ID:
- 345295
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9702141--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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