Predicting Human Thermal Comfort in Automobiles

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/15016823· OSTI ID:15016823

Rugh, J; Bharathan, D; Chaney, L

The objects of this report are to: (1) increase national energy security by reducing fuel use for vehicle climate control systems; (2) show/demonstrate technology that can reduce the fuel used by LD vehicles' ancillary systems; and (3) develop tools to evaluate the effectiveness of energy-efficient systems including--comfort, cost, practicality, ease-of-use, and reliability.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15016823
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-540-38236; TRN: US200516%%883
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Presented at the Advanced Simulation Technologies User Meeting 2005 in Graz, Austria
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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CLIMATES
CONTROL SYSTEMS
RELIABILITY
SECURITY
THERMAL COMFORT
ADAM
VEHICLE ANCILLARY LOADS REDUCTION
HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT MODEL
Transportation