Thermal Comfort Prediction and Validation in a Realistic Vehicle Thermal Environment
2012-01-0645
04/16/2012
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- The focus of this study is to validate the predictive capability of a recently developed physiology based thermal comfort modeling tool in a realistic thermal environment of a vehicle passenger compartment. Human subject test data for thermal sensation and comfort was obtained in a climatic wind tunnel for a cross-over vehicle in a relatively warm thermal environment including solar load. A CFD/thermal model that simulates the vehicle operating conditions in the tunnel, is used to provide the necessary inputs required by the stand-alone thermal comfort tool. Comparison of the local and the overall thermal sensation and comfort levels between the human subject test and the tool's predictions shows a reasonably good agreement. The next step is to use this modeling technique in designing and developing energy-efficient HVAC systems without compromising thermal comfort of the vehicle occupants.
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- 14
- Citation
- Chen, K., Kaushik, S., Han, T., Ghosh, D. et al., "Thermal Comfort Prediction and Validation in a Realistic Vehicle Thermal Environment," SAE Technical Paper 2012-01-0645, 2012, https://doi.org/10.4271/2012-01-0645.