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Indoor thermal comfort research on the hybrid system of radiant cooling and dedicated outdoor air system

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The radiant cooling system generally operates with the dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS). Air supply modes and the corresponding setting parameters of the hybrid system may substantially influence the indoor thermal comfort. With target indexes of air diffusion performance index (ADPI) and predicted mean vote (PMV), the Taguchi method was used to choose the optimal air supply mode and to analyze the significance of different factors on the thermal comfort. The results are expected for conducting the future design and regulation of the hybrid system. Computation fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation as well as verified experiments was performed during the research. Based on the ADPI studies, it is found that the air supply mode of ceiling delivery with ceiling exhaust is an optimized option to apply in DOAS of the hybrid system. Variance analysis results show that influence fact of air supply temperature is the most dominant one to impact the indoor thermal comfort index of PMV.

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    Weiliang Wang & Zhe Tian

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Wang, W., Tian, Z. Indoor thermal comfort research on the hybrid system of radiant cooling and dedicated outdoor air system. Front. Energy 7, 155–160 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-013-0244-z

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