SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR A THERMALLY COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT

摘要

A system and method for computing design parameters for a thermally comfortable environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a surface heat transfer coefficient (h_cal) is obtained for each body part of one or more thermal manikins in a uniform thermal environment by performing a 1D numerical analysis on the uniform thermal environment based on a given set of boundary conditions for the uniform thermal environment. Further, equivalent temperature (t_eq) limits for each body part corresponding to the thermal comfort limits are obtained from known design standards. Furthermore, heat flux limits (q_t limits) are obtained for each body part using associated t_eq limits and the h_cal. In addition, the design parameters are computed by performing 1D numerical analysis on a non-uniform thermal environment, including one or more thermal manikins, based on a given set of boundary conditions for the non-uniform thermal environment and the obtained q_t limits.