Publication detail

Simulator with integrated HW and SW for prediction of thermal comfort to provide feedback to the climate control system

POKORNÝ, J. KOPEČKOVÁ, B. FIŠER, J. JÍCHA, M.

Original Title

Simulator with integrated HW and SW for prediction of thermal comfort to provide feedback to the climate control system

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The aim of the paper is to assemble a simulator for evaluation of thermal comfort in car cabins in order to give a feedback to the HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) system. The HW (hardware) part of simulator is formed by thermal manikin Newton and RH (relative humidity), velocity and temperature probes. The SW (software) part consists of the Thermal Comfort Analyser (using ISO 14505-2) and Virtual Testing Stand of Car Cabin defining the heat loads of car cabin. Simulator can provide recommendation for the climate control how to improve thermal comfort in cabin by distribution and directing of air flow, and also by amount of ventilation power to keep optimal temperature inside a cabin. The methods of evaluation of thermal comfort were verified by tests with 10 test subjects for summer (summer clothing, ambient air temperature 30 °C, HVAC setup: +24 °C auto) and winter conditions (winter clothing, ambient air temperature -5 °C, HVAC setup: +18 °C auto). The tests confirmed the validity of the thermal comfort evaluation using the thermal manikin and ISO 14505-2.

Keywords

Thermal manikin, ISO 14505-2, Comfort zone diagram, Car cabin heat load , Thermal comfort

Authors

POKORNÝ, J.; KOPEČKOVÁ, B.; FIŠER, J.; JÍCHA, M.

Released

4. 6. 2018

ISBN

2100-014X

Periodical

EPJ Web of Conferences

Year of study

180

Number

02085

State

French Republic

Pages from

526

Pages to

532

Pages count

6

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT142566,
  author="Jan {Pokorný} and Barbora {Řehák Kopečková} and Jan {Fišer} and Miroslav {Jícha}",
  title="Simulator with integrated HW and SW for prediction of thermal comfort to provide feedback to the climate control system",
  booktitle="Proceedings of the International conference Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2017",
  year="2018",
  journal="EPJ Web of Conferences",
  volume="180",
  number="02085",
  pages="526--532",
  doi="10.1051/epjconf/201818002085",
  issn="2100-014X"
}