Abstract
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed a suite of thermal comfort tools to help develop smaller and more efficient climate control systems in automobiles. The tools consist of a thermal comfort manikin, physiological model, and psychological model that are linked together to assess comfort in a transient non-homogeneous environment. The manikin, which consists of 120individually controlled zones, mimics the human body by heating, sweating, and breathing. The physiological model is a 40,000-node numerical simulation of the human body. The model receives heat loss data from the manikin and predicts the human physiological response and skin temperatures. Based on human subject test data, the psychological model takes the temperatures of the human and predictsthermal sensation and comfort. The manikin and models have been validated against physiological data that are available in the literature and test subject data that are used to develop the psychological model. This paper presents details on NREL's thermal comfort tools and the validation testing performed.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 9 |
| State | Published - 2005 |
| Event | NREL/CP-540-37784. Vehicle Thermal Management Systems Conference and Exhibition - Toronto, Canada Duration: 1 May 2005 → 1 May 2005 |
Conference
| Conference | NREL/CP-540-37784. Vehicle Thermal Management Systems Conference and Exhibition |
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| City | Toronto, Canada |
| Period | 1/05/05 → 1/05/05 |
Bibliographical note
NREL/CP-540-37784. Posted with permission. Presented at the Vehicle Thermal Management Systems Conference and Exhibition, May 2005, Toronto, CanadaNREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-540-37784
Keywords
- ADAM
- automotive climate control assessment
- automotive passenger comfort
- thermal comfort manikin
- thermal comfort tools
