A systematic review of Personal Comfort Systems from a post-phenomenological view

Ergonomics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 24

Published: Feb. 6, 2024

Personal Comfort Systems (PCS) are equipments that heat and/or cool occupants without affecting surrounding environments, ranging from commonly used devices to innovative technologies, and tend be controlled by people. These systems aim address energy consumption occupant satisfaction issues related centralised air-conditioning. Although there systematic studies on these systems, is a lack of documentation regarding mediation characteristics between people the built environment. This article presents review PCS using search academic literature patents, classifying based thermal categories device typologies while introducing post-phenomenological categories. The results show most fall into 'Heating' 'Cooling ventilation'. also view territory attributes technological complexity. Finally, PCS' discussed concepts Embodiment, Hermeneutic, Background providing insights for future research opportunities development.

Language: Английский

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Ice slurry ingestion for enhanced occupant thermal comfort in warm/hot indoor environments: A comparative study with an energy-efficient desk fan

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 253, P. 111350 - 111350

Published: Feb. 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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A framework for assessing the energy performance of Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS) for heating, cooling and ventilation

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 265, P. 111925 - 111925

Published: Aug. 6, 2024

This study presents a methodological framework for assessing the energy performance of Personal Environmental Control Systems (PECS), aiming to address existing gaps in standardized evaluation approaches. Initially, systematic approach delineate distinct spatial control volumes associated with PECS is presented, facilitating classification and comparison various system types. Utilizing this framework, introduces definitions efficiency effectiveness specific PECS, providing procedure experimental assessment quantities related these definitions. To validate proposed method was applied an illustrative case involving two under varying operational conditions – heating cooling. The results provide insights into evaluated highlighting framework's applicability their efficiency. underscores importance systematically evaluating performance, offering robust methodology that can guide future research development efforts domain.

Language: Английский

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Heat Transfer Mechanisms and Contributions of Wearable Thermoelectrics to Personal Thermal Management

Energies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 285 - 285

Published: Jan. 5, 2024

Thermoelectricity can assist in creating comfortable thermal environments through wearable solutions and local applications that keep the temperature around individuals. In analysis of an indoor environment, comfort depends on global characteristics volume environment where individuals develop their activity. This paper addresses heat transfer mechanisms refer to individuals, which operate working ambient when thermoelectric are used for enhancing heating or cooling within environment. After recalling generators illustrating between human body interactions skin discussed, considering analytical representations phenomena. The with personal management then categorized by active passive methods, natural assisted exchange, autonomous nonautonomous devices, direct indirect contact body.

Language: Английский

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Developing a novel personal thermoelectric comfort system for improving indoor occupant’s thermal comfort

Journal of Building Engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 84, P. 108561 - 108561

Published: Jan. 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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