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Mechanism of Thermal Comfort and Its Application in Indoor Environment
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Date
2006
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Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)
Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu)
Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu)
Abstract
The reaction of thermoregulation systems in animal experiments was studied. By measuring the levels of dopamine in rats, we found that the rats' thermal neutral zone ranges from 27°C to 28°C. Similarly, there is also a thermal neutral zone in the thermoregulated center of humans. Based on a long-term survey in Shanghai, the neutral temperature for occupants was determined and the relationship between neutral temperature and relative humidity was studied
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thermal comfort, thermoregulation, thermal neutral zone, adaptive model