Analysis of thermal comfort models of users of public urban and intercity transport

https://doi.org/10.23939/ujmems2022.02.067
Надіслано: Квітень 19, 2022
Переглянуто: Травень 26, 2022
Прийнято: Березень 30, 2022
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Department of Electronic Device and Information Technology, Lviv Polytechnic National University
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Department of Automotive Engineering, Lviv Polytechnic National University
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Department of Automotive Engineering, Lviv Polytechnic National University

Regardless  of  the  vehicle's  application,  the  thermal  comfort  of  the  vehicle's occupants and driver is given increased attention. Maintaining a sense of thermal comfort, whether for  safety,  health  or  occupant  thermal  well-being  reasons,  is  one  of  the  most  important  goals  of heating,  ventilation  and  air  conditioning  (HVAC)  systems.  There  are  a  significant  number  of physical  variables  that  affect  thermal  comfort.  Therefore,  evaluating  thermal  comfort  has  always been a complex issue and has attracted the attention of researchers. The feeling of thermal comfort is provided  by  factors  that  depend  on  the  heat  exchange  between  the  human  body  and  the  external environment.  It  is  well  known  that  one  of  the  requirements  to  be  fulfilled  is  to  find  a  person  in thermal neutrality in the environment according to the comfort equation. The  article  describes  and  evaluates  the  following  indicators:  DTS  (dynamic  thermal sensitivity), TS (thermal sensitivity), PMV (predicted mean voice) and PPD (predicted percentage of 
dissatisfaction).  The  most  common  models  for  evaluating  thermal  comfort,  namely  the  Predicted Mean Vote (PMV), Taniguchi’s model, Zhang’s model and Nilsson’s model in a variety of car cabin conditions, have been reviewed. The limitations of these models in terms of the objectivity of the results obtained are analysed. 

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