A review of human thermal comfort model in predicting human–environment interaction in non-uniform environmental conditions

YH Yau, HS Toh, BT Chew, NN Nik Ghazali - Journal of Thermal Analysis …, 2022 - Springer
This paper presented a review of the literature on the human thermal comfort model, which
can be employed to predict the response of a human towards the environmental …

A coupled computational fluid dynamics and back-propagation neural network-based particle swarm optimizer algorithm for predicting and optimizing indoor air …

L Li, Y Zhang, JCH Fung, H Qu, AKH Lau - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In the modern era, people spend approximately 90% of their time in indoor settings, such as
offices and residential buildings. As prolonged exposure to indoor environments can …

Energy performance index of air distribution: Thermal utilization effectiveness

S Zhang, Y Lu, D Niu, Z Lin - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy performance index is crucial for the energy-efficient design and operation of air
distribution. Heat Removal Efficiency (HRE) is a widely used energy performance index, and …

Optimization on fresh outdoor air ratio of air conditioning system with stratum ventilation for both targeted indoor air quality and maximal energy saving

Y Cheng, S Zhang, C Huan, MO Oladokun… - Building and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Stratum ventilation can energy efficiently provide good inhaled indoor air quality with a
proper operation (eg, fresh outdoor air ratio). However, the non-uniform CO 2 distribution in …

Effects of operation parameters on performances of stratum ventilation for heating mode

S Zhang, Z Lin, Z Ai, F Wang, Y Cheng, C Huan - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Stratum ventilation is more energy-efficient as compared with mixing ventilation for cooling
applications. However, due to the short development history of stratum ventilation, few …

Thermal environment and ventilation efficiency in a simulated office room with personalized micro-environment and fully mixed ventilation systems

W Zhao, S Kilpeläinen, R Kosonen, J Jokisalo… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the major challenges in modern buildings is to guarantee healthy indoor air quality
and excellent thermal comfort in an energy efficient manner. In this study, the performance of …

Multi-criteria performance optimization for operation of stratum ventilation under heating mode

S Zhang, Z Lin, Z Ai, C Huan, Y Cheng, F Wang - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Stratum ventilation with proper operation can energy-efficiently provide thermal comfort and
good quality of inhaled air. Previous studies were mainly focused on stratum ventilation for …

A comparative experimental investigation on radiant floor heating system and stratum ventilation

H Li, C Xi, X Kong, Z Lin, L Wang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
To explore one reasonable ventilation system that can provide a comfortable and healthy
indoor environment becomes urgent with the deterioration of outdoor environment. Objective …

Numerical analysis for the optimization of multi-parameters stratum ventilation and the effect on radon dispersion

C Wang, J Liu, CW Yu, D Xie - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
To reduce hazards due to the radon dispersion on occupants, careful consideration of multi-
parameters of stratum ventilation is necessary, including air supply velocity, temperature …

Subzone control method of stratum ventilation for thermal comfort improvement

S Zhang, Y Cheng, MO Oladokun, Z Lin - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The conventional control method of a collective ventilation (eg, stratum ventilation) controls
the averaged thermal environment in the occupied zone to satisfy the averaged thermal …