Effects of personal heating on thermal comfort: A review

Tian, Xiaoyu; Liu, Weiwei; Liu, Jiawei; Bai, Yu; Zhang, Jian

doi:10.1007/s11771-022-5076-8

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“…PCS, namely, task ambient conditioning or personal conditioning system, is a personal heating system that can ensure human thermal comfort under cold conditions by adopting low energy consumption. It is a good supplement to district heating systems in Northern China [2]. In the published review papers [3][4][5][6], researchers mainly discuss the thermal comfort and energy efficiency of various PCS, and focus more on cooling and ventilation than heating.…”

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Experimental Study on Convection and Heat Conduction Heating of an Air-Conditioned Bed System under Winter Lunch Break Mode

Jin,

Duan,

Liu

et al. 2023

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In this paper, an experimental study of a system for heating an air-conditioned bed during a 2 h lunch was carried out. The results show that the power consumption of heat conduction heating was only 0.34 kW·h and that the average heat dissipation was 81.3 W, while the power consumption of convection heating was 1.43 kW·h, accompanied by an average heat dissipation of 748.7 W. Regardless of the power consumption or the heat dissipation, the convection heating was significantly higher than the heat conduction heating. As a result, the room air temperature increased from 12.3 °C to 17.3 °C under convection heating, but only increased from 14.4 °C to 15.2 °C under heat conduction heating. The study results indicate that when using heat conduction heating, water temperatures in the range of 38~40 °C could meet the thermal comfort needs of the human body; however, a higher temperature range was required when using convection heating. In contrast, the grade of the hot water required for heat conduction heating was lower. It was also found that the temperature under convection heating rises faster, but it tends to lead to a dry feeling after a long time, while the conductive heating showed a slower temperature rise. There was a cool feeling for 20 min when the heating started, and then the thermal comfort improved. The air-conditioning system in this paper was investigated in a heating experiment in the winter lunch break mode and compared with convection heating. The heat conduction heating resulted in better thermal comfort and higher energy efficiency. It is suggested to adopt the heat conduction heating mode in the winter heating operation of this system.

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