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Effect of Electric Charge on the Operating Behavior of Air-conditioner and Thermal Comfort in Summer Season  

Kwon, Suh-Hyun (Department of Housing and Interior Design, Yonsei University)
Bae, Nu-Ri (Korea Institute of Construction Technology)
Chun, Chung-Yoon (Department of Housing and Interior Design, Yonsei University)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.19, no.10, 2007 , pp. 703-709 More about this Journal
Abstract
Much energy is used in occupying stage of the Building Life Cycle. Electric charge is one of the various factors that influence on energy use of residents. This study focused on electric charge and searched that whether electric charge affects residents' behavior of operating air conditioner and their controlled indoor climate. We surveyed three groups for field study ; A group is residents who live in a studio apartment, B group is residents who live in a university dormitory and C group is residents who live in a apartment with their family. The A and C groups are charged for electric as energy consumption they used. And the B group is students who live in a university dormitory and they are not charged for their energy consumption. We measured the time to use the air conditioner for cooling, on/off temperature of air conditioner, and room air temperature for these three groups. The result shows that consideration for electric charge affects to the residents' behavior of operating air conditioner and their acceptable thermal range.
Keywords
Energy; Electric charge; Air conditioner; Thermal environment; Acceptable thermal range;
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