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http://dx.doi.org/10.6110/KJACR.2016.28.2.049

Study on Indoor Thermal Environment Controlled by Portable Cooler  

Choi, Dong-Kyun (Department of Global Construction Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Song, Doosam (School of Architectural and Civil Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Jung-Ho (Digital Appliances Business Division, SAMSUNG Electronics, CO.)
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Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering / v.28, no.2, 2016 , pp. 49-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the indoor temperature distribution of a room controlled by a personal and portable cooler. As an energy saving strategy, the personal air-conditioning or task conditioning system was developed and installed in office buildings in the 90 s. Many research results regarding the personal air-conditioning (PAC) system were focused on thermal comfort, localized ventilation efficiency and energy savings. However, the conventional PACs were only developed for application in office buildings. In this study, as a type of PAC, a portable cooler was analyzed in terms of indoor temperature distribution changes with the passage of time. The measurement was performed in a bedroom in an apartment house. The results showed that indoor temperature was controlled at about $24^{\circ}C$ around the human body. However, the ambient zone up to 1.5 m away from the the human body stayed at about $27.5^{\circ}C$.
Keywords
Portable cooler; Personal cooling; Indoor thermal environment; Task area; Field measurement;
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