The Impact of Daily Behavior Patterns on the Thermal Comfort of Human Bodies in Rural Heating Houses of Northern China
- DOI
- 10.2991/icseee-15.2016.187How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Kang; Burning cave; Radiators driven by mini-stove; Human activities; Exergy efficiency
- Abstract
Nowadays, traditional heating systems represented by kang still impact people’s daily life profoundly in rural areas of northern China. While residents in the case of different activities in rooms respectively heated by different heating methods, the heat transfer quantity and exergy efficiency of each heating system have been calculated and the more comfortable posture for a person has been confirmed. Based on theoretical calculations, the variation coefficient of indoor air temperature in a room heated by kang and burning cave is only 0.28, which was the smallest among all the conditions, suggesting that its indoor thermal stability is best as well as its indoor thermal comfort, and the heat a human body obtains is the highest by the position of laying supine on the kang plate, 24.32W. However, the lowest radiant heat of a human body is 4.36W while the man stands on the ground in a room heated only by kang. Through comparison, exergy efficiency of the burning cave integrated with kang is 55%, with a largest application potential.
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- © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xueyan Zhang AU - Bin Chen PY - 2016/04 DA - 2016/04 TI - The Impact of Daily Behavior Patterns on the Thermal Comfort of Human Bodies in Rural Heating Houses of Northern China BT - Proceedings of the 2015 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1053 EP - 1057 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icseee-15.2016.187 DO - 10.2991/icseee-15.2016.187 ID - Zhang2016/04 ER -