Thermal Comfort Study of a Building Equipped with Thermoelectric Air Duct System for Tropical Climate

Kashif, Irshad and Khairul, Habib and F., Basrawi and Nagarajan, Thirumalaiswamy and R., Saidur and Bidyut, Baran Saha (2015) Thermal Comfort Study of a Building Equipped with Thermoelectric Air Duct System for Tropical Climate. Applied Thermal Engineering, 91. pp. 1141-1155. ISSN 1359-4311. (Published)

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Abstract

This paper examined the performance of a thermo-electric air duct system (TE-AD), which employs the thermo-electric module (TEMs) inside an air duct for providing thermal comfort in Malaysian environment. Twenty human subjects were exposed to test room equipped with TE-AD system operating at six different input current supply from 2 A to 7 A. Both objective and subjective measurements were carried out. Results show that with the increment of input current supply to the TE-AD system, subject's thermal response related to indoor condition of test room shifted from warm to neutral. Optimum performance of the TE-AD system was obtained at the input current supply of 6 A, more than 80% of subjects responded in the range of ±1 and meets ASHARE standards of acceptability criteria. Further increase in input current supply deteriorates the cooling performance of the TE-AD system. Economic comparison of the TE-AD system with the existing air conditioning system shows that economic saving of US$ 127.34/year can be achieved with additional benefits of Freon free, convenient installation, no moving part and reliable operation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Economic analysis; Thermoelectric air duct system; Thermoelectric module; Thermal sensation; Thermal comfort
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User: Mrs. Neng Sury Sulaiman
Date Deposited: 01 Dec 2015 08:05
Last Modified: 18 Dec 2015 07:07
URI: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6254
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