@article{scholars5585,
            year = {2015},
       publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
         journal = {Applied Thermal Engineering},
           pages = {1141--1155},
          volume = {91},
            note = {cited By 42},
             doi = {10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.08.077},
           title = {Thermal comfort study of a building equipped with thermoelectric air duct system for tropical climate},
          author = {Irshad, K. and Habib, K. and Basrawi, F. and Thirumalaiswamy, N. and Saidur, R. and Saha, B. B.},
            issn = {13594311},
        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 {\^A}{$\pm$}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. {\^A}{\copyright} 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84944049911&doi=10.1016\%2fj.applthermaleng.2015.08.077&partnerID=40&md5=d101d9400695d4d79fcda6b7e763f3fc},
        keywords = {Air conditioning; Economic analysis; Sensory perception; Thermal comfort; Thermoelectricity, Acceptability criterion; Air ducts; Cooling performance; Economic comparisons; Objective and subjective measurements; Optimum performance; Thermal sensations; Thermo-electric modules, Ducts}
}