TY  - JOUR
N1  - cited By 42
TI  - Thermal comfort study of a building equipped with thermoelectric air duct system for tropical climate
SP  - 1141
AV  - none
EP  - 1155
SN  - 13594311
PB  - Elsevier Ltd
N2  - 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. © 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KW  - Air conditioning; Economic analysis; Sensory perception; Thermal comfort; Thermoelectricity
KW  -  Acceptability criterion; Air ducts; Cooling performance; Economic comparisons; Objective and subjective measurements; Optimum performance; Thermal sensations; Thermo-electric modules
KW  -  Ducts
ID  - scholars5585
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84944049911&doi=10.1016%2fj.applthermaleng.2015.08.077&partnerID=40&md5=d101d9400695d4d79fcda6b7e763f3fc
JF  - Applied Thermal Engineering
A1  - Irshad, K.
A1  - Habib, K.
A1  - Basrawi, F.
A1  - Thirumalaiswamy, N.
A1  - Saidur, R.
A1  - Saha, B.B.
VL  - 91
Y1  - 2015///
ER  -