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creators_name: Irshad, K.
creators_name: Habib, K.
creators_name: Basrawi, F.
creators_name: Thirumalaiswamy, N.
creators_name: Saidur, R.
creators_name: Saha, B.B.
title: Thermal comfort study of a building equipped with thermoelectric air duct system for tropical climate
ispublished: pub
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
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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. © 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
date: 2015
publisher: Elsevier Ltd
official_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
id_number: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.08.077
full_text_status: none
publication: Applied Thermal Engineering
volume: 91
pagerange: 1141-1155
refereed: TRUE
issn: 13594311
citation:   Irshad, K. and Habib, K. and Basrawi, F. and Thirumalaiswamy, N. and Saidur, R. and Saha, B.B.  (2015) Thermal comfort study of a building equipped with thermoelectric air duct system for tropical climate.  Applied Thermal Engineering, 91.  pp. 1141-1155.  ISSN 13594311