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Local Discomfort Caused by Draft Perception in a Space Served by Displacement Ventilation System in the Tropics

W. J. Yu

Department of Building, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566, g0202619{at}nus.edu.sg

K. W. D. Cheong

Department of Building, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566

S. C. Sekhar

Department of Building, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566

K. W. Tham

Department of Building, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117566

R. Kosonen

Halton Oy, Haltonintie 1-3, Kausala 47400, Finland

This paper reports a subjective study in a field environmental chamber (FEC) served by a displacement ventilation (DV) system. Sixty tropically acclimatised subjects, 30 males and 30 females, were engaged in sedentary office work for 3h. The subjects were exposed to three vertical air temperature gradients (nominally 1, 3 and 5K·m 1) between 0.1 and 1.1m heights and three room air temperatures (20, 23 and 26°C) at 0.6m height. The object of this work was to investigate effects of temperature gradient and room air temperature on local discomfort due to air movement at different thermal sensations. The results indicated that vertical temperature gradient had an insignificant impact on draft perception. Draft perceptions at foot, calf, thigh and arm were affected by both overall and local thermal sensations. A cold sensation would increase the risk of draft complaints and a warm sensation would increase the percentage dissatisfied due to insufficient air movement.

Key Words: Draft perception • Thermal gradient • Thermal sensation • Displacement ventilation

Indoor and Built Environment, Vol. 15, No. 3, 225-233 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X06066160
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