Thermal comfort evaluation methods for evaporative cooling:a review and perspectives
In the new situation of green energy saving,evaporative cooling air condi-tioners have more energy saving and emission reduction advantages than traditional air conditioners,and their thermal comfort is getting more attention globally.Accurate pre-diction of the thermal comfort of evaporative cooling plays an important role in the devel-opment of evaporative cooling.This paper introduces the current status of research on the thermal comfort of evaporative cooling worldwide and reviews the thermal comfort meth-ods used.Analyzed the possibility and necessity of adaptive thermal comfort evaluation for evaporative cooling.In view of the characteristics of the indoor thermal environment crea-ted by evaporative cooling,put perspectives on the development of thermal comfort re-search of evaporative cooling,and an adaptive thermal comfort model framework for evap-orative cooling systems is proposed.
evaporative coolingthermal comfortadaptive thermal comfort modelen-ergy conservation of buildings