Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber

DOI

10.2991/itoec-16.2016.23How to use a DOI?

Keywords

hyperbaric oxygen chamber; thermal comfort; inlet angle

Abstract

Indoor thermal environment of a hyperbaric oxygen chamber was researched by computational fluid dynamics to figure out the relationship between the inlet angle with thermal sensation index. Steady k- turbulence model and incompressible fluid flow of constant property have been considered, the heat dissipation due to the viscous force was ignored. The results show the air temperature field and flow field are largely affected by inlet angles. High air velocity can enhance the effect of convective heat transfer, and it may causees draught. Even a small change in inlet temperature will cause a great impact on thermal comfort index. Appropriate refrigerating capacity and matching inlet angle are the prerequisite of a satisfactory thermal comfort.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhuohuan Hu
AU  - Xin Yang
AU  - Mo Yang
PY  - 2016/05
DA  - 2016/05
TI  - Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Information Technology and Mechatronics Engineering Conference (ITOEC 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 116
EP  - 119
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/itoec-16.2016.23
DO  - 10.2991/itoec-16.2016.23
ID  - Hu2016/05
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