| Research Article: | An experimental study on the thermal condition for a person sitting near a glass window with a vertical venetian blind installed |
| Author: | Somsak Chaiyapinunt, Rangsarid Patthanapanich, Benjamin Tenbuuren, Chayakorn Sitsumeth and Nopparat Khamporn |
| Email: | nopparat.kha@siam.edu |
| Department/Faculty: | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Siam University, Bangkok 10160 |
| Published/แหล่งเผยแพร่: | TSME-ICoME 2016, the 7th Thai Society of Mechanical Engineers-International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, 13 -16 December 2016, in Chiang Mai, Thailand |
Citation
Chaiyapinunt S., Patthanapanich R., Tenbuuren B., Sitsumeth C., & Khamporn N. (2017). An experimental study on the thermal condition for a person sitting near a glass window with a vertical venetian blind installed. In TSME-ICoME 2016, the 7th Thai Society of Mechanical Engineers-International Conference on Mechanical Engineering. Bangkok: Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University.
ABSTRACT
In this article, an experimental study on the thermal condition for a person sitting near a glass window with a vertical venetian blind installed is performed. The mean radiant temperature and PPD (predicted percentage of dissatisfied) are chosen to be the parameters for describing the human thermal comfort. Two types of glass windows, a clear and tinted glass, are chosen for the study. Three blind slat angles, 45ᵒ, 0ᵒ and -45ᵒ, are used to illustrate the effect of the blind slat angle on the human thermal comfort condition. From the study, it is found that the human thermal comfort condition for a person sitting near a glass window with a vertical blind installed is mainly dependent on the transmitted solar radiation incident on a person. In this study, it is found that the clear glass window with a blind installed at -45ᵒ slat angle gives the most thermal discomfort condition and the tinted glass window with a blind installed at 45ᵒ slat angle gives the least thermal discomfort condition.
Keywords: Vertical venetian blind, Glass window, Thermal comfort, Mean radiant temperature, PPD.
An experimental study on the thermal condition for a person sitting near a glass window with a vertical venetian blind installed
Faculty of Engineering, Siam University, Bangkok, Thailand