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COMFORT

COMFORT
Comfort is main the goal of
having an air-conditioning
system.
That is to make the occupants feel
comfortable in the area being airconditioned.

COMFORT: MAIN CONTROLLING FACTORS


TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY
AI MOTION
AIR
O ION
RADIATION SOURCES

COMFORT: OTHER CONTROLLING FACTORS


ODOR
DUST
NOISE
NOIS
VIBRATION

PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Heatt generated
H
t d and
d dissipated
di i t d by
b
a human body varies with:
AGE
ACTIVITY
SIZE
GENDER

COMFORT
Increasing awareness led to recent
introduction of new terms related to
comfort, among others

Sick Building Syndrome


Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
Indoor Environmental Quality
(IEQ)

COMFORT
ASHRAE Standard 55-1992
specifies thermal comfort as a
condition in which more than 80
percent of the occupants will
find the environment thermally
acceptable.
Standard was set by conducting an experiment on a group of
people under various conditions of air in a room.
But, Standard 55 represents Americans, instead of Malaysians.

COMFORT CONDITIONS
For Malaysia,
use summer
conditions.
Common:
T: 24C (75F)
RH: 55%
V 15
V:
15-25
25 fpm
f
Noise:NC 35-40
Vent Rate:
UBBL

COMFORT CONDITIONS

Final remark:
Thermal comfort is about human.
What else can ACMV be designed for?

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