comf (version 0.1.7)

calcATHB: Calculation of Adaptive Thermal Heat Balance Indices

Description

calcATHB calculates three different indices related to the adaptive thermal heat balance framework

Usage

calcATHBpmv(trm, psych, ta, tr, vel, rh, met, wme)
calcATHBpts(trm, psych, ta, tr, vel, rh, met, wme, pb, ltime, ht, wt)
calcATHBset(trm, psych, ta, tr, vel, rh, met, wme, pb, ltime, ht, wt)

Arguments

trm

Running mean outdoor temperature in [degree C]

psych

factor related to fixed effect on perceived control

ta

a numeric value presenting air temperature in [degree C]

tr

a numeric value presenting mean radiant temperature in [degree C]

vel

a numeric value presenting air velocity in [m/s]

rh

a numeric value presenting relative humidity [%]

met

a numeric value presenting metabolic rate in [met]

wme

a numeric value presenting external work in [met]

pb

a numeric value presenting barometric pressure in [torr] or [mmHg]

ltime

a numeric value presenting exposure time in [minutes]

ht

a numeric value presenting body height in [cm]

wt

a numeric value presenting body weight in [kg]

Value

Depending on the type chosen calcATHB returns the following item:

ATHBpmv

pmv value adapted through the ATHB appoach

ATHBset

set value adapted through the ATHB appoach

ATHBpts

pts value adapted through the ATHB appoach

Details

All variables must have the same length 1. For the calculation of several values use function calcComfInd.

References

Schweiker, M. & Wagner, A. A framework for an adaptive thermal heat balance model (ATHB), Building and Environment, 2015, 94, 252 - 262

Schweiker, M. & Wagner, A. Exploring potentials and limitations of the adaptive thermal heat balance framework Proceedings of 9th Windsor Conference: making comfort relevant Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK, 2016

See Also

see also calcComfInd

Examples

# NOT RUN {
## Calculation of ATHBpmv
calcATHBpmv(20, 0, 25, 25, .1, 50, 1.1, 0)

## Calculation of ATHBpts
calcATHBpts(20, 0, 25, 25, .1, 50, 1.1, 0, 760, 60, 171, 70)

## Calculation of ATHBset
calcATHBset(20, 0, 25, 25, .1, 50, 1.1, 0, 760, 60, 171, 70)
# }