calcCE: Cooling Effect

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Cooling Effect

Description

Function to calculate cooling effect (CE) of elevated air velocities using the standard effective temperature (SET).

Usage

calcCE(ta, tr, vel, rh, clo = 0.5, met = 1, wme = 0)

Arguments

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 [%]
clo	a numeric value presenting clothing insulation level in [clo]
met	a numeric value presenting metabolic rate in [met]
wme	a numeric value presenting external work in [met]

Details

The CE of the elevated air velocity is the difference in SET between conditions with given air velocities and still air. The cooling effect should be calculated only for air velocities higher than 0.2 m/s.

Value

ce - Cooling Effect in [degree C]

Author(s)

Code implemented in to R by Shoaib Sarwar. Further contribution by Marcel Schweiker.

References

Original code in Python by Tartarini & Schiavon (2020) <doi:10.1016/j.softx.2020.100578>

Examples

calcCE(25,25,0.3,50,0.5,1) # returns Cooling Effect: 1.3

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