PMV: Predicted Mean Vote (PMV)

In Iavalos/Comfort: Thermal comfort methods

Description

Computes Fanger's predicted mean vote used in ASHRAE Standard 55.

Usage

PMV(clo, met, air.temp, RH, ws)

Arguments

clo	Thermal insulation of clothing in [clo] (underwear, blouse/shirt, slacks/trousers, jacket, socks and shoes are approximately 1 clo)
met	Physical activity in [met] (one person seated at rest is approximately 1 met)
air.temp	Indoor air temperature (assumed equal to mean radiant temperature) in [C]
RH	Relative humidity in [%] (approximately the same thing as saturation)
ws	Relative air velocity [m/s]

Details

Compute the predicted mean vote for one or more combinations of clo, met, air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed. The inputs arguments can be scalars or vectors.

Value

The predicted mean vote, a value between -3 (cold) to +3 (hot)

Author(s)

Ricardo Ochoa, Ilse Avalos

References

ASHRAE (American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers). (2013). 2013 Ashrae Handbook: Fundamentals, I-P Edition (Vol. 30329). http://doi.org/10.1039/c1cs15219j.

See Also

PPD

Examples

PMV(clo = 0.5,
    met = 1.2, 
    air.temp = 22, 
    RH = 60, 
    ws=0.1)

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