calc2Node: Comfort Indices based on the 2-Node-Model

In marcelschweiker/comfort_R: Models and Equations for Human Comfort Research

Comfort Indices based on the 2-Node-Model

Description

calc2Node calculates Comfort Indices based on the 2-Node-Model by Gagge et al.

Usage

calc2Node(ta, tr, vel, rh, clo = 0.5, met = 1, wme = 0, sa = NULL, pb = 760, 
ltime = 60, ht = 171, wt = 70, tu = 40, obj = "set", csw = 170, cdil = 120, 
cstr = 0.5, varOut = "else", bodyPosition = 'sitting')

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]
sa	(optional)surface Area according to mosteller formula [m^2]
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]
tu	a numeric value presenting turbulence intensity in [%]
obj	a character element, either "set" or "pmvadj"
csw	a numeric value presenting the driving coefficient for regulatory sweating
cdil	a numeric value presenting the driving coefficient for vasodilation
cstr	a numeric value presenting the driving coefficient for vasoconstriction
varOut	a string value either "else" for normal output of SET or "skinWet" to report value of skin wettedness
bodyPosition	a string representing body position, has to be 'sitting' or 'standing'. Default value is 'sitting'

Details

All variables must have the same length 1. For the calculation of several values use function calcComfInd. The value of obj defines whether the function will use the version presented in ASHRAE 55-2013 for adjustment of pmv (obj = "pmvadj"), or the original code by Gagge to calculate set (obj = "set"). In the version presented in ASHRAE 55-2013, the lines of code related to self-generated convection is deleted. Therefore, a difference can only be seen at higher values of met.

Value

returns a data.frame with the following items:

et - Effective temperature

tsens - Predicted thermal sensation

disc - Predicted discomfort

ps - Predicted percentage satisfied with the level of air movement

pd - Predicted percentage dissatisfied due to draft

pts - Predicted thermal sensation vote based on set

pmvg - Gagge's version of Fanger's PMV

pmvstar - Same as Fanger's PMV except that dry is calculated using SET* rather than the operative temperature

The other functions return a single index, e.g. code(calcSET) returns the standard effective temperature.

Note

In case one of the variables is not given, a standard value will be taken from a list (see createCond for details.

Author(s)

The code for calc2Node is based on the code in BASIC and C++ presented by Fountain and Huizenga (1995). The translation into R-language and comparison with ASHRAE 55-2013 conducted by Marcel Schweiker.

References

ASHRAE Standard 55-2013. Thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy. American society of heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineering, Atlanta, USA, 2013.

Fountain & Huizenga (1995) A thermal sensation model for use by the engineering profession ASHRAE RP-781 Final report.

Gagge, Fobelets & Berglund (1986) A standard predictive index of human response to the thermal environment, ASHRAE transactions, 92 (2B), 709-731.

See Also

see also calcComfInd

Examples

## Calculation of a single set of values.
calc2Node(22, 25, .50, 50)

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