Study of applicability limit of mitigation method of airflow on thermal environment using human thermoregulation model

Abstract

In this study, the applicability limit of mitigation method of airflow on thermal environment was investigated using a human thermoregulation model. The two-node cylindrical human thermoregulation model was used in the present analysis. The applicability limit of mitigation method of airflow was evaluated from the results of physiological responses 60 minutes after the beginning of the calculation. Through the investigation, it has been found that the applicability limits were seen at the environment where values of the sum of the sensible and the latent heat flow from the environment to the human body are negative at the high operative temperature and the high relative humidity.