Analysis of Thermal Comfort in a Passive Solar Heated Residence

摘要

An analytical investigation was conducted on the thermal comfort conditions in a passive solar heated residence of the popular Trombe Wall configuration. The National Bureau of Standards Load Determination Program (NBSLD) was used to simulate the indoor thermal environment of an actual passive solar residence, using the Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) weather data tape as input at three locations of different climatic conditions. The relevant thermal comfort parameters such as the space air temperature, mean radiant temperatures, operative temperatures, radiant temperature asymmetry, and temperature drifts of the occupied zone, were computed for a prime heating month, a transition month, and a prime cooling month of a typical weather year at the three locations. These parameters were analyzed in accordance with the criteria specified in the recently revised ASHRAE Comfort Standard 55-81.