Shiming Deng, Zhongping Lin, Dongmei Pan, Ning Mao, Jing Du, Guanyu Fang

Thermal Sleeping Environments

Control and Optimization

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The connection between the sleep environment and quality of sleep is closely related. To get a good night's rest, a person needs to be in an environment conducive to sleep, which means having or creating the right conditions for it. Thermal Sleeping Environments: Control and Optimization provides a comprehensive coverage on cutting-edge heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment; novel bed-based task/ambient conditioning (TAC) systems; and advanced materials for building envelopes, bedroom furniture, and textiles for beddings. The performance of the technologies presented is analyzed through thermal comfort charts and modeling endeavors, which are in turn validated by the notions of human physiological responses during sleep. The foundational principles of fluid mechanics alongside sustainably built environment and energy efficiency considerations also complement this discussion. Written by academic experts who aim to compile a unique reference resource to foster further subject matter research, this book should appeal to a broad range of readers whose work or study interests focuses on sustainable buildings and the wellbeing of their occupants.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780443288760
• ISBN-10: 0443288763
• Artikelnr.: 71850181

Autorenporträt

Shiming Deng is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University. Prior to this, he worked at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1992 to 2021. His research interests include controlling thermal sleeping environments and air source heat pumps, among others, with a total of more than 300 publications in international journals.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Indoor space thermal loads for a sleep environment
4. Outdoor air ventilation for an indoor sleep environment
5. A thermal comfort model for a sleeping person
6. The thermal resistance of bedding systems used in thermal comfort model
7. Solving a comfort equation and establishing comfort charts
8. Numerical prediction of the total insulation value of a bedding system
9. A four-node thermoregulation model for predicting the thermal
physiological responses of a sleeping person
10. The micro-climate around a sleeping person and the related thermal
neutrality issues
11. Novel bed-based task/ambient conditioning (TAC) systems and their
optimizations for a thermally neutral environment with minimum energy use
12. A radiation-based TAC system including moisture distribution and a way
of mitigating condensation in a sleeping environment
13. A bed-based air source heat pump (B-ASHP) space heating system in a
sleep environment
14. Practical guides to control indoor thermal environments for quality
sleep
15. Conclusions and future perspectives