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Download Solution PDFStatement (I): Effective temperature is an index which correlates the combined effect of air temperature, air humidity and air movement upon human thermal comfort.
Statement (II): Thermal comfort is not affected by mean radiant temperature.Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
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Download Solution PDFHuman Comfort and Effective temperature: Human comfort in the air conditioning can be defined as comfort which is experienced by a person through adjustment of dry bulb temperature, relative humidity and air velocity.
The effective temperature is the temperature of the saturated environment at which motionless saturated air would induce same level of comfort as experienced in a normal environment in a sedentary worker wearing ordinary indoor clothing.
From the above definition we can say that Statement I) is correct.
Mean radiant temperature (MRT) is also a parameter that defines thermal comfort index. MRT depends upon ceiling and floor temperature, sunlight through windows. So, it is an important parameter in thermal comfort. Thus, Statement II) is false.Last updated on May 28, 2025
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