Lecture Notes On Engineering Human Thermal Comfort - Hardcover

David S-K Ting

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9811201749 ISBN 13: 9789811201745

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2020

Synopsis

Human thermal comfort, namely in the areas of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (collectively known as 'HVAC'), is ubiquitous wherever human habitation may be found. Today, a large portion of the developed world's current energy demands are used to artificially keep the temperatures of our environments comfortable. It is therefore imperative for everyone, decision-makers and engineers alike, involved with the future of energy to be appropriately acquainted with HVAC.

Lecture Notes on Engineering Human Thermal Comfort explains the quintessence of engineering human thermal comfort through straight-forward writing designed to help students better comprehend the materials presented. Illustrative figures, anecdotal banter, and ironical analogies interject the necessary technical humdrum to provide timeous stimuli in the midst of arduous technical details.

This book is primarily for senior undergraduate engineering students interested in engineering human thermal comfort. It invokes some undergraduate knowledge of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics as needed, to enable students to appreciate thermal comfort engineering without the need to seek out other textbooks.

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About the Author

David S-K Ting is Professor at the Turbulence & Energy Laboratory, in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive & Materials Engineering, University of Windsor, Canada. He is a P Eng. in the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta and Professional Engineers Ontario; a member and faculty advisor in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers; and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Engineering Society for Advancing Mobility Land Sea Air and Space. Prof Ting has published over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals and authored/edited 10 books. His recent work focus largely on energy, energy efficiency and analysis, and renewable energy. Nevertheless, the rhythm of his heartbeat is still very much inveigled by cascading flow turbulence, and combustion remains an inextinguishable old flame.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811201749
• ISBN 13: 9789811201745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280