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Wearable Personal Thermal Management Systems (PTMS)

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Personal Comfort Systems for Improving Indoor Thermal Comfort and Air Quality

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Personal thermal management appears to be a promising approach for improving individual thermal comfort while keeping building energy consumption to a minimum. Personal thermal management systems (PTMS) have numerous advantages. First, PTMS could significantly reduce building cooling and heating energy consumption. They also do not require an air distribution system, which is a significant source of energy consumption in traditional personalized ventilation systems (PVS). Furthermore, PTMSs with near-zero energy input could significantly reduce built-environment energy consumption. Furthermore, PTMSs could prevent draught risks caused by high supply air velocity, which is a common issue in TACS (task/ambient conditioning systems) and PVS. This chapter provides an in-depth overview of various existing personal thermal management systems, including their advantages and disadvantages in comparison to other systems such as HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) and PECS (personal environment control system). Finally, future trends in PTMS development and research have been discussed.

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Abbreviations

AC:

Air cooling

AH:

Air flow heating

AI:

Artificial intelligence

ASHRAE:

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

CH:

Chemical heating

CHC:

Chemical heating clothing

CV:

Computer vision

EC:

Evaporative cooling

EH:

Electrical heating

EHC:

Electrical heating clothing

FH:

Fluid/flow heating

GHG:

Global greenhouse gas

HVAC:

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

HYC:

Hybrid cooling

ITVOF:

Infrared transparent and visible opaque fabrics

LC:

Liquid cooling

ML:

Machine learning

nanoPE:

Nanoporous polyethylene

PCD:

Personal comfort device

PCM:

Phase change material

PCMC:

Phase change material cooling

PCMH:

Phase change material heating

PCS:

Personal cooling system

PE:

Polyethylene

PECS:

Personal environment control system

PI:

Passive insulation

PP:

Polypropylene

PV:

Personalised ventilation

PVS:

Personalised ventilation system

PTM:

Personal thermal management

PTMS:

Personal thermal management systems

TACS:

Task/ambient conditioning systems

TCV:

Thermal comfort vote

TEC:

Thermoelectric cooling

TECU:

Thermoelectric energy conversion unit

TSV:

Thermal sensation vote

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Wang, F. (2023). Wearable Personal Thermal Management Systems (PTMS). In: Wang, F., Yang, B., Deng, Q., Luo, M. (eds) Personal Comfort Systems for Improving Indoor Thermal Comfort and Air Quality. Indoor Environment and Sustainable Building. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0718-2_12

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