A new open-loop heat flux control technique has been developed to conduct transient thermal testing of thick, thermallyconductive aerospace structures. This technique uses calibration of the radiant heater system power level as a function of heat flux, predicted aerodynamic heat flux, and the properties of an instrumented test article. An iterative process was used to generate open-loop heater ...

In the course of evaluating industrial heat exposures, three very hot environments having heat stress indices over 300 have been analysed by the techniques of Haines and Hatch (1952) and Belding and Hatch (1955). In addition, pulse and oral temperature measurements were made on three subjects exposed to these environments. These studies indicate that the methods of Haines and Hatch and Belding ...

In this paper, an innovative hybrid condensing radiant tubes heating system for industrial building is modelled in three climatic zones of Italy using dynamic simulation software. Radiant are coupled with air–water heat pump, the latter serving air terminals located building. The energy performance optimized by evaluating best nominal power cut-off temperature a bivalent parallel operation, alt...

An open question in the study of quasiconvex function is the characterization of the class of functions which are sum of quasiconvex functions. In this paper we restrict attention to quasiconvex radiant functions, i.e. those whose level sets are radiant as well as convex and deal with the claim that a function can be expressed as the sum of quasiconvex radiant functions if and only if it is rad...

A one-year field study compared the conventional 250W IR heat lamp with an energy-efficient 175W radiant heat lamp for swine farrowing operations. The energy-efficient heat lamp showed a $36 annual cash savings per unit (assuming $0.10/kWh electricity); a 1.2% absolute reduction in piglet mortality from birth to weaning (5.0±0.28% vs. 6.2±0.44%) (P<0.01); a 45% lower lamp failure rate (18±4% vs...

The radiant cooling combined with attached jet air supply system is a temperature and humidity independent control system. Radiant panels are used to bear the indoor sensible heat load, load. Numerical simulation method study changes of relative dehumidification efficiency installed on ceiling wall, as well advantages disadvantages all three systems taking into consideration coupled wall deflec...

One of the greatest challenges to production dairy farmers in most part of the tropical country is heat stress and the strain that it causes the lactating dairy cow. Climatic conditions in the most parts of India are such that the warm (or hot) season is relatively long, there is intense radiant energy for an extended period of time and there is generally presence of high relative humidity. Thu...

The temperature humidity index (THI) was originally developed for humans by Thom (1958) and extended to cattle by Berry et al (1964). It is currently used to estimate cooling requirements of dairy cattle in order to improve the efficiency of management strategies to alleviate heat stress. The Livestock Conservation Institute evaluated the biological responses to varying THI values and categoriz...

Remote sensing data were utilized to assess urban land cover and its thermal characteristics through mapping sub-pixel impervious surfaces and assessing thermal infrared images. Landsat imagery was used to calculate variation in urban imperviousness from 1995 to 2002 in the Tampa Bay watershed, Florida. The urban-rural boundary and urban development density were defined by selecting certain imp...