After review of the published clinical experience with systemic hypothermia, we concluded that a simple system which controls radiant heat balance to supplement metabolic heat might provide several advantages, including: (a) decreased morbidity; (b) elimination of the requirement for general anesthesia; (c) improved patient comfort; (d) favorable cost-benefit considerations. We have tested a pr...

A web-based Roof Savings Calculator (RSC) has been deployed for the United States Department of Energy as an industry-consensus tool to help building owners, manufacturers, distributors, contractors and researchers easily run complex roof and attic simulations. This tool employs modern web technologies, usability design, and national average defaults as an interface to annual simulations of hou...

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...

Mean radiant temperature (MRT) is one of the six primary factors that determine thermal comfort in a given environment. In this study, average was determined using calculation method based on surrounding surface temperatures and view factors. The present study specifically investigated use calculated temperature, compared to measured for predicting mean vote (PMV) percentage dissatisfied (PPD) ...

Fabrication of devices and circuits on silicon wafers creates patterns in optical properties, particularly the thermal emissivity and absorptivity, that lead to temperature nonuniformity during rapid thermal processing (RTP) by infrared heating methods. The work reported in this paper compares the effect of emissivity test patterns on wafers heated by two RTP methods: (1) a steadystate furnace ...

Increasing peak power demand implies the increasing significance of energy storage. Technologies that efficiently store heat and cold are also important for share renewables improving efficiency heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) systems. The present experimental study investigated dynamic behavior a room with suspended thermally activated ceiling panels filled material containing 60...