Thermal comfort in rural residence in Turpan region in summer

Yang Liu, Du Xiaolei, Zheng Wuxing, Yan Haiyan and Zhu Xiaobo

2014.12.23

Measures the indoor and outdoor thermal environment parameters, and investigates the basic situations and thermal sensation of the occupants by questionnaires. Analyses the test results with statistical regression method. The results show that the measured thermal neutral temperature of the occupants in this region is 28.3 in summer, which is higher than the predicted value. The local occupants can accept the higher temperature than the predicted one, and the upper limit value of acceptable temperature is 31.8 . Both the thermal neutral temperature and the upper limit value of acceptable temperature are higher than those in other cities belong to cold area.