| Keywords |
Thermal comfort; Indoor air quality; Particulate matter; Occupants behaviour; Integrated comfort control |
| Abstract |
This study aims to evaluate a new control method to satisfy thermal comfort and indoor air quality (fine particles). To maintain thermal comfort, we used the Integrated comfort control (ICC) algorithm which was developed in previous studies. Also, a ventilation system and an air purifier were operated at the same time depending on the indoor fine particulate concentration for IAQ. We suggested an advanced approach that satisfies both thermal comfort and IAQ along with energy consumption. To evaluate the suggested approach, we performed the co-simulation with EnergyPlus and Matlab with ten cases which were conducted based on the emission rate of the indoor fine particles and occupancy activities. Simulation results showed that the control method could maintain favourable condition in respect of IAQ and thermal comfort. However, the removal efficiency of fine particulate and energy consumption vary according to the indoor fine particle emission rates |