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OPERATIVE TEMPERATURE [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
  • Energy Transformation
  • Heat (Physics)
DEF

the uniform temperature of a radiantly black enclosure in which an occupant would exchange the same amount of heat by radiation plus convection as in the actual non-uniform environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Chaleur (Physique)
DEF

la température uniforme d'une enceinte rayonnante noire dans laquelle un occupant échangerait la même quantité de chaleur par rayonnement et convection que dans l'ambiance non uniforme réelle [norme ISO 7730-1984].

Spanish

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