Study on winter thermal comfort of membrane structure gymnasium in severe cold region of China. (3rd May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bai, Yefei; Zhao, Lintao; Tang, Ru'ning; Kang, Xiaolong
• Is Part Of: Science and technology for the built environment. Volume 28:Number 4(2022)
• Page Start: 499
• Page End: 512
• Publication Date: 2022-05-03
• Subjects: Heating -- Periodicals; Ventilation -- Periodicals; Air conditioning -- Periodicals; Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery -- Periodicals; Indoor air quality -- Periodicals; Indoor air quality; Air conditioning; Heating; Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery; Ventilation; Periodicals; 697
• DOI: 10.1080/23744731.2021.2018874
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2374-474X

Abstract

Abstract : Recently, membrane structures have been increasingly used in gymnasiums. However, an uneven distribution of indoor thermal environment exists in membrane-structure gymnasiums, resulting in poor thermal comfort for indoor personnel. Therefore, the indoor thermal environment of a membrane-structure gymnasium was assessed and some improvement measures are proposed herein. The adopted research method mainly comprised a combination of field tests and questionnaires, which aimed at collecting the indoor and outdoor environment parameters and the subjective vote values of different people to establish a thermal comfort model. The results of the thermal comfort model analysis showed that among the applicable population in the membrane-structure gymnasium, the sports group exhibited the highest thermal comfort, followed by the audience group, and the thermal comfort of post-exercise group was relatively poor. To ensure thermal comfort for all three studied groups, the proposed operative temperature range of the gym should be approximately between 10.07–13.34 °C. This study provides a reference for the application and operation of the membrane structures on sports buildings.