comfort Class Reference

Calculates the thermal comfort quantities predicted mean vote (PMV) and predicted percentage of dissatisfaction (PPD) based on DIN ISO EN 7730:2005. More...

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Public Member Functions

 TypeName ("comfort")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 comfort (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
virtual ~comfort ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual bool read (const dictionary &)
 Read the data needed for the comfort calculation. More...
 
virtual bool execute ()
 Calculate the predicted mean vote (PMV) More...
 
virtual bool write ()
 Write the PPD and PMV fields. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from fvMeshFunctionObject
 TypeName ("fvMeshFunctionObject")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 fvMeshFunctionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
 fvMeshFunctionObject (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from the region objectRegistry and dictionary. More...
 
 fvMeshFunctionObject (const fvMeshFunctionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...
 
virtual ~fvMeshFunctionObject ()
 Destructor. More...
 
void operator= (const fvMeshFunctionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from regionFunctionObject
 TypeName ("regionFunctionObject")
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 regionFunctionObject (const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from Time and dictionary. More...
 
 regionFunctionObject (const word &name, const objectRegistry &obr, const dictionary &dict)
 Construct from the region objectRegistry and dictionary. More...
 
 regionFunctionObject (const regionFunctionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...
 
virtual ~regionFunctionObject ()
 Destructor. More...
 
void operator= (const regionFunctionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from functionObject
 ClassName ("functionObject")
 
virtual const wordtype () const =0
 Runtime type information. More...
 
 declareRunTimeSelectionTable (autoPtr, functionObject, dictionary,(const word &name, const Time &runTime, const dictionary &dict),(name, runTime, dict))
 
 functionObject (const word &name)
 Construct from components. More...
 
autoPtr< functionObjectclone () const
 Return clone. More...
 
 functionObject (const functionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise copy construction. More...
 
virtual ~functionObject ()
 Destructor. More...
 
const wordname () const
 Return the name of this functionObject. More...
 
virtual bool executeAtStart () const
 Return true if the functionObject should be executed at the start. More...
 
virtual bool end ()
 Called when Time::run() determines that the time-loop exits. More...
 
virtual scalar timeToNextWrite ()
 Called by Time::adjustTimeStep(). Allows the functionObject to. More...
 
virtual void updateMesh (const mapPolyMesh &mpm)
 Update for changes of mesh. More...
 
virtual void movePoints (const polyMesh &mesh)
 Update for changes of mesh. More...
 
void operator= (const functionObject &)=delete
 Disallow default bitwise assignment. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from functionObject
static autoPtr< functionObjectNew (const word &name, const Time &, const dictionary &)
 Select from dictionary, based on its "type" entry. More...
 
- Public Attributes inherited from functionObject
Switch log
 Switch write log to Info. More...
 
Switch executeAtStart_
 Switch write log to Info. More...
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from functionObject
static bool postProcess
 Global post-processing mode switch. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from regionFunctionObject
template<class ObjectType >
bool foundObject (const word &fieldName) const
 Find field in the objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
void cannotFindObject (const word &fieldName)
 Prints a warning message that fieldName cannot be found. More...
 
void cannotFindObject (const word &fieldName)
 Prints a warning message that fieldName cannot be found. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
const ObjectType & lookupObject (const word &fieldName) const
 Lookup object from the objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
ObjectType & lookupObjectRef (const word &fieldName)
 Lookup non-const object reference from the objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
bool store (const tmp< ObjectType > &tfield)
 Store the given field in the objectRegistry. More...
 
template<class ObjectType >
bool store (const word &fieldName, const tmp< ObjectType > &tfield, bool cacheable=false)
 Store the given field in the objectRegistry under the given name. More...
 
bool writeObject (const word &fieldName)
 Write field if present in objectRegistry. More...
 
bool clearObject (const word &fieldName)
 Clear field from the objectRegistry if present. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from fvMeshFunctionObject
const fvMeshmesh_
 Reference to the fvMesh. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from regionFunctionObject
const Timetime_
 Reference to the Time. More...
 
const objectRegistryobr_
 Reference to the region objectRegistry. More...
 

Detailed Description

Calculates the thermal comfort quantities predicted mean vote (PMV) and predicted percentage of dissatisfaction (PPD) based on DIN ISO EN 7730:2005.

Usage
Property Description Required Default value
clothing The insulation value of the cloth no 0
metabolicRate The metabolic rate no 0.8
extWork The external work no 0
Trad Radiation temperature no -1
relHumidity Relative humidity of the air no 50
pSat Saturation pressure of water no -1
tolerance Residual control for the cloth temperature no 1e-5
maxClothIter Maximum number of iterations no 0
meanVelocity Use a constant mean velocity in the whole domain no </td>
false
Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) evaluation
+ 3 hot
+ 2 warm
+ 1 slightly warm
+ 0 neutral
- 1 slightly cool
- 2 cool
- 3 cold
    comfortAnalysis
    {
        type            comfort;
        libs            ("libfieldFunctionObjects.so");

        executeControl  writeTime;
        writeControl    writeTime;
    }
Source files

Definition at line 165 of file comfort.H.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ comfort()

comfort ( const word name,
const Time runTime,
const dictionary dict 
)

Construct from Time and dictionary.

Definition at line 230 of file comfort.C.

References Foam::read().

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◆ ~comfort()

~comfort ( )
virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 256 of file comfort.C.

Member Function Documentation

◆ TypeName()

TypeName ( "comfort"  )

Runtime type information.

◆ read()

bool read ( const dictionary dict)
virtual

Read the data needed for the comfort calculation.

Reimplemented from regionFunctionObject.

Definition at line 262 of file comfort.C.

References Foam::e, dictionary::found(), dictionary::lookupOrDefault(), and dimensioned< Type >::value().

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◆ execute()

bool execute ( )
virtual

Calculate the predicted mean vote (PMV)

and predicted percentage dissatisfaction (PPD) fields

Implements functionObject.

Definition at line 301 of file comfort.C.

References dimensioned< Type >::dimensions(), Foam::dimLength, Foam::dimless, Foam::dimPressure, Foam::dimTemperature, Foam::dimTime, Foam::e, Foam::exp(), Foam::Info, GeometricField< scalar, fvPatchField, volMesh >::New(), Foam::pow4(), Foam::sqr(), and dimensioned< Type >::value().

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◆ write()

bool write ( )
virtual

Write the PPD and PMV fields.

Implements functionObject.

Definition at line 424 of file comfort.C.


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