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Possible Perception Bias in the Thermal Evaluation of Evaporation Cooling with a Misting Fan

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  • Craig Farnham

    (Department of Human Life Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku Sugimoto 3-3-138, Osaka 558-8585, Japan)

  • Jihui Yuan

    (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1 Hibarigaoka, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi 441-8580, Japan)

Abstract

Mist evaporation cooling (MEC) is increasingly used as a low-energy means to improve thermal comfort in hot environments. However, the thermal sensation votes (TSV) often overshoot values of Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) models. Evaluations of MEC may be affected by an expectation that mist feels cool or the “good subject” effect. Here, subjects are exposed to a misting fan and an identical fan without mist and asked which fan feels cooler. Unknown to the subjects, the misting fan has almost no cooling effect (about 0.4 K reduction in air temperature) and a hidden heater increased the temperature of the misting fan air flow, making it up to 1.6 K warmer than the fan without mist. Supplemental experiments told the subjects about the heater. Surveys of over 300 subjects when varying this misted air temperature showed a bias above random chance that people vote that a misting fan airflow was cooler, even when it was the same temperature or slightly warmer than the non-misting fan. It is possible that the expectation of cooling or good subject effect influences evaluations of mist. This effect should be considered in thermal comfort evaluations of mist cooling and in the deployment of MEC systems.

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  • Craig Farnham & Jihui Yuan, 2021. "Possible Perception Bias in the Thermal Evaluation of Evaporation Cooling with a Misting Fan," Clean Technol., MDPI, vol. 3(1), pages 1-23, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jcltec:v:3:y:2021:i:1:p:11-205:d:508056
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    1. Anatolijs Borodinecs & Kristina Lebedeva & Natalja Sidenko & Aleksejs Prozuments, 2022. "Enhancement of Chiller Performance by Water Distribution on the Adiabatic Cooling Pad’s Mesh Surface," Clean Technol., MDPI, vol. 4(3), pages 1-19, July.

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