Low-Cost Micro Predictive Mean Vote (PMV) Sensor and its Application for Smart Personal Ventilation Systems

Izhar, Wei Xu, Xiaoyi Wang, Ruijie Wang, Yi Kuen Lee

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Abstract

We report a low-cost micro Predictive Mean Vote (PMV) sensor system for human thermal comfort with the improvement of measurement accuracy. The PMV sensor system consists of a Thermoresistive Micro Calorimetric Flow (TMCF) sensor, commercial temperature/relative humidity (RH) sensors and an MCU which can implement the PMV calculation based on ASHRAE Standard 55. Thanks to the excellent resolution (6 mm/s) and high accuracy (±27 mm/s) of the integrated TMCF sensor, the experimental results indicate that the accuracy of our PMV sensor (±0.03) is better than that of the commercial PMV meter (±0.04). Furthermore, a smart personal ventilation system (sPVS) is developed by using our proposed PMV sensor and a PID controlled cooling fan. By regulating the local airflow velocity, it is clear that our sPVS can provide both optimized thermal comfort and energy saving.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE 32nd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages841-844
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728116105
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event32nd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2019 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 27 Jan 201931 Jan 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Volume2019-January
ISSN (Print)1084-6999

Conference

Conference32nd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2019
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period27/01/1931/01/19

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