Despite the known difficulties many people with MS have with high ambient temperatures, there are no reported studies of air conditioning use and MS. This study systematically examined air conditioner use by Australians with MS. A short survey was sent to all participants in the Australian MS Longitudinal Study cohort with a response rate of 76% (n = 2,385). Questions included hours of air-cond...

We detected the concentration of dust mites allergen (Der f1 & Der p1) in the air of different places before and after the starting of air-conditioners in Wuhu City, Anhui, China, and to discuss the relation between the dust mites allergen in air-conditioner filters and the asthma attack. The dust samples were collected from the air-conditioner filters in dining rooms, shopping malls, hotels an...

The adjustment and control mode of frequency conversion for an air-conditioner can make the refrigeration capacity adapt the variety of its load very well. Thus, it has many advantages such as low variety in in-door temperature, short time to reach the wished temperature, low energy consumption, low start electric current and low strike to electric source etc. This mode is widely used in room a...

In this study, mobile phones, wearable devices, temperature and human motion detectors are integrated as smart sensors for enabling smart air conditioning control. Smart sensors obtain feedback, especially occupants' information, from mobile phones and wearable devices placed on human body. The information can be used to adjust air conditioners in advance according to humans' intentions, in so-...

During a medical entomology course in Boa Vista, Roraima, colonies of Triatoma maculata closely associated with pigeon nests were observed in concrete air-conditioner box located on the external plastered and cemented walls of a modern brick-built apartment block. In only one eight-hole ceramic brick, located inside one air-conditioner box, 127 specimens of T. maculata were collected. T. macula...

Major noise sources of a home air conditioner are fan and compressor. Fan generates air flow noise main& and compressor is the main source of the vibration induced noise. In this study, finite element analysis, a method for design of experiment and a topology optimization method were used to find optimum shape of rubber mount, copper pipe and compressor base plate of a home air conditioner. For...

Feedback is a very powerful concept and has numerous applications. Examples of feedback systems abound in everyday life. For example, the thermostat on an air conditioner unit uses feedback to maintain a comfortable temperature within a room. Similiarly, our bodies use feedback to increase antibodies to fight off an infection. By definition, feedback is the process of combining the output of a ...

In this paper, we describe implementation and test result for a LonWorks based control system in which air conditioner is handled by LonWorks node. The LonWorks based control system for handling air conditioner remotely is integration of control nodes because LonWorks is a communication protocol which is adopted as a standard protocol in building automation systems. For the remote management of...

The use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) has been widely restricted. They have been replaced with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in order to protect the ozone layer. However, the leakage of refrigerant into the air from active or end-of-life air conditioners is a serious environmental issue owing to the high global warming potential (GWP) of HFCs. Therefore, replaci...