METHOD OF MEASURING COMFORT OF CONDITIONS OF SURROUNDING AIR MEDIUM FOR HUMAN BEING UNDER EFFECT OF CLIMATIC FACTORS AND DEVICE TO THIS END Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC G01W1/17 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to applied meteorology, and specifically to determination of intensity and overall effect of climatic factors, and is meant for objective assessment of favourability of conditions of the surrounding air medium. The method of assessing comfort of conditions of the surrounding air medium for a human being under the effect of climatic factors is based on converting energy of the said effect into heat and further into an output signal with subsequent integration of the given signal, its measurement and display. Initial parametres of the surrounding air medium are determined. Further, based on the said parametres, entropy production parametres are calculated. Also conditions of the surrounding medium during atmospheric precipitation are assessed; based on the said values, comfort of conditions of the surrounding air medium is assessed; the output signal is expressed in units of the rate of entropy production, and results of time integration of this signal - in amount of produced entropy for the selected period. The device for realising the proposed method, which includes a pyranometer head with an output signal integrator, device for measuring surrounding air temperature, additionally includes a program-hardware block, sensors of atmospheric pressure, wind speed, humidity of the surrounding air and its composition and units for displaying comfort and notification. The program-hardware block is connected to outputs of the pyranometre head with an output signal integrator and device for measuring surrounding air temperature, and sensors of atmospheric pressure, wind speed, humidity of the surrounding air and its composition and units for displaying comfort and notification are connected to the program-hardware block. The device also includes a gas analyser and a precipitation indicator, which are connected to the program-hardware block.

EFFECT: wider functional capabilities due to objective determination of power and energy effect of not only solar radiation, but other climatic factors as well, such as pressure of the surrounding air, its humidity, composition etc.

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