Thermal Comfort Analysis of TAGFRG Roof for Various Hydronic Flow Path Configuration

A novel combination of the Thermally Activated Cooling System (TABS) and Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum (GFRG) was investigated for various water flow path configurations. The proposed combination is called a Thermally Activated Glass Fiber Reinforced Gypsum (TAGFRG) system. In a warm and humid climate, the 3.5 m x 3.5 m x 3.5 m experiment room is built with a TAGFRG roof. The parameters required for thermal comfort index calculation, i.e., surface and air temperature, indoor humidity, and air velocity, are continuously monitored and recorded at an interval of 1 minute using a data acquisition system. The configuration of the various water flow paths is clearly described in the article. The data repository contains the hourly averaged measured data as well as the thermal comfort indices that were calculated.