Localized cooling - Localized cooling

...In addition, there are an increasing number of room coolers that also have heating and moisture removal functions (without cooling), and there are a variety of cooling methods. The above are the most common cooling methods, but there are also other methods called outdoor air cooling, localized cooling, solar cooling, and district cooling. In spring and autumn, when it is comfortable or even cold outside, the room may become hot in a space that does not have enough ventilation. In such cases, instead of operating a refrigerator, a method of mechanically blowing outside air into the room is called outdoor air cooling.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "local cooling" is listed below.

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…またルームクーラーに暖房や湿分除去(冷却を伴わない)の機能を加えた機械も多くなってきており，冷房の方法もさまざまである。　以上に述べたのが一般的な冷房の方法であるが，このほかにも外気冷房，局所冷房，太陽熱冷房，地域冷房と呼ばれるものがある。春や秋，外は快適なあるいはむしろ寒い状態なのに通風が十分に得られないスペースでは室内が暑くなる場合があるが，このようなとき冷凍機を運転する代りに外の空気を機械的に室内に送り込む方法を外気冷房という。…

※「局所冷房」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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