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Re:Ask HN: Do I place the fan so that it blows air inwards o... by tomohawk on Monday May 28, 2018 @05:58AM (#17171581)
If the goal is to make the room cooler, your teacher is right. If the goal is to make the students cooler, then the 4th graders are right. 4th graders sweat, and the fan will cause convective cooling of the 4th graders.
Re:Ask HN: Do I place the fan so that it blows air inwards o... by lathiat on Monday May 28, 2018 @08:50AM (#17172136)
This is a concept often poorly understood in basic cooling design. Even without sweat, if your AC vent is blowing directly on you the temperature it is at needs to be vastly different than that of air being using to more actively cool the entire room.

This is often a key difference between Car and Room AC systems.

There’s also a surprising gradient based on how consistent the temperature is top to bottom (and you get into trouble with this on reverse cycle AC systems)

And lastly it’s easy to ignore radiant heat from both walls/ceilings as well as even large monitors.

It all plays in together.

Re:Ask HN: Do I place the fan so that it blows air inwards o... by masklinn on Monday May 28, 2018 @11:22AM (#17172893)
> This is a concept often poorly understood in basic cooling design.

Really? You'd think windchill is a well-understood concept.

Re:Ask HN: Do I place the fan so that it blows air inwards o... by lathiat on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @07:50AM (#17186909)
When it comes to basic price central ducted HVAC system installation you'd be surprised! At least in Australia.
Re:Ask HN: Do I place the fan so that it blows air inwards o... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Monday May 28, 2018 @09:42AM (#17172328)
s/convective/evaporative/
Re:Ask HN: Do I place the fan so that it blows air inwards o... by pbhjpbhj on Monday May 28, 2018 @07:13PM (#17175376)
Also those by the window were maybe in direct sun.