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Table 11 Radiant Fraction for Casual Gains

 
Source
r.f.
fluorescent light
0.45
tungsten light
0.85
high-pressure discharge lamp
0.62
people
0.20
computer equipment
0.22
 
Radiant fractions for plane surfaces in a room at 20°C.
 
Surfaces are assumed to have emissivity of 0.9.
 
Surface
Temperature (°C)
Vertical
surface
Horizontal
Surface looking down
Horizontal
Surface looking up
 
 
 
 
5
0.58
0.53
0.79
30
0.64
0.83
0.6
50
0.58
0.8
0.53
70
0.56
0.8
0.52
100
0.56
0.8
0.51
200
0.6
0.84
0.56
300
0.67
0.87
0.62
400
0.73
0.9
0.69