THERMAL COMFORT AT THE TURBINE ROOM IN THE POWER STATION: A REVIEW

Environmental ergonomics deals with the effect of environmental factors on human health, comfort and performance. This day-to-day interaction of humans and their environment affects performance and productivity of workers in various industries. Indoor temperature is one of the fundamental characteristics of the indoor environment. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of temperature in the turbine room and equipment on the workers performance. This paper presented a systematic review of the literature that relate to thermal comfort of the turbine room in the power stations. The results of this paper identified the factors that affect the performance of workers through the proposed conceptual framework that has dependent and independent variables and a moderator namely temperature in the turbine room.