The interaction of clothing ventilation with dry and evaporative heat transfer of jackets

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of air and vapor permeability of jacket materials on ventilation, heat and moisture transfer. Design/methodology/approach Clothing ventilation (V), thermal insulation (I) and vapor resistance (R e ) of three jackets made of different mat...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:International journal of clothing science and technology 2016-09, Vol.28 (5), p.570-581
Main Authors: Dai, Xiao-Qun, Havenith, George
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Gases
Heat resistance
Heat transfer
Insulation
Microclimate
Permeability
Radiation
Skin
Ventilation
Walking
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of air and vapor permeability of jacket materials on ventilation, heat and moisture transfer. Design/methodology/approach Clothing ventilation (V), thermal insulation (I) and vapor resistance (R e ) of three jackets made of different materials (normal textile, PVC and “breathable” membrane coated textile), worn on an articulated thermal manikin in a controlled climate chamber, were measured under various conditions, respectively. The various conditions of microenvironment ventilation were created by making the manikin stand and walk, combined with three wind speeds of
ISSN:0955-6222
1758-5953
DOI:10.1108/IJCST-12-2015-0135