Heat and moisture transfer from skin to environment through fabrics: A mathematical model

Kyunghoon Min; Yangsoo Son; Chongyoup Kim; Yejin Lee; Kyunghi Hong

doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.06.016

Heat and moisture transfer from skin to environment through fabrics: A mathematical model

Kyunghoon Min, Yangsoo Son, Chongyoup Kim, Yejin Lee, Kyunghi Hong

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

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Abstract

A mathematical model is set up to simulate the heat and moisture transfer from skin to environment through fabrics by including the radiation heat transfer between surfaces and the surface diffusion along fibers. The result shows that the contributions of radiation and conduction through air are approximately 20% each of the total heat flux. The surface diffusion does not play a significant role in the total moisture transport if the surface diffusion is restricted to the chemisorption of water molecules onto fiber surfaces. It is concluded that the microclimate plays the most significant role in the heat and moisture transfer from skin to environment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5292-5304
Number of pages	13
Journal	International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume	50
Issue number	25-26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.06.016
Publication status	Published - 2007 Dec

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by Grant No. R01-2003-000-10423-02004 from the Basic Research Program of the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation.

Keywords

Howard model
Microclimate
Natural convection
Radiation
Surface diffusion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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