There occurs heat and mass transfer through cloth in the very small space from skin to the outside of cloth due to the release of heat and sweat evaporation from human body. The new simultaneous 2-D measurement technique of temperature and concentration distributions that combines infrared absorbing method (IR) with holographic interferometry (HI) was applied to this space. Cotton (porosity , thickness ) and nylon (, ) were used for the typical hydrophilic and hydrophobic clothes, respectively. -propanol was used for liquid. The distance from liquid surface to cloth was 5mm. Liquid temperature was 40°C. The superimposed images of HI and IR show clearly that more vapor passes through cloth in the case of cotton than in the case of nylon. This fact demonstrates that this new technique is very useful for measuring the passing behaviors of vapor through cloth. We appreciate that this research was partially supported by funds of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research in Japan.
Skip Nav Destination
Article navigation
Heat Transfer Photogallery
The Passing Behaviors of Vapor through Cloth
Akira Narumi,
Akira Narumi
Kanagawa Institute of Technology
, Japan
Search for other works by this author on:
Tadashi Konishi
Tadashi Konishi
Oita National College of Technology
, Japan
Search for other works by this author on:
Akira Narumi
Kanagawa Institute of Technology
, Japan
Kenichi Uchida
Autech Japan, Inc
, Japan
Tadashi Konishi
Oita National College of Technology
, JapanJ. Heat Transfer. Aug 2006, 128(8): 739 (1 pages)
Published Online: August 1, 2006
Citation
Narumi, A., Uchida, K., and Konishi, T. (August 1, 2006). "The Passing Behaviors of Vapor through Cloth." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. August 2006; 128(8): 739. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2221302
Download citation file:
501
Views
Get Email Alerts
Cited By
On Prof. Roop Mahajan's 80th Birthday
J. Heat Mass Transfer
Thermal Hydraulic Performance and Characteristics of a Microchannel Heat Exchanger: Experimental and Numerical Investigations
J. Heat Mass Transfer (February 2025)
Related Articles
Flow Visualization of Submerged Steam Jet in Subcooled Water
J. Heat Transfer (February,2016)
IR Thermography of Two-Phase Microgap Cooler
J. Heat Transfer (August,2011)
Visualization of Transient Solidification Process of Aqueous Solution by Dual Wavelength Holographic Interferometry
J. Heat Transfer (August,2005)
Thermocapillary Flow Induced by Laser Heating of an Acoustically Levitated and Flattened Glycerin Drop
J. Heat Transfer (August,2002)
Related Proceedings Papers
Related Chapters
Human Thermal Comfort
Electromagnetic Waves and Heat Transfer: Sensitivites to Governing Variables in Everyday Life
Chitosan-Based Drug Delivery Systems
Chitosan and Its Derivatives as Promising Drug Delivery Carriers
Laminar Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
Applications of Mathematical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Models in Engineering and Medicine