Correlated Thermophysiological Parameters of Human Body in the Moderate Thermal Environment at Sedentary Activity Level

Author(s):  
Lijuan Wang ◽  
Zefeng Chen ◽  
Minzhou Chen
2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Wojciech Szarek

The focus of this paper is the characteristics of bioclimatological conditions of one popular touristic region in Czech Republic. Biometeorological conditions of the region were described from the point of view of energy exchange between human body and atmospheric environment. Influences of meteorological agents on human organisms are presented by using two indices based on MENEX model. Indices illustrate the physiological strain and subjective thermal feeling of a person exposed to thermal environment. Obtained values of indices were compared to synoptical weather types. Comparisons were provided for the most uncomfortable conditions. Groups of synoptical weather types that occur when biometeorological conditions are very uncomfortable were found.


2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miao Tian ◽  
Jun Li

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to determine the effect of ventilation openings and fire intensity on heat transfer and fluid flow within the microclimate between 3D human body and clothing.Design/methodology/approachOn account of interaction effects of fire and ventilation openings on heat transfer process, a 3D transient computational fluid dynamics model considering the real shape of human body and clothing was developed. The model was validated by comparing heat flux history and distribution with experimental results. Heat transfer modes and fluid flow were investigated under three levels of fire intensity for the microclimate with ventilation openings and closures.FindingsTemperature distribution on skin surface with open microclimate was heavily depended on the heat transfer through ventilation openings. Higher temperature for the clothing with confined microclimate was affected by the position and direction of flames injection. The presence of openings contributed to the greater velocity at forearms, shanks and around neck, which enhanced the convective heat transfer within microclimate. Thermal radiation was the dominant heat transfer mode within the microclimate for garment with closures. On the contrary, convective heat transfer within microclimate for clothing with openings cannot be neglected.Practical implicationsThe findings provided fundamental supports for the ease and pattern design of the improved thermal protective systems, so as to realize the optimal thermal insulation of the microclimate on the garment level in the future.Originality/valueThe outcomes broaden the insights of results obtained from the mesoscale models. Different high skin temperature distribution and heat transfer modes caused by thermal environment and clothing structure provide basis for advanced thermal protective clothing design.


2015 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 1375-1381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Chen ◽  
Jun Wang ◽  
Feng Xiong ◽  
Weijie Liang ◽  
Suo Wang ◽  
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Author(s):  
Atsumasa Yoshida ◽  
Yasuhiro Shimazaki ◽  
Shinichi Kinoshita ◽  
Ryota Suzuki

There is an increased world attention on environmental issues with the global trend of environmental degradation. Especially thermal environment was highly concerned as human safety. We have been focused on creation of amenity environment with energy-saving way. This study is uncommonly dealing with human feeling for human thermal comfort, that is to say quantification of environment has been done. The feeling of comfort is mixed sense and can be totally easier to improve compared with straightforward way, and this may lead to energy and cost saving way of improvement. Moreover, this is human-oriented and can reflect humans’ wishes. Since thermal comfort index is useful tool for understanding the present state and evaluating the impact of countermeasures, effectiveness of human thermal load which is thermal comfort index based on energy balance of human body was examined. The human thermal comfort around the human body in outdoor is influenced by six dominant factors; air temperature, humidity, solar radiation, wind speed, metabolism and clothing. The difference between indoor and outdoor is expressed mainly as non-uniform and unsteady. Therefore, the unsteady responses of each dominant factors were examined and clarified human thermal load is quite good estimation of human thermal comfort. In steady state and even in unsteady state, thermal comfort can be obtained by using human thermal load on the whole. The reason is human thermal load consider the amount of physiology and also weather parameters. In the process of creating energy balance model of human, clothing material was deeply considered. For establishing better thermal environment, clothing material is of great use, because clothing material has an impact on thermal exchange between exterior environment and human body and more easy way to improve in 6 factors. The traditional treatment of clothing in human science was only resistance of heat transfer and this was not enough for all clothing effects. In daily life, effect of humidity exists and moisture property is required. Moreover color of material has impact on energy balance in clothing material. In order to show a way of better thermal environment, the heat and the moisture transfer coefficients on clothing material, radiative properties, and additional properties such as convection heat transfer coefficient were measured, and energy flow of clothing material was totally investigated. Finally, the effects of clothing material for human thermal comfort were predicted and this energy balance human model has become much better model.


Behaviour ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 152 (10) ◽  
pp. 1307-1324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cissy J. Ballen ◽  
Richard Shine ◽  
Mats M. Olsson

The thermal environment within a reptile nest can affect the phenotypic traits of hatchlings, and hence (potentially) their fitness. Research on this topic needs to measure phenotypic traits relevant to the species involved; and hence, studies on unusual species need to measure unusual traits. We investigated the effects of two incubation temperatures on the morphology and behaviour of hatchling veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus). Colder-incubated eggs exhibited a longer incubation period, but produced larger faster-growing hatchlings. Incubation treatment also affected a chameleon’s activity level and its unique foraging tactics. Cold-incubated animals were more sedentary, caught prey faster, and extended their tongues farther to reach prey than did their warm-incubated counterparts. Thus, the fitness costs of low temperatures in the nest (slow development, and thus late hatching) may be offset by incubation-derived enhancements in hatchling growth rates and foraging abilities.


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juhyun Park

This review focuses on the mechanism of adjusting the thermal environment surrounding the human body via textiles. Recently highlighted technologies for thermal management are based on the photothermal conversion principle and Joule heating for wearable electronics. Recent innovations in this technology are described, with a focus on reports in the last three years and are categorized into three subjects: (1) thermal management technologies of a passive type using light irradiation of the outside environment (photothermal heating), (2) those of an active type employing external electrical circuits (Joule heating), and (3) biomimetic structures. Fibers and textiles from the design of fibers and textiles perspective are also discussed with suggestions for future directions to maximize thermal storage and to minimize heat loss.


Author(s):  
Senhorinha Teixeira ◽  
Ricardo Oliveira ◽  
Nelson Rodrigues ◽  
Alberto Se´rgio Miguel ◽  
Jose´ Carlos Teixeira

Comfort has a great influence on work performance and productivity. Creating a comfortable environment can be achieved by various routes: a good selection of clothing and a proper design of equipment and technical facilities that can render an appropriate acclimatization of the occupational environment. There are several methods for solving problems of thermal comfort, including computer simulation of the thermal system comprising the Human Body - Clothing - Environment. With the evolution of computer technology and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) techniques one can now develop complete analysis of HVAC systems, with regard to the fields of flow velocity, temperature distribution, particularly in the vicinity of the human body. In this way a complete interaction of the human body with the surrounding air can be descried. The difficulty in modeling the human body arises from the complex geometric shape and its thermo-physiological properties, being important to include all these factors in the numerical simulation of the human body in a closed environment. In the current study a CFD model was developed to describe the fluid flow, heat transfer and mass transfer between the ventilation air and a human manikin inside a room. The computational model solves the heat, mass and momentum conservation equations in the computation domain using a finite volume discretization method and the resulting equations are solved in the ANSYS © environment and then validated with experimental data. The thermal characterization of the environment followed the Fanger index (PMV-PPD).


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