Mathematical Modeling Heat and Moisture Transfer in Multi-Layer Phase Change Materials Textile Assemblies

Author

Bo-an Ying ; Yi Li ; Yi-Lin Kwok ; Qing-Wen Song

Author_Institution

Inst. of Textiles & Clothing, Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China

fYear

2009

fDate

19-20 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, the development of a dynamic mathematical model of heat and moisture transfer in multi-layer porous textiles, in which some layers incorporate phase change material (PCM), is described. To numerically simulate the thermal regulating performance of the multi-layers porous textiles, the finite volume difference scheme was used in this study. The model is validated by comparing the simulation results with the experimental results. It indicates that the developed model of multi-layer PCM model is able to predict the temperature changes during heat and moisture transfer in the multi-layer PCM textile assemblies.

Keywords

finite volume methods; heat transfer; moisture; phase change materials; textiles; finite volume difference; mathematical modeling heat transfer; moisture transfer; multilayer phase change materials; numerical simulation; temperature changes; textile assemblies; thermal regulating performance; Assembly; Biological system modeling; Clothing; Heat transfer; Insulation; Mathematical model; Moisture; Numerical simulation; Phase change materials; Textiles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Engineering and Computer Science, 2009. ICIECS 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4994-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIECS.2009.5364248

Filename

5364248