Conductive heat transfer prediction of plain socks in wet state

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Abstract

In this study, an algebraic model and its experimental verification was carried out to investigate the effect of moisture content on the heat loss that takes place due to conduction of sock fabrics. The results show that increasing moisture content in the studied socks caused a significant increase in their conductive heat loss. Plain knitted socks with different fiber composition were wetted to a saturated level, and then their moisture content was reduced stepwise. When achieving the required moisture content, the socks samples were characterized by the Alambeta testing instrument for heat transfer. Three different existing modified mathematical models for the thermal conductivity of wet fabrics were used for predicting thermal resistance of socks under wet conditions. The results from both ways are in very good agreement for all the socks at a 95% confidence level. In the above-mentioned models, the prediction of thermal resistance presents newly a combined effect of the real filling coefficient and thermal conductivity of the so-called "wet"polymers instead of dry polymers. With these modifications, the used models predicted the thermal resistance at different moisture levels. Predicted thermal resistance is converted into heat transfer (due to conduction) with a significantly high coefficient of correlation.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)391-403
Number of pages13
JournalAutex Research Journal
Volume22
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85110242131
ORCID /0000-0003-3376-1423/work/142255111
Mendeley 5c138e07-77d2-31bc-91c4-4b6fbbeb2bb0

Keywords

Keywords

  • Conductive heat transfer, plain socks