TY - JOUR A1 - Völker, Conrad A1 - Mämpel, Silvio A1 - Kornadt, Oliver T1 - Measuring the human body’s micro‐climate using a thermal manikin JF - Indoor Air N2 - The human body is surrounded by a micro‐climate which results from its convective release of heat. In this study, the air temperature and flow velocity of this micro‐climate were measured in a climate chamber at various room temperatures, using a thermal manikin simulating the heat release of the human being. Different techniques (Particle Streak Tracking, thermography, anemometry, and thermistors) were used for measurement and visualization. The manikin surface temperature was adjusted to the particular indoor climate based on simulations with a thermoregulation model (UCBerkeley Thermal Comfort Model). We found that generally, the micro‐climate is thinner at the lower part of the torso, but expands going up. At the head, there is a relatively thick thermal layer, which results in an ascending plume above the head. However, the micro‐climate shape strongly depends not only on the body segment, but also on boundary conditions: the higher the temperature difference between the surface temperature of the manikin and the air temperature, the faster the air flow in the micro‐climate. Finally, convective heat transfer coefficients strongly increase with falling room temperature, while radiative heat transfer coefficients decrease. The type of body segment strongly influences the convective heat transfer coefficient, while only minimally influencing the radiative heat transfer coefficient. KW - Raumklima KW - Mikroklima KW - Wärmeübertragung KW - Strömungsmechanik KW - thermal manikin KW - climate chamber KW - micro climate KW - heat transfer coefficient KW - CFD KW - thermography Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20181025-38153 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ina.12112 N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: "Measuring the human body’s micro‐climate using a thermal manikin", which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12112. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. IS - 24, 6 SP - 567 EP - 579 ER -