Clothing, Activity and Human Metabolism
Human metabolism at low and high activity with different levels of clothing.
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| Human Activity | Clothing | Comfort temperature | Relative air speed | Heat transferred from person to surroundings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Convection | Radiation | Latent vapor | Total Heat | |||||
| (Clo)1) | (oC) | (m/s) | (W) | (W) | (g/h) | (W) | (W) | |
| Sitting still | Naked | 28.8 | < 0.1 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 27 | 102 |
| 30.1 | 0.3 | 47 | 29 | 40 | 27 | 102 | ||
| 30.7 | 0.5 | 51 | 24 | 40 | 27 | 102 | ||
| 31.4 | 1.0 | 57 | 20 | 40 | 27 | 102 | ||
| 0.5 | 26.2 | < 0.1 | 36 | 37 | 42 | 28 | 102 | |
| 27.4 | 0.3 | 47 | 28 | 42 | 28 | 102 | ||
| 27.9 | 0.5 | 50 | 23 | 42 | 28 | 102 | ||
| 28.5 | 1.0 | 56 | 19 | 42 | 28 | 102 | ||
| 1.0 | 23.3 | < 0.1 | 36 | 35 | 44 | 30 | 102 | |
| 24.5 | 0.3 | 45 | 27 | 44 | 30 | 102 | ||
| 25.0 | 0.5 | 50 | 22 | 44 | 30 | 102 | ||
| 25.6 | 1.0 | 55 | 17 | 44 | 30 | 102 | ||
| 1.5 | 20.7 | < 0.1 | 36 | 34 | 46 | 31 | 102 | |
| 21.8 | 0.3 | 45 | 26 | 46 | 31 | 102 | ||
| 22.3 | 0.5 | 50 | 21 | 46 | 31 | 102 | ||
| 22.8 | 1.0 | 55 | 16 | 46 | 31 | 102 | ||
| Medium activity | Naked | 24.4 | < 0.1 | 59 | 65 | 115 | 77 | 204 |
| 26.2 | 0.3 | 76 | 51 | 115 | 77 | 204 | ||
| 27.1 | 0.5 | 83 | 44 | 115 | 77 | 204 | ||
| 28.2 | 1.0 | 93 | 35 | 115 | 77 | 204 | ||
| 0.5 | 19.9 | < 0.1 | 60 | 63 | 120 | 80 | 204 | |
| 21.6 | 0.3 | 76 | 48 | 120 | 80 | 204 | ||
| 22.4 | 0.5 | 83 | 41 | 120 | 80 | 204 | ||
| 23.3 | 1.0 | 92 | 33 | 120 | 80 | 204 | ||
| 1.0 | 15.3 | < 0.1 | 60 | 59 | 123 | 83 | 204 | |
| 16.9 | 0.3 | 76 | 45 | 123 | 83 | 204 | ||
| 17.7 | 0.5 | 83 | 38 | 123 | 83 | 204 | ||
| 18.6 | 1.0 | 91 | 30 | 123 | 83 | 204 | ||
| 1.5 | 10.9 | < 0.1 | 62 | 57 | 126 | 84 | 204 | |
| 12.5 | 0.3 | 77 | 43 | 126 | 84 | 204 | ||
| 13.2 | 0.5 | 83 | 36 | 126 | 84 | 204 | ||
| 14.0 | 1.0 | 91 | 29 | 126 | 84 | 204 | ||
| High activity | Naked | 22.1 | 0.3 | 107 | 67 | 192 | 129 | 306 |
| 23.4 | 0.5 | 117 | 60 | 192 | 129 | 306 | ||
| 24.9 | 1.0 | 130 | 48 | 192 | 129 | 306 | ||
| 0.5 | 15.7 | 0.3 | 108 | 64 | 198 | 133 | 306 | |
| 16.8 | 0.5 | 119 | 55 | 198 | 133 | 306 | ||
| 18.2 | 1.0 | 130 | 44 | 198 | 133 | 306 | ||
| 1.0 | 9.3 | 0.3 | 110 | 59 | 202 | 135 | 306 | |
| 10.4 | 0.5 | 120 | 51 | 202 | 135 | 306 | ||
| 11.7 | 1.0 | 131 | 40 | 202 | 135 | 306 | ||
| 1.5 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 113 | 56 | 205 | 137 | 306 | |
| 4.2 | 0.5 | 122 | 47 | 205 | 137 | 306 | ||
| 5.4 | 1.0 | 131 | 37 | 205 | 137 | 306 |
1) Clo is used to measure the thermal insulation of clothes - 1 Clo = 0.155 m2K/W
- 1 g/h = 3.67×10-5 lb/min
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