I have got the following information: Clo - Clothing and Thermal Insulation Clo is used to measure the thermal insulation of cloths Cloth's insulation are normally measured with the unit "Clo", where 1 Clo = 0.155 m²K/W

If there is a manikin whose heat flux is 10w/m2, and the insulation value of the clothes is 0.5 Clo ,then when we compute the heat transferred to the environment from the manikin , how should we do? What's the function of this parameter in the computation? thx

Clo is an inverted heat transfer coefficient.

Qdot (W/m^2) = 1/Clo (T_manikin - T_ambient)

The temperature rise between the manikin and the environment for your example would be 1.55 degC.

Robin.

Thank you for your reply, Mr.Robin

Mr.Robin: according to the equation you gave, and in my example I set the insulation value to be 0.5 Clo, the temperature between the manikin and the environment should be 10*0.155*0.5=0.775 degC, not 1.55degC, right?

Mr.Robin: according to the equation you gave, and in my example I set the insulation value to be 0.5 Clo, the temperature between the manikin and the environment should be 10*0.155*0.5=0.775 degC, not 1.55degC, right?

Oops, yes u r right!