PROTOTYPE OF EVAPORATIVE COOLING PANEL BY USING MOISTURE PERMEABLE WATERPROOF MEMBRANE AND VERIFICATION OF HEAT MITIGATION EFFECTS BY OUTDOOR EXPERIMENTS

Abstract

As an adaptation measure to hot environments, this study proposes a cooling method that stores water inside a moisture permeable waterproof designed in a bag shape and promotes evaporation from its surface. In this study, panel made of a moisture permeable waterproof membrane was set under a tent, and experiments were conducted to verify its heat mitigation effects. On a sunny day in summer, it was found the panel surface temperature decreased by about 7 degrees due to evaporation, and the glove temperature under a tent decreased by about 0.5 degrees.