Design of textile heat flowmeter combining evaporation phenomena

This article describes the development of a new thermal flowmeter based on the principle of thermopiles measuring heat flow through a wall. The principal advantage of this sensor is the use of a textile auxiliary wall, which gives it flexibility and enables it to be applied to rounded, deformable surfaces. Another property, related to this type of wall, is that it is permeable to moisture. In fact, this I sensor takes into account the phenomena of evaporation which, until now, was not carried out. This allows a better measurement of the energy during heat exchange.