Energy efficiency comparison of forced-air versus resistance heating devices for perioperative hypothermia management

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1211-1215

  Bayazit, Yilmaz ^a   Sparrow, Ephraim M ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Hypothermia; Medical device

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; HYPOTHERMIA; OPERATING ROOMS;

COLD ENVIRONMENT; COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTRACTION PROCESS; HUMAN BODIES; HYPOTHERMIC; INPUT ENERGY; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICES; METABOLIC HEAT; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; RESISTANCE-HEATING; UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT BALANCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 76049099169     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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