Cooling vests with phase change material packs: The effects of temperature gradient, mass and covering area

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 716-723

  Gao, Chuansi ^a   Kuklane, Kalev ^a   Holmér, Ingvar ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cooling rate; Covering area; Mass; Phase change material; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CLIMATIC CHAMBER; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COOLING EFFECTS; COOLING EQUIPMENT; COOLING MECHANISM; COOLING RATE; COOLING RATES; COOLING VESTS; COVERING AREA; DIFFERENT MASS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; HOT CLIMATE; MELTING TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL MANIKIN;

LATENT HEAT; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

PULSE CODE MODULATION;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOENGINEERING; FIRE; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STANDARD; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

FIRES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MANIKINS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77951747414     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903581649     Document Type: Article

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