Effect of Garment Design on Liquid Cooling Garments

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1442-1455

  Kayacan, Özlem ^a   Kurbak, Arif ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

heat stress; knitted fabric; liquid cooling garments; thermal manikin

Indexed keywords

COOLING; LIQUIDS;

COOLING EFFECTS; HEAT STRESS; KNITTED FABRIC; LIQUID COOLING GARMENTS; SINGLE JERSEYS; THERMAL MANIKIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; WOUND DRESSINGS;

CLOTHES;

EID: 77956074575     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517509358800     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Schutte, P.C., de Klerk, C., Matesa, J., “Body-cooling systems”, Safety in Mines Research Advisory Committee, CSIR Mining Technology, 2002.
2. Pu, Z., A “Dynamic Model of the Human/Cooling System/Clothing/Environment System”, PhD Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2005.
3. Nunneley, S.A., Water Cooled Garments: A Review, Space Life Sci., 2, 335 (1970).
4. Katsuura, T., Hiroshi, O., Yasuyuki, K., “Effects of head cooling on man during light exercise in a hot environment”, International Congress on Environmental Ergonomics, Austin, TX, 1990.
5. Nunneley, S.A., Diesel, D.A., Byrne, T.J., Chen, Y.T., “Recent experiments with personal cooling for aircrews, 8. International Congress on Environmental Ergonomics”, San Diego, U.S.A., 1998.
6. Semeniuk, K.M., Dionne, J.P., Makris, A., Bernard, T.E., Ashley, C.D., Medina, T., “Evaluating the physiological performance of a liquid cooling garment used to control heat stress in hazmat protective ensembles”, Performance of Protective Clothing: Global Needs and Emerging Markets: 8th Symposium, 13 January, Florida, U.S.A., 2004.
7. Hexamer, M., Werner, J., “Strategies for automatic control of cooling garments”, 6th International Congress on Environmental Ergonomics, Montebello, Canada, 1994.
8. Hexamer, M., Xu, X., Werner, J., “Automatic multi-loop control of cooling garments”, 7th International Congress on Environmental Ergonomics, Kudus, Israel, 1996.
9. Hexamer, M., Werner, J., “Automatic control of liquid cooling garments: What is the ideal control mode?”, 8th International Congress on Environmental Ergonomics, San Diego, CA, 1998.
10. Speckman, K.L., Allan, A.E., Sawka, M.N., Young, A.J., Muza, S.R., Pandolf, K.B., Perspectives in microclimate cooling involving protective clothing in hot environments, Int. J. Ind. Ergon., 3, 121 (1988).
11. Frim, J., Michas, R.D., Cain, B., “Personal cooling garment performance: a parametric study”, 7th International Congress on Environmental Ergonomics, Kudus, Israel, 1996.
12. Dionne, J.P., Semeniuk, K., Makris, A., Teal, W., Laprice, B., “Thermal manikin evaluation of liquid cooling garments intended for use in hazardous waste management”, WM’03 Conference, Tucson, AZ, 2003.
13. Jetté, F.X., Dionne, J.P., Rose, J., Makris, A., Effect of thermal manikin surface temperature on the performance of personel cooling systems, Eur. J. Appl. Physiol., 92, 669 (2004).
14. Nam, J., Branson, D.H., Cao, H., Jin, B., Peksöz, S., Farr, C., Ashdown, S., Fit analysis of liquid cooled vest prototypes using 3D body scanning technology, J. Textile Apparel. Technol. Manage., 4(3), 1 (2005)
15. Cao, H., Branson, D.H., Peksöz, S., Nam, J., Farr, C.A., Fabric selection for a liquid cooling garment, Textile Res. J., 76, 586 (2006).
16. Kraft, H.G.H., Alquist, A.D., “Effect of microclimate cooling on physical function in MS”, Rehabilitation R&D Progress Reports (1996).
17. Ku, Y.E., Montgomery, L.D., Wenzel, K., Webbon, B., Burks, J.S., Physiologic and thermal responses of male and female patients with multiple sclerosis to head and neck cooling, Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil., 78, 447 (1999).
18. Ku, Y.E., Montgomery, L.D., Lee, H.C., Luna, B., Webbon, B.W., Physiologic and functional responses of ms patients to body cooling, Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil., 79(5), 427 (2000).
19. Kinnman, J., Andersson, U., Wetterquist, L., Kinnman, Y., Andersson, U., Cooling suit for multiple sclerosis: functional improvement in daily living?, Scand. J. Rehab. Med., 32, 20 (2000).
20. Nasa/MS cooling study group, A randomized controlled study of the acute and chronic effects of cooling therapy for MS, Neurology, 60(12), 1955 (2003).
21. Kurbak, A., Soydan, A.S., Geometrical Models for Balanced Rib Knitted Fabrics Part III: 2 × 2, 3 × 3, 4 × 4, and 5 × 5 Rib Fabrics, Textile Res. J., 79, 618 (2009).
22. Kayacan, Ö., “Some Investigations On The Design Of Medical Cooling Garments”, PhD Thesis, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey, 2007.