How to measure thermal effects of personal cooling systems: Human, thermal manikin and human simulator study

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1161-1168

  Bogerd, N ^a   Psikuta, A ^a   Daanen, H A M ^b,c   Rossi, R M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Personal cooling systems; Thermal manikin; Thermophysiological human simulator

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ICE; METEOROLOGY; SIMULATORS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

CONDITION; COOLING INTENSITY; COOLING POWER; HETEROGENEOUS CONDITIONS; MILD COOLING; PERSONAL COOLING SYSTEM; THERMAL MANIKIN; THERMOPHYSIOLOGICAL HUMAN SIMULATOR;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 78149338667     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/9/007     Document Type: Article

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