Determination of clothing evaporative resistance on a sweating thermal manikin in an isothermal condition: Heat loss method or mass loss method?

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 775-783

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ASTM F2370; evaporative cooling efficiency; evaporative resistance; heat stress; isothermal; thermal manikin

Indexed keywords

ASTM F2370; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EVAPORATIVE RESISTANCES; HEAT STRESS; ISOTHERMAL; THERMAL MANIKIN;

COOLING; EVAPORATION; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; HEAT LOSSES; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMAL STRESS;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; HEAT; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MATERIALS TESTING; PERMEABILITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SWEATING;

EID: 80051742543     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer034     Document Type: Article

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