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Development of a new testing protocol to evaluate cooling systems

Thermal comfort is defined as the user's sensation of thermal well-being. This sensation can be modified by extreme environmental conditions changing the body temperature of the user. Different mechanisms, the thermoregulatory system itself or an external textile system, are required to allow t...

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Autores principales: Martinez-Albert, Miriam, Díaz-García, Pablo, Bou-Belda, Eva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10450208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37636023
http://dx.doi.org/10.17179/excli2023-6105
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description Thermal comfort is defined as the user's sensation of thermal well-being. This sensation can be modified by extreme environmental conditions changing the body temperature of the user. Different mechanisms, the thermoregulatory system itself or an external textile system, are required to allow the body to return to their state of well-being. A cooling vest is an example of a smart garment that helps to reduce the user's body temperature in situations of heat stress. There are two different standards to evaluate the performance of this type of clothing: the ASTM F2371-16 standard that uses a thermal manikin and the ASTM F2300-10 standard that uses human subjects for the evaluation. There is a need for simple, objective and affordable tests to evaluate the thermal comfort associated with personal protective equipment use. The aim of this work is to develop a new testing method that combines a thermal manikin with a simulation software and allows to study physiological parameters of a human subject in the body of the thermal manikin.
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spelling pubmed-104502082023-08-26 Development of a new testing protocol to evaluate cooling systems Martinez-Albert, Miriam Díaz-García, Pablo Bou-Belda, Eva EXCLI J Original Article Thermal comfort is defined as the user's sensation of thermal well-being. This sensation can be modified by extreme environmental conditions changing the body temperature of the user. Different mechanisms, the thermoregulatory system itself or an external textile system, are required to allow the body to return to their state of well-being. A cooling vest is an example of a smart garment that helps to reduce the user's body temperature in situations of heat stress. There are two different standards to evaluate the performance of this type of clothing: the ASTM F2371-16 standard that uses a thermal manikin and the ASTM F2300-10 standard that uses human subjects for the evaluation. There is a need for simple, objective and affordable tests to evaluate the thermal comfort associated with personal protective equipment use. The aim of this work is to develop a new testing method that combines a thermal manikin with a simulation software and allows to study physiological parameters of a human subject in the body of the thermal manikin. Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors 2023-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10450208/ /pubmed/37636023 http://dx.doi.org/10.17179/excli2023-6105 Text en Copyright © 2023 Martinez-Albert et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ) You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited.
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