Thermal Requirement Analysis of Phase Change Protective Clothing in Low Temperature Environment

Abstract:

In low temperature environment, the lack of a proper thermal protection can cause human body frostbite, or even cause death. In this paper, the computational method of theoretical relationship between the phase change materials content in protective clothing, protective time and the working environment temperature was proposed when took into account the comfort requirement of human bodies, clothing thermal properties and heat loss through clothing system. This theoretical model could be used to predict the relationship between the protective material content and the protection time of phase change protective clothing. Experimental results show good accordance with the theoretical prediction.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 796)
• Pages: 649-652
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.796.649
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Xiao Xiao Li, Yu Chai Sun, Jing Yu Xu, Rou Xi Chen
• Keywords: Clothing Thermal Properties, Heat Loss, Phase Change, Protective Time, Thermal Requirement

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