Cooling Effectiveness of Personal Cooling Systems

Property:
Average cooling rate and duration of cooling provided by personal cooling systems (PCS) worn with protective clothing

Method:
ASTM F 2371 "Standard Test Method for Measuring the Heat Removal Rate of Personal Cooling Systems Using a Sweating Heated Manikin"

Instrument:
Sweating thermal manikin in an environmental chamber

Specimen number and size:
1 personal cooling system; garments for the base ensemble

Cost:
$1,400 per system (baseline sweating test with the PCS off followed by a 2 hour test with the PCS on – 2 reps, a third if necessary)

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