Kansas State University

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)