| Document ID (ISN) | 31243 |
| CIS number |
79-716 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-6870 - Applied Ergonomics |
| Year |
1978 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Birnbaum R.R., Crockford G.W. |
| Title |
Measurement of the clothing ventilation index. |
| Bibliographic information |
Guildford, United Kingdom, Dec. 1978, Vol.9, No.4, p.194-200. Illus. 12 ref. |
| Abstract |
The volume of air flowing through protective clothing has an important influence on heat loss from the body and thus on thermal comfort. A new procedure is described for estimating, under working conditions, the air flow through a garment assembly. It is based on 2 techniques, one giving a measure of the volume of the microenvironment, the other using a tracer gas to measure the rate of air exchange. Multiplication of the results yields the air exchange in l/min. This ventilation index is proposed as a descriptor of garment performance. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
protective clothing; air permeability; airflow measurement |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
evaluation of equipment; description of technique; thermal comfort |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Heating, ventilation and climate
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Protective clothing
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