Primary source record · PMID 20432090
Cooling vests with phase change material packs: the effects of temperature gradient, mass, and covering area
Chuansi Gao, Kalev Kuklane, Ingvar Holmér
- Journal
- Ergonomics, 2010
- Study type
- other
- Cold method
- pcm wearable
- DOI
- 10.1080/00140130903581649
Population
Thermal manikin in a climatic chamber
Exposure conditions
PCM melting temperatures of 24, 28, and 32 °C with manikin temperatures of 34 and 38 °C. Measured across the available PCM cooling period.
Outcome measured
Cooling rate and duration as functions of temperature gradient, mass, covering area, and latent heat
Limitations
Thermal-manikin research on generic cooling vests in hot conditions. It does not establish The Ice Sack cooling profile or human outcomes.
Claims using this source
Cold-delivery methods differ in medium, contact, coverage, temperature profile, and heat-transfer conditions; results from one method should not be assumed to transfer directly to another.For PCM cooling garments, cooling rate and duration depend on variables including temperature gradient, covering area, PCM mass, and latent heat.