Compact-Fast Response Environmental Health Monitor/Temperature Sensor. Phase 1
Abstract
The objective of the Phase I effort was to determine the feasibility of developing a viable, hand-held environmental health monitor-a temperature sensing suite capable of supporting a heat-stress management computer model. Experimental findings indicate that the miniaturized black-globe thermometer, based upon digital integration of multiple surface thermosensors will indicate an equilibrium temperature value in approximately three minutes. The wet bulb with a miniaturized wetted surface will generate the natural wet bulb equilibrium temperature value in a similar time range. The dry bulb thermosensor to indicate the equilibrium temperature is a function of the thermistor rate constant. The integrated environmental health monitor concepts developed will rapidly provide the entire spectrum of environmental temperature parameters (wet bulb, dry bulb, and black-globe temperatures) and supporting data needed for risk management to minimize heat-strain casualties and performance degradation
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 28, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADB173851
Entities
People
- Charles K. Akers
- Robert L. Halley