An Enhanced Personal Cooling Garment for Aircrew
Abstract
A novel enhanced personal cooling garment (EC) for aircrew was tested on seven male subjects who were clad in full immersion protective aircrew clothing and exposed to 4 deg C and 20% relative humidity for three hours. For comparative purposes, the subjects also wore current air-cooling vest (AC) alone. Two test protocols were used. One protocol provided the subjects with personal cooling throughout the three-hour trial; the other protocol did not allow the subjects to use their personal cooling for the first hour of the three-hour trial. The enhanced personal cooling garment prototype was shown to enhance the level of cooling provided by existing air-cooled vests, thus providing potential physiological benefits and hence greater comfort to aircrew.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADP012424
Entities
People
- Jean-louis Iaconis
- Rita Ciammaichella
- Wendell Uglene