Browsing Architecture & Urban Planning by Subject "Phase change material"
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An optimal two-bout strategy with phase change material cooling vests to improve comfort in hot environment
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Cooling vests incorporating phase change material (PCM) packets are used to improve comfort of workers in hot environments. This work aims to investigate by modeling and experimentation the effect of dividing the working ... -
Cooling vest with optimized PCM arrangement targeting torso sensitive areas that trigger comfort when cooled for improving human comfort in hot conditions
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)The objective of this work is to optimize the arrangement of Phase Change Material (PCM) packets in a cooling vest by targeting torso segments that can trigger comfort when cooled. An integrated fabric-PCM and bio-heat ... -
Effect of PCM packet mass and melting temperature on cooling vest performance
( ASHRAE , 2016 , Conference Paper)Workers in hot environment experience high heat stresses that affect their productivity and working intervals. A cooling vest containing phase change material packets (PCMs) is used as a passive body cooling method to ... -
Experimental study on effective placement of PCM packets in cooling vest to improve performance in warm environment
( American Society of Mechanical Engineers , 2017 , Conference Paper)Global warming has increased the risk of heat stress of outdoor workers and one measure against heat stress is wearing passive personal cooling clothing. Passive body cooling systems, including phase change material (PCM) ... -
Experimental study on using PCMs of different melting temperatures in one cooling vest to reduce its weight and improve comfort
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)This study aims at evaluating experimentally phase change material (PCM) cooling vest performance when incorporating two types of PCM with different melting temperatures with varied PCM placement on the lower, upper, front ... -
Improving comfort and productivity of workers at moderate activity and hot environment by means of a PCM cooling vest
( American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, ASHRAE , 2017 , Conference Paper)The effect of using a phase change material (PCM) cooling vest by a worker performing moderate activity in a hot environment is studied through the use of a validated integrated fabric-PCM and bio-heat model. The integrated ... -
PCM cooling vest for improving thermal comfort in hot environment
( Elsevier Masson s.r.l. , 2016 , Article)A cooling vest containing phase change materials (PCM) can help in maintaining the skin temperature of the covered parts at a comfortable level. A transient mathematical model of heat and mass transfer through clothing ... -
Significance of PCM arrangement in cooling vest for enhancing comfort at varied working periods and climates: Modeling and experimentation
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Personal cooling vests that incorporate phase change material (PCM) have been utilized to improve thermal sensation of people working outdoors in different fields (firefighting, construction, military, police, etc.). In ...