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Table 3 Comparison of the parameters indicating the cooling performance of each cooling vest during three thermal manikin test methods
From: Cooling performance measurements of different types of cooling vests using thermal manikin
Test methods | Parameters | ACV | LCV | EVAP | PCM | Hybrid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No_SWT :35°C, 35%RH, Non-sweating thermal manikin | Pmax (W) | 17.9 | 85.6 | 46.6 | 56.7 | 73.6 |
Pavg (W) | 1.0 | 35.6 | 25.3 | 9.6 | 25.2 | |
AUC (W·h) | 2.7 | 256.6 | 151.8 | 52.6 | 123.6 | |
Tc (min) | 5 | 291 | 283 | 89 | 193 | |
SWT_HD :35°C, 40%RH, Sweating thermal manikin | Pmax (W) | 135.6 | 117.0 | 74.7 | 97.7 | 99.5 |
Pavg’ (W) | 114.8 | 111.1 | N.A | 86.1 | 84.2 | |
Pbase (W) | 29.0 | 34.4 | 49.6 | 46.3 | 46.6 | |
Peff (W) | 85.8 | 76.8 | N.A | 39.8 | 37.6 | |
Tc’ (min) | > 480 | 172 | 0 | 8 | 11 | |
SWT_HH :35°C, 70%RH, Sweating thermal manikin | Pmax (W) | 67.2 | 105.1 | 55.6 | 77.7 | 86.3 |
Pavg’ (W) | 60.5 | 93.4 | N.A | 66.5 | 74.1 | |
Pbase (W) | 18.0 | 18.2 | 26.5 | 25.0 | 26.4 | |
Peff (W) | 42.5 | 75.1 | N.A | 41.6 | 47.7 | |
Tc’ (min) | 114 | 186 | 0 | 10 | 14 |