Human responses to intermittent work while wearing encapsulating chemical-biological protective clothing with personal HVAC

Larry G. Berglund; Bruce S. Cadarette; Leslie Levine; Margaret A. Kolka; H. F. Khalifa; Jim Hill

Human responses to intermittent work while wearing encapsulating chemical-biological protective clothing with personal HVAC

Larry G. Berglund, Bruce S. Cadarette, Leslie Levine, Margaret A. Kolka, H. F. Khalifa, Jim Hill

Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

Human responses and safe work time limits for persons wearing the US Army's Self-Contained Toxic Environment Protective Outfit (STEPO) with personal CO₂ scrubber, O₂ supply, and upper body cooling system were determined from human tests and human simulation modeling. STEPO is the Army's highest-level protective system. A rational thermal physiological model was assembled to simulate the responses and extend the human test results to other conditions. Comparisons between human and simulated responses include core and skin temperature, heart rate, thermal sensation, and water loss. Safe work time limits were until core temperature and heart rate exceeded 38.3°C (101°F) and 150 bpm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	231-239
Number of pages	9
Journal	ASHRAE Transactions
Volume	112 PART 2
State	Published - 2006
Event	2006 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, ASHRAE - Quebec City, QC, Canada Duration: Jun 24 2005 → Jun 28 2005

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Human responses to intermittent work while wearing encapsulating chemical-biological protective clothing with personal HVAC

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