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Heat balance when wearing protective clothing
journal contribution
posted on 2007-01-03, 11:59 authored by George HavenithThis issue of the Annals of occupational hygiene is dedicated to the topic of heat stress
evaluation. For this evaluation, several evaluation programs and international standards
are available. In order to understand the reasoning and underlying theory behind these
programs and standards, a basic knowledge of heat exchange processes between
workers and their environment is needed. This paper provides an overview of the
relevant heat exchange processes, and defines the relevant parameters (air and radiant
temperature, humidity, wind speed, metabolic heat production and clothing insulation).
Further it presents in more detail the relation between clothing material properties and
properties of clothing ensembles made from those materials. The effects of clothing
design, clothing fit, and clothing air permeability are discussed, and finally an overview of
methods for the determination of clothing heat and vapour resistance is given.
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HAVENITH, G., 1999. Heat balance when wearing protective clothing, Annals of occupational hygiene, 43 (5), pp. 289-296Publisher
© Oxford University PressPublication date
1999Notes
This article was published in the journal, Annals of occupational hygiene [© Oxford University Press] and is also available at: http://annhyg.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol43/issue5/index.dtlISSN
0003-4878Language
- en