Applicability of Human Thermophysiological Model for Prediction of Thermal Strain in PPE

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216305:26210/23:PU148606

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/app13127170" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/app13127170</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app13127170" target="_blank" >10.3390/app13127170</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Applicability of Human Thermophysiological Model for Prediction of Thermal Strain in PPE

Original language description

Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is an essential way how to protect the human body in hazardous environment with the risk of CBRN agents. On the other hand, the PPE poses a bar-rier to evaporative heat dissipation, therefore, increasing the heat accumulation in the body. In our research we investigated the applicability of the thermophysiological models for prediction of thermal strain and permissible working time in contaminated environment when the usage of protective ensembles is required. We pursued a relationship between the thermal-insulation characteristics of four types of PPE against CBRN agents and the induced thermal strain in set of real physiologic strain tests with human probands wearing PPE in a climatic chamber. Based on the results, we compared predictions using two thermophysiological models – Predicted Heat Strain Index (PHS) and Fiala-based model of thermal comfort (FMTK) with the experimental da-ta. To provide user-friendly platform for estimation of thermal stress in PPE, we developed a us-er-friendly computational tool Predictor of the Thermal Stress (PTS). The PTS tool was validated by means of the results from real tests in climatic chamber. The PTS showed to be easy-to-use computational tool, that can be run on a regular PC, based on real data applicable for the estimation of the permissible work time limit with regard to thermal strain in PPE under various conditions.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30305 - Occupational health

Project

<a href="/en/project/VH20182021036" target="_blank" >VH20182021036: Modern methods of detection and identification of dangerous CBRN compounds, methods for decreasing of their danger and decontamination; modern means of persons protection</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Applied Sciences

ISSN

2076-3417

e-ISSN

2076-3417

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

7120

UT code for WoS article

001013960600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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