Accession Number:

ADB063461

Title:

Thermoelectric Cooling: Review and Application. Aeromedical Review

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Dec 1980-Feb 1981

Corporate Author:

SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE BROOKS AFB TX

Personal Author(s):

• Kolesar, Jr, Edward S.

Report Date:

1981-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

85.0

Abstract:

Presented here are the theory, the applications, and an analysis of the problem of cooling a ground troop dressed in chemical warfare protective clothing. The analysis models the human thermal burden, resulting from metabolic and environmental heat production. For the thermal burdens considered, the analysis shows that the current thermoelectric cooling technology will not practically or efficiently support total thermal regulation.

Descriptors:

• *THERMOELECTRIC COOLING
• *PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
• *CHEMICAL WARFARE
• BODY TEMPERATURE
• HEAT PRODUCTION(BIOLOGY)
• ANATOMICAL MODELS
• HUMAN BODY
• EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
• HEAT PUMPS

Subject Categories:

• Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE