2007, Piran, Slovenia

Relative humidity (%)
Clothing
Figure 1. Development of relative humidity measured on the middle back in the inner layer of
the clothing concept (between underwear and protective clothing) for each subject.
Temperature ( °C)
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
Rest
Start test in the climatic chamber (27°C, 50% RH)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Time (minutes)
Rest Start test in the climatic chamber (27° C, 50% RH)
30
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Time (minutes)
subject 1
subject 2
subject 3
subject 4
subject 5
subject 6
Temperature close to
the PCM in the
middle back of the
protective clothing.
Skin temperature at
the middle back
Figure 2. Skin temperature and "PCM temperature" (next to the location of PCM) at the
middle back in subject 1. An increase in PCM temperature and skin temperature is observed
after 90 minutes in the climatic chamber.
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