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A bench-scale apparatus producing the liquid droplets and a sweating manikin were used to study the heat and moisture transfer through the multilayer protective clothing system during the low-level radiation of 2.5 kW/m2. The results show the cooling effect of the absorbed liquid transfer and the heating effect of condensation at the bench-scale test. In addition, the wicking effect from sweating water with the stored thermal energy influences the heat transfer of the clothing system during the exposure and cooldown periods at the manikin test. Although the comparison of the bench- and full-scale tests with some differences during the moisture condition, both methods can be used to investigate heat and moisture transfer through protective ensemble exposed to and after ending the low-level thermal radiation.
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This paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51076073), China National Key Basic Research Special Funds Project (Grant No. 2012CB719705), Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program (Grant No. 2012THZ02160), and Open Foundation of Hefei Institute for Public Safety Research, Tsinghua University.
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Fu, M., Weng, W., Yang, J., Zhang, Q. (2017). Comparison of Bench-Scale and Manikin Tests of Protective Clothing Systems During Low-Level Radiation. In: Harada, K., Matsuyama, K., Himoto, K., Nakamura, Y., Wakatsuki, K. (eds) Fire Science and Technology 2015. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0376-9_49
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