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BS EN ISO 18640-1:2018

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Protective clothing for firefighters. Physiological impact – Measurement of coupled heat and moisture transfer with the sweating torso

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BSI 2018 46
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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
4 European foreword
7 Foreword
8 Introduction
9 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
12 4 Symbols and abbreviations
5 Apparatus
13 5.1 Sweating torso
5.1.1 General
14 5.1.2 Heated cylinder
5.1.3 Thermal guard sections
5.1.4 Heating and temperature control
5.1.5 Temperature measurement
5.1.6 Simulation of perspiration
5.1.7 Wicking layer
15 5.1.8 Balance torso weight
5.2 Computer, control system and data acquisition
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Computer and measurement software
5.2.3 Control system
5.2.4 Data acquisition
5.2.5 Measurement control options
16 5.3 Climatic chamber
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Climatic chamber sensors
5.4 Fan system
5.5 Sweat water supply
17 5.5.1 Gravimetric sweat water control system
18 5.6 Simulation of air layers
19 6 Sampling and test specimens
6.1 General
6.1.1 Size of samples
6.1.2 Type of test specimen
6.1.3 Garment/ensemble specification
6.2 Number of test specimens
7 Specimen preparation
20 7.1 Pre-treatment
7.2 Conditioning
8 Measurement procedure
8.1 Test preparation
8.1.1 Preparation of climatic chamber
8.1.2 Wind speed
21 8.2 Specimen testing
8.2.1 General
22 8.2.2 Dressing the torso
8.2.3 Recording specimen identification and test observations
8.2.4 Starting the test
23 8.2.5 Calculated values
26 9 Test report
9.1 General
9.2 Specimen identification
9.3 Experiment conditions
9.4 Calculated results
27 10 Maintenance and calibration
10.1 Maintenance
10.1.1 Sweat water tank
10.1.2 Valve checks
10.2 Calibration
10.2.1 General
10.2.2 Correction value for thermal resistance, Rct0 (torso)
10.2.3 Wicking layer
28 10.2.4 torso temperature sensors
10.2.5 torso heating power
10.2.6 torso sweat rate
10.2.7 Environmental conditions
10.3 Experiments with a standard fabric (optional)
29 Annex A (informative) torso size and materials definition
33 Annex B (informative) Calibration
35 Annex C (informative) Example of data evaluation
39 Annex D (informative) Sample check list
40 Annex E (informative) Validation of the measurement device
41 Annex F (informative) Example Matlab code
45 Bibliography
BS EN ISO 18640-1:2018
$189.07