Heat and water vapour transfer of protective clothing systems in a cold environment, measured with a newly developed sweating thermal manikin.

A moveable sweating thermal manikin has recently been developed. Thermal and water-vapour resistances of three kinds of cold-protective clothing ensembles, laminated with polytetrafluoroethylene, polyurethane and without a laminate were measured, with the aid of the manikin in a cold environment of 5 degrees C with a relative humidity of 70% and an air velocity of around 1.5 m s(-1).