TY  - JOUR
TI  - The use of thermography to measure the cooling performance of personal cooling systems
AU  - Martinez-Albert, Miriam
AU  - Bou-Belda, Eva
AU  - Montava, Ignacio
AU  - Díaz-García, Pablo
T2  - Industria Textila
AB  - The thermoregulatory system is responsible for maintaining body temperature. When the body temperature is between
36.1ºC and 37.1ºC, our body is in a state of thermal well-being, and there is an exchange of body heat between our
body and the ambience. When exposed to high temperatures, the body’s heat exchange with the environment
decreases, causing an increase in internal temperature. This requires a mechanism to assist the thermoregulatory
system in maintaining the body’s thermal well-being. Cooling garments help the body’s thermoregulatory system reduce
heat accumulation during stress. Cooling vests are the most used type of cooling garment because the trunk region is
the area that has the most temperature receptors that regulate the body’s internal temperature. The variation of cooling
vests in the market differs depending on the cooling mechanism used. Thermography is a non-intrusive method of
measuring surface temperature. It is an excellent choice for qualitative and quantitative analysis without disrupting an
object’s performance. This study used thermography to evaluate the performance of five cooling vests with different
cooling mechanisms. The results showed that data obtained from thermography analysis can be compared to a
standardised method for assessing the performance of personal cooling systems.
DA  - 2025/08/28/
PY  - 2025
DO  - 10.35530/IT.076.04.202483
DP  - DOI.org (Crossref)
VL  - 76
IS  - 04
SP  - 460
EP  - 465
SN  - 12225347
UR  - https://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2025/4/002%20MIRIAM%20MARTINEZ-ALBERT%20_%20INDUSTRIA%20TEXTILA%20no.4_2025.pdf
Y2  - 2025/08/31/15:16:42
ER  -