Application Performance and Numerical Analysis of Phase Change Diving Suit
- DOI
- 10.2991/icmse-15.2015.97How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Diving suit; Phase change; Numerical analysis
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze the heat transform models of phase change diving suit on the basis of the steady-heat transform theory, and determined the suitable melting temperature and latent heat of phase change materials impregnated in different suits. An insulation performance test was conducted to compare the PCM-enhanced diving suit with the conventional one. The results showed that the best melting temperature of PCMs should range from 29.2 to 35.7 in the model 1, while it could range from 24.9 to 31.4 in the model 2. If the water temperatures showed 0, 5, 10 and 15 , according to the model 2, the required mass of PCM-1 in a thermal-enhanced diving suit were 0.9-2.5, 0-1.3, 0-0.04 and 0 kg, respectively; the corresponding values of PCM-2 were 1.0-2.8, 0-1.5, 0-0.05 and 0 kg, respectively. From the application performance test, the insulation time last for 61 min at 25 , and 83 min at 20 for the conventional diving suit. While it last for about 68 min at 25 , and 98 min at 20 for the thermal-enhanced diving suit with PCM-2; and it last for about 81 min at 25 , and 116 min at 20 for thermal-enhanced diving suit with PCM-1. All demonstrates the effectiveness of the PCMs used in the garments on improving thermal protection in the cold exposure.
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- © 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ting Wei AU - Zhilin Ye AU - Baicun Zheng PY - 2015/12 DA - 2015/12 TI - Application Performance and Numerical Analysis of Phase Change Diving Suit BT - Proceedings of the 2015 6th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering PB - Atlantis Press SP - 538 EP - 542 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icmse-15.2015.97 DO - 10.2991/icmse-15.2015.97 ID - Wei2015/12 ER -