Development of a Portable Calorimeter: Prototyping and Design Information Gathering

• Main Author: Bellows, Spencer
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Portable Calorimeter; Manikin; 42_2296_16; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4224/18238677; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=bedd175e-399e-485b-a3ba-8c25daa82e35; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=bedd175e-399e-485b-a3ba-8c25daa82e35; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=bedd175e-399e-485b-a3ba-8c25daa82e35

The purpose of this report is to describe the work done so far on the design of a portable water-flow air calorimeter being developed to serve as a standard calibration tool for thermal manikins. The intent of creating a standard calibration is to establish a means of comparison between thermal manikins so that they may be considered as a substitute for human testing in evaluating safety and survival equipment regulations for ships operating in the Arctic. Peer reviewed: No NRC publication: Yes