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Combination Design and Evaluation of Heating Elements for Electrically Heated Garments

2022年11月11日

Abstract: As wearing intelligent clothing becomes a new fashion trend, more and more consumers choose lighter electrically heated clothing to cope with low temperatures. Taking the hard-shelled rash jacket as the research object, this paper tests the properties of different kinds of heating elements and selects graphene as the heating element in the end. By integrating it into the garment via different combinations,and carrying out a simulated walking experiment in a low-temperature environment with an electrically heated garment, the heating efficiency and thermal-moisture comfort of clothing under different combinations of heating elements are evaluated by skin temperature test and subjective psychological scale. Results indicated that the electrically heated clothing with the heating elements placed in parallel mode on the waist and back could play a positive role in heat generation during outdoor hiking; the heating efficiency and subjective evaluation all performed well.

Key words: electrically heated clothing; graphene; heat elements; hiking; comfort