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Modeling of heat transfer and thermal regulation for an electric heating glove against a cold environment

Na Xu1, Guangju Liu1, Yun Su1,2,3

  • 1College of Fashion and Design, Donghua University, China.

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics : JOSE
|January 6, 2022
PubMed

Keywords:
cold environmentelectric heating gloveenergy savingheat transfernumerical simulation

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