Author(s)

R. Ktos & A. Majchrzycka

Abstract

The paper presents the theoretical models of thermal comfort and ventilation of the hyperbaric facilities. Based on the heat balance of the human body and two basic comfort conditions the comfort equation was derived for the hyperbaric environment. The comfort equation allows to determine the comfort temperature as the function of the principal environmental variables. The comfort charts for the different breathing gases are presented. The models of the continuous and interrupted hyperbaric facility ventilation are considered. 1 Introduction The most deep diving experience is based on the breathing gas containing helium as the diluent gas, that causes certain pro

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