Lightweight, Low Energy Consumption Heaters for Winter Gears

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• Personal Author:
  Gbordzoe S ; Shanov V
• Description:
  With global warming, hotter summers and harsher winters are increasing yearly. There are some outdoor workers that are indispensable to their communities, however their safety and effectiveness has been compromised due to lack of proper technologies to protect them from the cold weather. Fortunately, the never ending search for new and more efficient materials has led to the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a heating material. They are excellent thermal and electrical conductors and these attributes make them useful as a good source of heating material. They also have high heating rates and have been shown to be more effective than some commercial heating materials such as nichrome. This project proposes the design and assembly of nanomaterials that are ideal for heating applications and their incorporation into fabrics. Due to the unique physical properties of CNTs, the heaters will have low power consumption, be light weight, have complete mechanical flexibility, and have fast heating rates Heating components manufactured from CNTs are extremely light weight, the density of these materials is close to 1 g/cc, almost 1/10 of Copper based heating components with density of approximately 8g/cc. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Carbon Nanotubes Climate Change CNT Heating Equipment Nanomaterials Outdoor Workers Seasonal Factors
• Publisher:
  University of Cincinnati
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052474
• Citation:
  16th Annual Pilot Research Project Symposium, University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center, October 8-9, 2015, Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati, OH: University of Cincinnati, 2015 Oct; :1
• Email:
  gbordzsm@mail.uc.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon nanotubes (CAS RN 308068-56-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  16th Annual Pilot Research Project Symposium, University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center, October 8-9, 2015, Cincinnati, Ohio
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f66ee4d9e265fddbcde0c233eb5a39dcf39fffc47d3f350d916b8e4dfdbf3e492a1fe0829b3302ffd810a8a3204da0881682fe1e247ba08cac8afa9216baa81a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211997/cdc_211997_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 65.56 KB ]