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With the correlation study on human sweating measurements at home and abroad gradually deepening, the evaluation on human sweating has been valued and used in the fields like nuclear and chemical protection. Though the research of sweating measurement has permeated different domains, the measurement about heat-moisture comfort is still for thorough research. Methods of determination of human sweating measurements currently at home and abroad were reviewed in the study. Three methods were about the measurements of systemic dominant sweating. They were respectively net weight, dressed weight and clothing weight. Five methods were about the measurements of local dominant sweating, and they are gauze-spongy pad, filter paper, vinyl bag, ventilated bag, and absorb sweat patch. The theories of these methods and application were reviewed, as well as their advantages and disadvantages respectively. Although the measurement methods have their limitations, they still lay a foundation for exploring new and more superior measurement methods for measuring the sweating rate of human body in the future.
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This research was supported by 2017NQI project (2017YFF0206603), General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China (AQSIQ) science and technology planning project (2016QK177) and Project of the President’s Fund for China National Institute of Standardization (522018Y-5984; 522016Y-4488).
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Fan, X., Zhao, C., Luo, H., Zhang, W. (2020). Human Sweating Measurements. In: Goonetilleke, R., Karwowski, W. (eds) Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 967. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20142-5_16
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