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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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PO BOX 1031
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Mesquite, TX 75150
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Courtesy of Nasa BBS at 205 8950-0028
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PERSONAL COOLING SYSTEM
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When crop dusting is done in the late afternoon, the cockpit
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temperature may be as high as 125 degrees Fahrenheit. Most plane's
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cockpits are not air conditioned because of the expense.
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Cockpit heat poses a major problem because elevated body
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temperature can cause fatigue, dehydration and even collapse,
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extremely dangerous possibilities to a pilot flying at times only
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two to four feet above the vegetation.
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Available now from Life Support Systems, Inc. (LSSI), Mountain
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View, California is a lightweight vest and a companion helmet
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headliner, Cool Head, through which cooling liquid circulates to a
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portable cooling package. The package includes a heat exchanger that
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cools the working fluid circulated through vest and headliner, and a
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control display unit containing a pump, a liquid reservoir,
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temperature control and power unit. Cool Head can operate from its
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own rechargeable battery or from the airplane's, or other vehicles
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power system.
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Cool Head technology originated in a 1968 NASA deelopment
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progr¼m that produced a channeled cooling garment for space wear. In
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1971, NASA's Ames Research Center awarded a contract to Acurex
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Corporation for an extension of the technology involving development
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of a heat stress alleviating liquid-cooled headliner for helicopter
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pilots. In the mid-1970s, NASA and the Bureau of Mines jointly
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sponsored an Acurex program for development of a self-contained
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cooling system for mine rescue workers. In 1980, William Elkins,
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formerly with Acurex and long associated with cooling system
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research, formed LSSI to pursue commercial uses of the technology.
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Cool Head personal cooling systems have been acquired by the
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Army and Air Force for use by personnel who must perform arduous
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work while wearing hot and bulky protective gear, such as garments
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to prevent contact with chemical/bacteriological warfare agents.
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Cool Heads have also been bought by the U.S. Navy for evaluation in
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helicopters and light aircraft, and by military units of foreign
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governments.
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Among commercial applications are use by employees susceptible
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to on-the-job heat stress in such industries as primary metals
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reduction, deep mining, chemicals, paper and glass. Other
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commercial uses include pe sonal cooling for heavy equipment
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operators and workers wearing toxic waste clean-up suits. Cool Head
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is also being used by a number of auto racing drivers.
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If you have comments or other information relating to such topics as
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this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the Vangard
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Sciences address as listed on the first page. Thank you for your
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consideration, interest and support.
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Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson
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Vangard Sciences/KeelyNet
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