How does the Fros-T cooling Technology work?
We know
that people sweat as a mechanism for keeping cool, because when perspiration evaporates it has a cooling effect. But why is
evaporation a cooling process? Just because a liquid is evaporating, why should its temperature go down? Or does it?
Sorry, but the answer has to be, "It does and it doesn't We notice that our sweat glands are exuding
a liquid- water containing a little salt and urea-onto our skin only at certain times, such as (a) when we're hot, (b) when
we're exerting ourselves strenuously, or (c) when we're in high stress situations. In reality, however, our perspiration
process is always working, even in cold weather. It's an essential mechanism for keeping our body temperature constant. In
situations like described above, the perspiration is being generated faster than it can evaporate, so we notice the actual
moisture on our skin.
But what, exactly, is evaporation? It is the process in which certain molecules at the surface
of a liquid simply decide to depart from their brethren and fly off. As more and more molecules leave, the amount of remaining
liquid diminishes. You've seen it happen dozens of times: Wet floors dry up and laundry dries on the clothesline.
Okay,
so why should the exodus of water molecules lower the temperature of the remaining liquid, and therefore lower the temperature
of whatever the liquid is in contact with, in this case your body? This may sound almost spooky, but the process of evaporation
is highly selective. It preferentially picks out and removes the faster (hotter) molecules, leaving the cooler (slower) ones
behind.
Here's how. The molecules of any liquid are in constant motion: sliding around, jiggling back and forth, darting
about, colliding with one another, and generally acting like a bowlful of ants. The higher the temperature, the faster the
molecular motion (and the faster the ant's move,). In fact, that's what temperature is: a measure of the average
kinetic energy (energy of motion) of all the molecules in the substance.
Now, at the surface of a liquid, the highest-energy
molecules leap into the air and evaporate? And that will lower the average energy, or the temperature,
of the molecules that are left behind. Thus, as a liquid evaporates, it cools down. But that's not the end of the story. The
cooling can't go on without limit.
As the evaporation proceeds, then, the sweat layer itself never does get a chance
to cool down very much because it keeps taking up heat from your skin and throwing it off into the air in the form of its
hottest molecules. The sweat is just a go-between, helping your skin to throw away heat and our cooling technology discs enhance
that process.
Now, that you know how our body utilizes the evaporation process to cool our body temperature let us introduce
you to our Fros-T Cooling technology discs and how we create a cooling effect to the user from
10-20 degrees cooler than the environment by means of an active regenerative evaporation cooling process.
Our PVA
cooling discs contain properties of that when moisture/water molecules interact with our advanced polymer discs the water
molecules become more volatile and speed up their energy and jump off or evaporate. The interaction of the liquids with
our PVA cooling polymer discs evaporate so fast-are so volatile-that replenishment of heat from the surroundings can't keep
up. In that case, the temperature of the liquid really does go down and our cooling discs provide the user of a cooling effect.
Poly
Vinyl alcohol is one of those volatile liquids that evaporates more than twice as fast as water, providing a cooling effect
that provides 10-20 cooler temperature to the users core body.
Our cooling discs are state-of-the-art synthetic materials
prized in the high-tech field for its hydrophilic (literally "water loving") properties with innovative design,
creating an ultra-absorbent, drip-free process. Made from water soluble and biodegradable material, extremely micro-porous
and this hi-tech polymer material retains water while remaining dry to the touch. When wet the capillary action of the micro-pores
allows the PVA cooling discs become about 10-20 degrees cooler than the existing air temperature, which provides cooling effect
to the user.
When it stops cooling (Up to 120 min. depending on conditions), you simply re-wet the
discs to regenerate the cooling again!
Characteristic
of our PVA cooling discs:
- Possesses
a three dimensional open cell structure
- Hydrophilic
(water loving)
- Anti-bacterial
- Durable and long lasting
- Highly resistant to chemicals
Anti-microbial fibers repels odor
Absorbs 8 times its weight in water