Portable exothermal energy source for disaster relief operations

Walter R. Zimbeck

doi:10.1117/12.170649

7 March 1994 Portable exothermal energy source for disaster relief operations

Walter R. Zimbeck

Proceedings Volume 2102, Coupling Technology to National Need; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.170649
Event: Coupling Technology to National Need, 1993, Albuquerque, NM, United States

Abstract

This manuscript describes an example of transfer technology from a U.S. Government Laboratory to commercial products that meet national needs in the public safety and health care sectors. Funded by the U.S. Army, the first project is the development of a portable, non-powered food warming device for serving meals to soldiers in the field. The second project is being funded by the National Institutes of Health for development of a heat therapy device for relief from rheumatoid arthritis discomfort in the hands and other affected joints. Both of these heating devices are portable, reusable heat pack products that can be regenerated in a microwave oven or in boiling water. The knowledge developed during these two projects will be applied to many other related products. Applications in support of natural and manmade disaster relief include food warming heat packs for food service to victims and rescue workers in sustained black-out conditions, and heat pack warming blankets for emergency medical situations in which patients are in traumatic shock and the onset of hypothermia is imminent.

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Walter R. Zimbeck "Portable exothermal energy source for disaster relief operations", Proc. SPIE 2102, Coupling Technology to National Need, (7 March 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.170649

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