VALIDATION OF DIVER’S THERMAL BALANCE EQUATION IN SUBSEA HYPERBARIC ENVIRONMENT AT AIR DIVING

The solution of diver’s thermal balance equation in subsea hyperbaric environment was validated by experimental diving with air breathing, in the simulator of Laboratory Hyperbaric Diving Center. They were calculated theoretically end temperatures of divers submerge in heat water (21-22 0C) and cold water (15-17 0C), with equation (1.3). They were measured temperatures of end diving, for each subject, in each scenario diving (depth, water temperature, stationary time, thickness suit, etc.). Theoretically temperatures were compared with those obtained experimentally and the differences between theoretical and real values were 0.1 – 0.5 0C. The mathematical proposed model is valid for diving in hyperbaric environment simulated wet, up to 60 m depth and for air breathing gas unit diving.