Concept of Smart Personal Protection Equipment Against Infectious Diseases

The article presents the concept of managing the functioning of intelligent personal protective equipment against infectious diseases to ensure the optimal microclimate inside the personal protective equipment when it is used by the user. The controlled characteristics are the temperature and humidity of the air in the space between the personal protective equipment and the user’s body. The control is implemented in the form of a two-level hierarchical control system for the components of personal protective equipment, which provides optimal characteristics of the air mixture in real time. The collection of information is carried out using a variety of temperature and humidity sensors built into the personal protective equipment. The information is transmitted to the controller, coupled with a microcompressor, which ensures the formation of an air mixture with a given temperature and humidity, and also provides the ability to adjust the intensity of the output air flow. The controller and microcompressor are also built into the personal protective equipment. The functioning of the controller in terms of the implementation of control actions is based on the theory of semi-Markov processes and the use of von Neumann type controllers.