Body Heat Storage

The human body stores heat in the different body parts. For a constant specific heat capacity $c_p$, the stored body heat flux ${\dot{Q}}_{ST}$ is directly proportional to the temperature gradient $\frac{\partial T}{\partial t}$:

The stored body heat flux of the central vascular system ${\dot{Q}}_{{ST}_{CVS}}$ is given by:

where $c_p$ is the specific heat capacity.

The specific heat capacity of the body parts is calculated from the mass of the body elements and the specific heat capacities of the body elements:

The specific heat capacity of the different tissue types are ([8]; [5]):