Effects of microencapsulated phase change materials on the thermal behavior of multilayer thermal protective clothing. Issue 6 (14th May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Hui; Liu, Xianfei; Song, Guowen; Yang, Hongyang
• Is Part Of: Journal of the Textile Institute. Volume 112:Issue 6(2021)
• Page Start: 1004
• Page End: 1013
• Publication Date: 2021-05-14
• Subjects: Microencapsulated phase change material -- multilayer fabric system；heat transfer model -- thermal protective performance; Textile industry -- Periodicals; Textile fabrics -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 677.005
• DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2020.1832363
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-5000

Abstract

Abstract: Microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCMs) are increasingly seen as an adequate tool for heat management. The addition of a MPCM layer into a typical firefighters' protective clothing can be used to mitigate burn injuries, increasing the time to second degree burns. A numerical approach is introduced to simulate the heat transfer in multilayer fabrics with MPCM. An overview of temperature field and total heat flux distribution for the multilayer fabric system with and without the MPCM is presented. Additionally, the effects of MPCM mass fraction, latent heat, specific heat and thickness are investigated to assess the thermal protective performance. The results demonstrate that the addition of a MPCM layer into the multilayer fabric assembly can be used to decrease the temperature obtained at the comfort liner boundary. Effect of heat intensity and radiation distance between the fabric system and heating source is also analyzed and discussed. The findings obtained in this study can provide some useful information on the beneficial design of clothing containing MPCMs.