DIF-Jacket – Development of an innovative firefighter jacket

• Type: Poster in an International Conference
• Date: 2022-05

Authors

F. Marques (Author) Other; J. Ribeiro (Author) Other; R. Pereira (Author) Other; M. Silva (Author) FEUP; G. Santos (Author) Other; L. Valente (Author) Other; A. Fonseca (Author) Other; Miranda, JM (Author) FEUP; Campos, JBLM (Author) FEUP; Soraia Neves (Author) FEUP

Conference International

iTechStyle summit ‘22 – International Conference on Textiles & Clothing 2022

Matosinhos, Portugal, 2022/05

Associated Projects

DIF-Jacket - Desenvolvimento de um casaco de bombeiro inovador

ALiCE - ALiCE - Laboratório Associado em Engenharia Química

CEFT - Financiamento Plurianual 2020-2023 da Unidade de I&D CEFT - Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte

Other information

Abstract (EN): The project DIF-Jacket [LINK 1] combines a multidisciplinary team (CEFT, CeNTI and CITEVE) that intends to develop an innovative firefighter jacket following a procedure based in numerical models to optimize the design and performance. The team aims to study the performance of the new firefighter jacket in a range of scenarios observed in Portuguese fires, with special emphasis on their transient nature. The jacket will be based on a combination of protective clothing components, creating a multilayer structure. Emerging as well as commercially available textile structures and solutions for incorporation on firefighter garments has been considered to improve thermal management. Functionalization of existing materials with innovative solutions and formulations were also carried out. Characterization of these materials, regarding thermophysiological properties has been studied as experimental studies to explore thermal management. Moreover, a numerical tool was developed to study several parameters either with potential to enhance the jacket performance, such as the use of phase change materials [1] and different jacket designs, or possible drawbacks related with the water distribution along the jacket multilayers; considering different types of selection criteria (e.g., skin damage, firefighter thermal state).

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific