%0 Journal Article %A Akram, Hassan Mohammed Ali %A Yu , Weidong %D 2015 %I Begell House %K thermal protective fabric, phase-change material, galactitol, NaCl + MgCl2 %N 7 %P 657-671 %R 10.1615/HeatTransRes.2015006992 %T ANALYSIS OF THE THERMAL REGULATING PROPERTIES OF FIRE-FIGHTING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WITH AN INCORPORATED PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/46784ef93dddff27,6742910b3da0b267,5bfb8e8f09b40a58.html %V 46 %X Firefighters and workers in many industrial settings can suffer a noticeable effect from a very high temperature exposure. Flash fire temperature can reach more than 800°C, and the heat fluxes can be up to 80 kW/m2. Textile protective garments were used in the flash fire to prevent the skin burn and provide protection against a high heat flux environment. Applying phase-change materials (PCMs) in fabrics leads to the improvement of the thermal regulating property of the fabrics. In order to prevent or minimize skin burn damage resulting from flashover, a thermal protective composite fabric using a glass fiber and a basalt fiber incorporated into a PCM has been upgraded, developed, and compared with fabric performance without PCMs. A thermal protective performance (TPP) testing apparatus was used to evaluate the heat insulation and fire protective performance properties. Galactitol and NaCl + MgCl2 phase-change materials were used and investigated using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) testing apparatus. Thermal radiation reflecting properties of an aluminum foil fabric in the present study were characterized using a UV−Vis−NIR (ultraviolet−visible−near infrared) spectrophotometer. %8 2015-05-20