Thermal performance deterrence caused by PCM inclusion in firefighting garments: The other side of the story.

Firefighters usually encounter high heat flux exposures, which can cause severe burns. The addition of a phase change material (PCM) layer into a firefighting garment assembly has proven to be beneficial as it lowers the garments temperature during the fire exposure. However, after the fire exposure...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: André Fonseca (author)
Other Authors: Soraia Neves (author), Campos, JBLM (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/143011
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/143011