Journal of Textile Research ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (10): 190-198.doi: 10.13475/j.fzxb.20200808109

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Research progress in heat transfer mechanism of firefighter protective clothing under low-level radiant heat exposures

ZHANG Wenhuan1, LI Jun1,2()   

  1. 1. College of Fashion and Design, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Clothing Design and Technology, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China
  • Received:2020-08-20 Revised:2021-01-06 Online:2021-10-15 Published:2021-10-29
  • Contact: LI Jun E-mail:lijun@dhu.edu.cn

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Abstract:

In order to effectively achieve the control of the thermal damage to the firefighting workers in low heat radiative environment, the complex heat exchange mechanism in the firefighting clothing system, were reviewed to guide product design and development. Based on the heat transfer theory of fire-fighting clothing system, the current research progress was reviewed and discussed from four perspectives, including the basic performance of fire-fighting clothing fabrics and the style of clothing, the morphology and activity of the human body, the characteristics of radiant heat sources, and the coupling effect of heat and moisture. Based on the analysis of the difficulties and bottlenecks in the previous research, the research directions worth exploring for the future were refined, which are the distribution of inhomogeneous air layers and the upgrading of simulation methods, the air flow and velocity field formed by unsteady human motion and environmental wind as well as the relationship between the air flow and heat flow, expanding the connotation of clothing heat transfer mechanism research by coupling human thermo-regulational model.

Key words: low radiant heat exposure, firefighter protective clothing, thermal protective performance, heat transfer mechanism, heat and moisture transfer

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