Firefighter’s Garment Based Carbon Foam Fabric

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• Personal Author:
  Elgafy A ; Mishra S
• Description:
  The present work is a numerical study to predict and investigate the performance of a thermal protection system for firefighter's garment consists of carbon foam fabrics in both the outer shell and thermal liner. The results show that with a total thickness of the fabric of 0.003m, density of 50 kg/m3, and thermal conductivity of 0.03 W/m-K, the weight has been reduced by 75% in the outer shell layer and by 72% in the thermal liner layer. On the other hand, the temperature has been dropped to 435 degrees K at the end of the fabric, which is lower than the level of temperature achieved by previous study. The results declare that carbon foam with low thermal conductivity and low density can be very effective in preparing clothing for firefighters. Present parametric study provides good combinations of carbon foam properties and fabric thickness in order to achieve good temperature drop along with a low weighing clothing. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Firefighters Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Temperature Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  Carbon Fibers Equipment Testing Fabrics Fire Fighters Fire Resistant Materials Materials Testing Personal Protective Equipment PPE Textiles Thermal Effects
• Publisher:
  University of Cincinnati
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-33
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052629
• Citation:
  12th Annual Pilot Research Project Symposium, University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center, October 13-14, 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati, OH: University of Cincinnati, 2011 Oct; :1-33
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  12th Annual Pilot Research Project Symposium, University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center, October 13-14, 2011, Cincinnati, Ohio
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e769433d304e2bc00f810f0f9185139ce2d74dcabb246816b5002fceca94a629a4184ff1eb80d972d79aad408268f598822a8758be46a3cbf60aca4639b18c65
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/212131/cdc_212131_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.51 MB ]