%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of Aerogel Incorporation in PCM
%A Abu Shaid
%A Lijing Wang
%A Rajiv Padhye
%A Stanley M. Fergusson
%J Clothing and Textiles Research Journal
%@ 1940-2473
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0887302X18755464
%X Phase change material (PCM) in firefighting garment enhances protection and comfort. Wearing a protective clothing containing PCM, while fighting the fire, is a direct risk to the wearer as most PCMs used are flammable. This article reports a solution by using aerogel. Thermal liner fabric was treated with PCM and/or aerogel and then their thermal properties were analyzed. It has been found that the mean ignition time of PCM-containing thermal liner is around 3.3 s in current case while this value significantly increased to 5.5 s when the combination of aerogel and PCM was used. Moreover, the weight of the liner fabric with aerogel decreased in comparison to PCM-containing liner. Aerogel also slowed down the spreading of flame in PCM-containing fabric. Aerogel¨Ccoated liner showed superior heat resistance and the combination of aerogel with PCM increased the thermal resistance of PCM-containing liner
%K comfort
%K aerogel
%K phase change material
%K firefighting garment
%K thermal protection
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0887302X18755464