Technical textiles for personal thermal protection

Crown, Elizabeth M.; Batcheller, Jane

doi:10.1016/b978-1-78242-465-9.00009-4

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“…Recent technical reviews often report on knowledge in the area of smart textiles [44,45,47], including a number of studies that mention their potential use in PPE design [40,48,49]. Although some other studies have made reviews of the heat stress state in conventional PPE [50,51], to our knowledge, no reviews are specifically related to the analysis of smart textile technologies for the prevention of thermal stress risks while wearing PPE.…”

Section: Personal Protective Equipment Design Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advanced Functional Materials for Intelligent Thermoregulation in Personal Protective Equipment

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The exposure to extreme temperatures in workplaces involves physical hazards for workers. A poorly acclimated worker may have lower performance and vigilance and therefore may be more exposed to accidents and injuries. Due to the incompatibility of the existing standards implemented in some workplaces and the lack of thermoregulation in many types of protective equipment that are commonly fabricated using various types of polymeric materials, thermal stress remains one of the most frequent physical hazards in many work sectors. However, many of these problems can be overcome with the use of smart textile technologies that enable intelligent thermoregulation in personal protective equipment. Being based on conductive and functional polymeric materials, smart textiles can detect many external stimuli and react to them. Interconnected sensors and actuators that interact and react to existing risks can provide the wearer with increased safety, protection, and comfort. Thus, the skills of smart protective equipment can contribute to the reduction of errors and the number and severity of accidents in the workplace and thus promote improved performance, efficiency, and productivity. This review provides an overview and opinions of authors on the current state of knowledge on these types of technologies by reviewing and discussing the state of the art of commercially available systems and the advances made in previous research works.

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Section: Personal Protective Equipment Design Challengesmentioning

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Advanced Functional Materials for Intelligent Thermoregulation in Personal Protective Equipment

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“…Technical textiles have been utilized for a variety of applications, including automotive purposes such as safety belts, medical field such as surgical sutures, geotextiles such as separation fabrics for soil layers, agriculture such as horticulture fabrics for protection from solar radiation, and protective textiles such as superhydrophobic fibers. It is a huge and increasing segment that supports a huge group of other industries [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 ]. Currently, technical textile materials are mainly used in filter garments, furnishings, medical hygiene and construction materials.…”

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Effects of Technical Textiles and Synthetic Nanofibers on Environmental Pollution

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Textile manufacturing has been one of the highest polluting industrial sectors. It represents about one-fifth of worldwide industrial water pollution. It uses a huge number of chemicals, numerous of which are carcinogenic. The textile industry releases many harmful chemicals, such as heavy metals and formaldehyde, into water streams and soil, as well as toxic gases such as suspended particulate matter and sulphur dioxide to air. These hazardous wastes, may cause diseases and severe problems to human health such as respiratory and heart diseases. Pollution caused by the worldwide textile manufacturing units results in unimaginable harm, such as textile polymers, auxiliaries and dyes, to the environment. This review presents a systematic and comprehensive survey of all recently produced high-performance textiles; and will therefore assist a deeper understanding of technical textiles providing a bridge between manufacturer and end-user. Moreover, the achievements in advanced applications of textile material will be extensively studied. Many classes of technical textiles were proved in a variety of applications of different fields. The introductory material- and process-correlated identifications regarding raw materials and their transformation into yarns, fibers and fabrics followed by dyeing, printing, finishing of technical textiles and their further processing will be explored. Thus, the environmental impacts of technical textiles on soil, air and water are discussed.

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Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Polymers via Structure Tailoring

Liu

Wang

2020

J Enh Heat Transf

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Technical textiles for personal thermal protection

Cited by 5 publications

References 57 publications

Advanced Functional Materials for Intelligent Thermoregulation in Personal Protective Equipment

Advanced Functional Materials for Intelligent Thermoregulation in Personal Protective Equipment

Effects of Technical Textiles and Synthetic Nanofibers on Environmental Pollution

Thermal Conductivity Enhancement of Polymers via Structure Tailoring

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