Abstract:

Abstract In this paper, a mathematical model for coupled heat and moisture transfer through a firefighters’ protective clothing system exposed to high flux is proposed by simulating the drying process in fire. This model is based on Fick’s Second diffusion law, simulating an impinging fire jet drying a moist fabric and takes account into the dynamic diffusion effect on the fire drying process. Other non-constant physical and thermal properties are also included in the model, validated by comparing the predictions with experimental data, and good agreements are found. The model can find application in thermal protective clothing design. Also the experimental model approach and model findings are expected to be useful to the drying industry.