Outcomes

Publications

  • Santos, G.; Neves, S.F.; Silva, M.; Miranda, J.M.; Campos, J.B.L.M.; Ribeiro, J.; Moreira, A.; Fernandes, P.; Miranda, F.; Marques, R. "Smart Firefighters PPE: Impact of Phase Change Materials", Applied Sciences (2023) (Accepted)

  • Gilda Santos; Rita Marques; João Ribeiro; Adriana Moreira; Patricia Fernandes; André Fonseca; João M. Miranda; João B. L. M. Campos; Soraia Ferreira Neves. "Firefighting: Challenges of Smart PPE", Forests (2022), 13(8), 1319: http://doi.org/10.3390/f13081319.

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  • André Fonseca Malaquias; Soraia Ferreira Neves; João Bernardo Lares Moreira de Campos."Incorporation of phase change materials in fire protective clothing considering the presence of water", International Journal of Thermal Sciences 183 (2023): 107870: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2022.107870.

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  • Gilda Santos; Rita Marques; João Ribeiro; A. Moreira; P. Fernandes; Margarida Silva; André Fonseca; João M. Miranda, João B. L. M. Campos; Soraia F. Neves. "Firefighting: Challenges of Smart PPE", in Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, p. 1627 - 1633: https://doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_249.

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  • Margarida Silva; J.Ribeiro; A.Moreira; P. Fernandes; Gilda Santos; Rita Marques; João B. L. M. Campos; Soraia F. Neves. "Usage of pouches with phase change materials (PCMs) to increase the thermal performance of a firefighter jacket - development and thermal behaviour evaluation of the multilayer system", in Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, p. 1809 - 1814: https://doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_280.

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  • Gilda Santos; Rita Marques; Francisca Marques; João Ribeiro; André Fonseca; João Mário Miranda; João B. L. M. Campos ; Neves, Soraia Ferreira. "An Innovative Thermal Protective Clothing System for Firefighters", Communications in development and assembling of textile products (2022), 3 (2): https://doi.org/10.25367/cdatp.2022.3.p146-155.

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  • A. F. Malaquias; S.F. Neves; J.B.L.M. Campos. "The Impact of Water on Firefighter Protective Clothing Thermal Performance and Steam Burn Occurrence in Firefighters". Fire Safety Journal (2022), 127, 103506: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.firesaf.2021.103506.

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  • M.T. da Silva, "Development of a new multilayer system for a firefighter’s jacket - Preliminarystudy", Master thesis, Chemical Engineering (Integrated Master), University of Porto, July, 2021. Supervised by Soraia Ferreira Neves (CEFT), João Moreira de Campos (CEFT) and João Ribeiro (CeNTI). https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/pub_geral.pub_view?pi_pub_base_id=486662.

  • L.C. Valente, "Análise de requisitos normativos para o desenvolvimento de um casaco de bombeiros inovador", Master thesis, Chemical Engineering (Integrated Master), University of Porto, July, 2021. Supervised by Soraia Ferreira Neves (CEFT), João Moreira de Campos (CEFT) and Gilda Santos (CITEVE)(in Portuguese). https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/PUB_GERAL.PUB_VIEW?pi_pub_base_id=486781.

  • A. Fonseca; S.F. Neves; J.B.L.M. Campos. "Thermal performance of a PCM firefighting suit considering transient periods of fire exposure, post – fire exposure and resting phases". Applied Thermal Engineering (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115769.

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    • Participation in conferences, seminars and workshops

  • Neves SF, Silva M, Ribeiro J, Moreira A, Fernandes P, Miranda F, et al., "Combination of textiles and phase change materials for temperature management of a new firefighter protective vest - a numerical study" in Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Protective Clothing - ECPC 2023. 2023. p. 121,122.

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  • Santos G, Neves SF, Silva M, Miranda JM, Campos JBLM, Ribeiro J, et al., "Smart firefighter PPE: impact of phase change materials" in Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Protective Clothing - ECPC 2023. 2023. p. 121,122.

  • "DIF-Jacket – Development of an innovative firefighter jacket" in iTechStyle summit ‘23 – International Conference on Textiles & Clothing (2023).

  • Gilda Santos; Rita Marques; João Ribeiro; A. Moreira; P. Fernandes; Margarida Silva; João M. Miranda, João B. L. M. Campos; Soraia F. Neves, "DIF-Jacket project" in IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research, in Coimbra, Portugal(2022).

  • Gilda Santos; Rita Marques; João Ribeiro; A. Moreira; P. Fernandes; Margarida Silva; André Fonseca; João M. Miranda, João B. L. M. Campos; Soraia F. Neves, "Firefighting: Challenges of Smart PPE" in IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research, in Coimbra, Portugal(2022).

  • Margarida Silva; João Ribeiro; A. Moreira; Patríicia Fernandes; Gilda Santos; Rita Marques; João B. L. M. Campos ; Neves, Soraia Ferreira, "Usage of pouches with phase change materials (PCMs) to increase the thermal performance of a firefighter jacket - development and thermal behaviour evaluation of the multilayer system" in IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research, in Coimbra, Portugal(2022).

  • G. Santos, R. Marques, F. Marques, J. Ribeiro, A. Fonseca, J.M. Miranda, J.B.L.M. Campos, S.F. Neves, "DIF-JACKET: a thermal protective jacket for firefighters" in: ICFRT 2022 16. Int. Conf. Fire Resist. Text.(2022).

  • G. Santos, R. Marques, F. Marques, J. Ribeiro, A. Fonseca, J.M. Miranda, J.B.L.M. Campos, S.F. Neves, "An Innovative Thermal Protective Clothing System for Firefighters" on 14th Joint International Conference Clotech2022 - Innovative Materials, Technologies and Testing Techniques for Clothing Improvement, Hybrid event(2022).

  • F. Marques, J. Ribeiro, R. Pereira, M. Silva, G. Santos, L. Valente, A. Fonseca, J. M. Miranda, J. B. L. M. Campos, S.F. Neves, "DIF-Jacket – Development of an innovative firefighter jacket" on iTechStyle summit '22 - International Conference on Textiles & Clothing. Hosted by CITEVE, Matosinhos, Portugal (2022).

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  • A. Fonseca, S.F. Neves, J.B.L.M. Campos, "Thermal Performance Deterrence Caused By PCM Inclusion In Firefighting Garments: The Other Side Of The Story." on the 8th European Thermal Sciences Conference. Online-Conference, Portugal (2021). https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/pub_geral.pub_view?pi_pub_base_id=483083.

  • A. Fonseca, S.F. Neves, J.B.L.M. Campos, "Making high temperature phase change materials functionable in FPCs" on the 9th ECPC - European Conference on Protective Clothing. Online-Conference, Hosted by Hohenstein, Germany (2021).

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  • S. F. Neves, A. Fonseca, J. M. Miranda, F. Marques, J. Ribeiro, R. Marques, G. Santos, J. B. L. M. Campos "The first year of the project DIF-Jacket - Development of an innovative firefighter jacket" 2nd Workshop – Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects on Forest Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting. Online workshop, Hosted by ADAI, Portugal (2021). Video of the presentation (at 2h24min) [in Portuguese]

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  • S.F. Neves; J.B.L.M. Campos, "DIF-JACKET: Development of an innovative firefighter's jacket" on the Rural Fires Seminar: Better Management Based on Scientific Evidence, organized by Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in Algés, Portugal (2019). Video of the presentation (at 1h09min) [in Portuguese]

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    • Participation in events for public audience

  • DIF-Jacket project presentation in the workshop: "Combate a incêndios rurais: da exposição à segurança dos bombeiros", in Oleiros, Portugal in 10-12-2022 (2022).

  • Participation on "Mostra UP 2022", held by University of Porto, Online-event, Portugal (2022). https://mostra.up.pt/.

  • Participation on "Mostra UP 2021", held by University of Porto, Portugal (online participation; 2021). https://mostra.up.pt/.

    • DIF-Jacket videos

    DIF-Jacket events


    First webinar of the DIF-Jacket project:

    Second webinar of the DIF-Jacket project:

    Last workshop of the DIF-Jacket project, held on Sintra in 30/06/2023 (presential):

    DIF-Jacket Roadshow: