Analysis of thermal comfort characteristics of moisture management finished knitted fabrics made from different yarns

Sampath, M.B.; Aruputharaj, Anton; Senthilkumar, M.; Nalankilli, G.

doi:10.1177/1528083711423952

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“…In addition, the evaporation of moisture from fabric also contributes to heat dissipation, especially when the fabric is wetted with water or sweat. Despite the fact that thermal transfer in conventional fabrics has widely been studied [37][38][39][40], little is reported on the thermal transfer behavior of directional water transport fabrics.…”

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Heat Transfer in Directional Water Transport Fabrics

Zeng

Wang

Zhou

et al. 2016

Fibers

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Directional water transport fabrics can proactively transfer moisture from the body. They show great potential in making sportswear and summer clothing. While moisture transfer has been previously reported, heat transfer in directional water transport fabrics has been little reported in research literature. In this study, a directional water transport fabric was prepared using an electrospraying technique and its heat transfer properties under dry and wet states were evaluated, and compared with untreated control fabric and the one pre-treated with NaOH. All the fabric samples showed similar heat transfer features in the dry state, and the equilibrium temperature in the dry state was higher than for the wet state. Wetting considerably enhanced the thermal conductivity of the fabrics. Our studies indicate that directional water transport treatment assists in moving water toward one side of the fabric, but has little effect on thermal transfer performance. This study may be useful for development of "smart" textiles for various applications.

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Heat Transfer in Directional Water Transport Fabrics

Zeng

Wang

Zhou

et al. 2016

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“…Moisture management is described as the controlled movement of water vapour and perspiration from the skin to the outer surface of the fabric to make the wearer feel comfortable [3,4]. It is also related to the transmission behaviour of the fabric, namely air permeability, thermal behaviour of the fabric, namely air permeability, thermal conductive, water vapour permeability, moisture vapour resistance, wicking, and wetting [5][6][7].…”

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Moisture Management Properties of Untreated and Scoured Cotton and Bamboo Knitted Fabrics

Faizul¹,

Rozi²,

Amran³

2016

Fifth International Conference on Advances in Applied Science and Environmental Engineering - ASEE 2016

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Moisture management properties are an important factor that could decide the comfort level of clothing worn by humans. This is largely dependent on the type of fiber and fabric structure of the fabric. In this study, the moisture management properties of untreated and scoured 100% cotton, 100% bamboo and 50/50% bamboo/cotton knitted fabrics were investigated. It was found that the 100% cotton and 100% bamboo fabrics, either untreated or scoured, gave good to excellent overall moisture management capability (OMMC) indicating water penetration fabric with small spreading area. The 50/50% bamboo/cotton fabrics were graded as having poor OMMC which means that fabrics are slow in liquid absorption, drying and spreading of the liquid. It can be said that the moisture management properties depends on the fiber types and ratio of yarn combination.

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“…Thermal comfort properties of Viloft/cotton and Viloft/polyester weft knitted fabrics were also studied [8]. The moisture management properties of various blended fabrics were studied, including cotton/polyester/ rayon blend simple rib, cotton, cotton/viscose blend, polyamide 1 × 1 interlock and polyester double rib [9], bamboo plain jersey knitted fabric [10], micro-denier polyester filament, spun polyester, polyester/cotton moisture finished fabric [11], and single jersey of wool/ polyester and wool/bamboo for the base of layer of active sportswear [12]. By over viewing above research, the single layered warp knitted fabrics were seldom studied.…”

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The Comfort Properties of Two Differential-Shrinkage Polyester Warp Knitted Fabrics

Chen

Miao

Mao

et al. 2016

Autex Research Journal

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Single-layered warp knitted fabrics were produced by the 60D/36F (containing 36 filaments) polyester yarn with differential shrinkage (DS) property in this study. Due to the differential shrinkage property, the fabric becomes curly and bulkier, simulating cotton fabric in terms of its appearance and fabric handle. The performance and appearance of these DS polyester warp knitted fabrics were evaluated objectively and subjectively. The testing results demonstrated that the DS polyester warp knitted fabric had better abrasion property, worse pilling resistance due to the mechanical property of polyester yarn when compared with 100% cotton warp knitted fabric. Meanwhile, lower water vapour permeability and air resistance were found for DS polyester warp knitted fabric resulting from the dense structure of yarn shrinkage after heat-moisture treatment. Besides, the fabric handle was evaluated by Kawabata evaluation system and subject to trial under dry and wet fabric condition. DS polyester warp knitted fabrics provide better recovery under low stress mechanical pressure. The subjective evaluation result shows that the warp knitted fabrics made of DS polyester had similar handle against cotton warp knitted fabric in terms of prickle, smooth, comfort and dry feeling in both dry and wet testing conditions.

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Analysis of thermal comfort characteristics of moisture management finished knitted fabrics made from different yarns

Cited by 65 publications

References 15 publications

Heat Transfer in Directional Water Transport Fabrics

Heat Transfer in Directional Water Transport Fabrics

Moisture Management Properties of Untreated and Scoured Cotton and Bamboo Knitted Fabrics

The Comfort Properties of Two Differential-Shrinkage Polyester Warp Knitted Fabrics

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