Heat, Moisture and Air Transfer Properties of Selected Woven Fabrics in Wet State
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10.3993/jfbi12200901
Journal of Fiber Bioengineering & Informatics, 2 (2009), pp. 141-149.
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@Article{JFBI-2-141,
author = {},
title = {Heat, Moisture and Air Transfer Properties of Selected Woven Fabrics in Wet State},
journal = {Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics},
year = {2009},
volume = {2},
number = {3},
pages = {141--149},
abstract = {The most important parameters characterizing thermophysiological comfort of sport and protective
garments are thermal resistance, water vapour permeability and air permeability. Contrary to
common textiles, protective and functional garments and some technical textiles like textile
dressings are also used in wet state, which affects their comfort properties. However, common
measuring instruments mostly do not enable reliable measurement of wet fabrics, due to long time
of measurement, during which the fabrics get dry. In this paper two fast measuring PC evaluated
instruments ALAMBETA and PERMETEST commercial instruments are described, which provide
reliable non-destructive measurement of thermal conductivity, thermal resistance and water
vapour permeability of fabrics in dry and wet state. By means of these instruments, thermal
resistance and water vapour permeability of heavy cotton and cotton/PES woven fabrics in wet
state were experimentally determined and results were discussed. The effect of structure and
composition on the above-mentioned properties of these fabrics has been investigated as well.
Some surprising results were achieved: with increasing fabrics humidity, the air permeability
almost linearly decreased, whereas the total cooling heat flow (due to water evaporation from the
wet fabric surface) slowly increased.},
issn = {2617-8699},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi12200901},
url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4997.html}
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Heat, Moisture and Air Transfer Properties of Selected Woven Fabrics in Wet State
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 3
SP - 141
EP - 149
PY - 2009
DA - 2009/02
SN - 2
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi12200901
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KW - Clothing comfort
KW - thermal resistance
KW - water vapour permeability
KW - wet textile fabrics
AB - The most important parameters characterizing thermophysiological comfort of sport and protective
garments are thermal resistance, water vapour permeability and air permeability. Contrary to
common textiles, protective and functional garments and some technical textiles like textile
dressings are also used in wet state, which affects their comfort properties. However, common
measuring instruments mostly do not enable reliable measurement of wet fabrics, due to long time
of measurement, during which the fabrics get dry. In this paper two fast measuring PC evaluated
instruments ALAMBETA and PERMETEST commercial instruments are described, which provide
reliable non-destructive measurement of thermal conductivity, thermal resistance and water
vapour permeability of fabrics in dry and wet state. By means of these instruments, thermal
resistance and water vapour permeability of heavy cotton and cotton/PES woven fabrics in wet
state were experimentally determined and results were discussed. The effect of structure and
composition on the above-mentioned properties of these fabrics has been investigated as well.
Some surprising results were achieved: with increasing fabrics humidity, the air permeability
almost linearly decreased, whereas the total cooling heat flow (due to water evaporation from the
wet fabric surface) slowly increased.
Lubos Hes & Carmen Loghin. (2019). Heat, Moisture and Air Transfer Properties of Selected Woven Fabrics in Wet State.
Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics. 2 (3).
141-149.
doi:10.3993/jfbi12200901
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