The study of applying heat to enhance moisture transfer in knitted spacer structures

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dc.creatorMbise, Ekael
dc.creatorDias, Tilak
dc.creatorMorris, Robert
dc.creatorHurley, William
dc.date2018-10-24T07:32:53Z
dc.date2018-10-24T07:32:53Z
dc.date2018-04
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-07T08:00:11Z
dc.date.available2021-05-07T08:00:11Z
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dc.descriptionThe aim of the article is to report the research of the Advanced Textiles Research Group on the application of heat to enhance the moisture transmission in knitted spacer structures. The current trend in the design and development of moisture management textiles is to use knitted spacer structures. Generally, in moisture management textiles, the moisture is transmitted through the fabric due to capillary forces, which are influenced by the hydrostatic pressure difference between the two fabric layers and the geometry and the dimensions of the capillaries of the sandwiched fibre layer of a knitted spacer structures. However, the hydrostatic pressure difference is also influenced by the outer environmental changes. The research has demonstrated that the moisture transfer rate of up to 30% per 100 cm2 of fabric area can be achieved by creating a temperature gradient between the two layers of a knitted spacer structures. This temperature gradient was achieved by application of heat at one layer of the knitted spacer structures, which influenced the hydrostatic pressure difference of the knitted spacer structures. Application of heat to the knitted spacer structures was achieved by knitting small heater elements on side of knitted spacer structures to create an active moisture management structure. Wash tests, temperature rise rates and moisture wettability experiments of the active moisture management structure were performed, and the results are discussed in the publication.
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dc.identifier6. E. Mbise, T.D., R. Morris, W. Hurley, The study of applying heat to enhance moisture transfer in knitted spacer structures. Journal of Industrial Textiles, 2018. 47(7): p. 1584-1608
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4946
dc.identifier1528083717702007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4946
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSage
dc.relation47;7
dc.subjectknitted spacer structures
dc.subjecthydrostatic pressure
dc.subjectMoisture management
dc.titleThe study of applying heat to enhance moisture transfer in knitted spacer structures
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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