Impact of yarn and fabric parameters on thermal comfort

Dr Muhammad Mushtaq Mangat www.mushtaqmangat.org

Impact of yarn and fabric parameters on thermal comfort

Thermal comfort depends upon the heat

and moisture transfer properties of fabric heat and mass transfer

Fabric composition plays a significant role in Yarn is basic building block of fabric Yarn structure defines the most of fabric

characteristics

Yarn and its characteristics

Yarn: A continuous strand of twisted threads of

natural or synthetic material, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting.

[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language}

THERMAL COMFORT PROPERTIES OF SOME NEW YARNS

Study about the thermal comfort properties

of polyester yarn was conducted by Marmarali et al [1].

A brief discussion is in the next pages: Researchers have used:

A. Tetra-channel polyester, B. High functional polyester fiber designed with

slots conduct to siphon effect C. Patented blend of natural and synthetic fibres

Knitted fabric used for study

Single jersey fabrics were knitted produced by

using :

A Type (150den), B Type (150den) and C Type

(Ne30/1) yarns.

Samples were produced in three different

tightness values in order to obtain tight, medium and loose fabrics. at 4.2, 3.6 and 3.0 mm

Loop length values or stitch lengths (l) were kept Properly washed without using any detergent

A, B, C yarn and medium tightness [1]

Measuring parameters
Thermal conductivity, Thermal resistance, Thermal absorptivity, Water vapor permeability Air permeability

Measuring instruments
Alambeta for thermal conductivity, fabric

thickness, thermal resistance and thermal absorptivity values

Permetest for water vapor permeability FX3300 for air permeability

Conclusion

Thermal conductivity, thermal resistance, thermal absorptivity and air permeability are affected from tightness factor significantly. The looser fabrics possess high insulation and high air permeability values, also give warmer feelings. The comfort test results indicate that the fabrics knitted using C Type yarns have the highestair permeability besides better thermal resistance values and they give warmer feeling with lower absorptivity values. On the other hand A and B Type fabrics have similar thermal comfort properties with better relative water vapor permeability [1].

Comfort Characteristics of Fabrics Made of Compact Yarns

This study was conducted by Das et al. [2] to

compare EliTe compact yarns and normal yarns. following slides.

A brief description of this study is given the

Measuring parameters
1. 2. 3. 4.

Fabric Thickness was measured under specified pressure of 20 gf/cm2 by using Essdiel thickness tester. Fabric Weight per Unit Area by cutting and weighing of fabric Air Permeability was measured by TEXTEST Air permeability Tester (FX3300) Alambeta was used to measure:

Thermal conductivity Thermal absorptivity Thermal diffusivity Thermal resistance Qmax Sample thickness

Fabric parameters [2]

Results [2]

[2]

Conclusion [2]
1. Fabrics developed from EliTe compact yarns

are slightly to fabrics

thinner and better air permeability as compared made from normal yarns. Fabrics developed from EliTe yarns have higher

values of thermal conductivity, thermal absorptivity, and qmax as compared to the fabrics developed from normal yarns where as the thermal resistance values are lowe

 Fabrics made from normal yarns shown

slightly lesser values of MVTR than the fabrics made from EliTe compact yarns. show better wickability than the fabrics made from normal yarns except for fabric samples A and D.

Wicking then fabrics made from EliTe yarns

Over all if we analyze the contribution of the

EliTe compact yarns in the fabrics, then we find that the EliTe yarns has certainly proved to be beneficial to improve the comfort of the cotton fabrics.[2]

References
[1] Marmarali et al., Thermal Comfort

Properties Of Some New Yarns Generation Knitted Fabrics in AUTEX 2009 World Textile Conference 2009: Izmir, Turkey Comfort Characteristics of Fabrics Made of Compact Yarns. Fibers and Polymers. 8, 2007. 1: p. 116-122.

[2] Das, A., Kothari, V. K., and Sadachar, A.,