Effect of Blend Ratio on the Thermal Comfort Characteristics of Cotton/Bamboo Blended Fabrics
The present work explains the thermal comfort properties of cotton (100:0), bamboo (0:100), and cotton:bamboo (70:30, 50:50, 30:70) blended yarns/fabrics. The physical characteristics of cotton:bamboo (50:50) blended fabrics show the very closest properties of pure cotton yarn fabrics for the count...
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| author | Karthik Aruchamy Sampath Pavayee Subramani Sathish Kumar Palaniappan Samir Kumar Pal Bhuvaneshwaran Mylsamy Vivekanandhan Chinnasamy |
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| description | The present work explains the thermal comfort properties of cotton (100:0), bamboo (0:100), and cotton:bamboo (70:30, 50:50, 30:70) blended yarns/fabrics. The physical characteristics of cotton:bamboo (50:50) blended fabrics show the very closest properties of pure cotton yarn fabrics for the count of 30 tex. The proportion of bamboo fiber in the fabrics influenced the physical properties of the yarn such as areal density, fiber fineness, and other structural parameters. The plain-woven fabric generally aligned as 30 tex in warp direction for pure cotton yarn and 30 tex in weft direction for pure bamboo yarn. Similarly, the experiment is conducted for various proportions and noted that cotton in warp and bamboo in weft direction depicts higher air permeability and water vapor permeability (WVP) compared to all the other fabrics. From the comfort properties of fabrics, the thermal conductivity and the thermal resistance of the blended fabrics were found to be decreased with a gradual increase in the ratio of bamboo fiber. The reduction in inter-yarn space and higher yarn hairiness leads to reduction in air and water permeability values with an increase in cotton proportion. The enhanced WVP and air permeability of the prepared fabrics were observed with an increase in bamboo content. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-819e66b00e1d4e6b94c08920fa5f870f2023-09-20T12:50:18ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Natural Fibers1544-04781544-046X2022-01-0119110511410.1080/15440478.2020.17319031731903Effect of Blend Ratio on the Thermal Comfort Characteristics of Cotton/Bamboo Blended FabricsKarthik Aruchamy0Sampath Pavayee Subramani1Sathish Kumar Palaniappan2Samir Kumar Pal3Bhuvaneshwaran Mylsamy4Vivekanandhan Chinnasamy5SSM College of EngineeringK. S. Rangasamy College of TechnologyIndian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndian Institute of Technology KharagpurK. S. R. College of EngineeringEnergy and Industrial Engineering, Botswana International University of Science and TechnologyThe present work explains the thermal comfort properties of cotton (100:0), bamboo (0:100), and cotton:bamboo (70:30, 50:50, 30:70) blended yarns/fabrics. The physical characteristics of cotton:bamboo (50:50) blended fabrics show the very closest properties of pure cotton yarn fabrics for the count of 30 tex. The proportion of bamboo fiber in the fabrics influenced the physical properties of the yarn such as areal density, fiber fineness, and other structural parameters. The plain-woven fabric generally aligned as 30 tex in warp direction for pure cotton yarn and 30 tex in weft direction for pure bamboo yarn. Similarly, the experiment is conducted for various proportions and noted that cotton in warp and bamboo in weft direction depicts higher air permeability and water vapor permeability (WVP) compared to all the other fabrics. From the comfort properties of fabrics, the thermal conductivity and the thermal resistance of the blended fabrics were found to be decreased with a gradual increase in the ratio of bamboo fiber. The reduction in inter-yarn space and higher yarn hairiness leads to reduction in air and water permeability values with an increase in cotton proportion. The enhanced WVP and air permeability of the prepared fabrics were observed with an increase in bamboo content.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2020.1731903thermal conductivitythermal resistanceair permeabilitywater vapour permeabilitycotton/bamboothermal comfort property |
| spellingShingle | Karthik Aruchamy Sampath Pavayee Subramani Sathish Kumar Palaniappan Samir Kumar Pal Bhuvaneshwaran Mylsamy Vivekanandhan Chinnasamy Effect of Blend Ratio on the Thermal Comfort Characteristics of Cotton/Bamboo Blended Fabrics Journal of Natural Fibers thermal conductivity thermal resistance air permeability water vapour permeability cotton/bamboo thermal comfort property |
| title | Effect of Blend Ratio on the Thermal Comfort Characteristics of Cotton/Bamboo Blended Fabrics |
| title_full | Effect of Blend Ratio on the Thermal Comfort Characteristics of Cotton/Bamboo Blended Fabrics |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Blend Ratio on the Thermal Comfort Characteristics of Cotton/Bamboo Blended Fabrics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Blend Ratio on the Thermal Comfort Characteristics of Cotton/Bamboo Blended Fabrics |
| title_short | Effect of Blend Ratio on the Thermal Comfort Characteristics of Cotton/Bamboo Blended Fabrics |
| title_sort | effect of blend ratio on the thermal comfort characteristics of cotton bamboo blended fabrics |
| topic | thermal conductivity thermal resistance air permeability water vapour permeability cotton/bamboo thermal comfort property |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2020.1731903 |
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