Investigation of thermo-regulating properties of multilayer textile package

Abstract

Thermal comfort of a clothing system is one of the important goals of the clothing manufacturers that require an engineering approach. In this research work a thermo-regulating textile packages were developed and a wearing comfort of protective clothing consisting from those packages was improved. The organic microcapsules of phase change materials that have different binding to the fibre mechanisms were padded on the fabric surface by pad-dry-cure method. The thermal properties and stabilities were measured using differential scanning calorimetry. The results demonstrate that 20% higher values of thermal resistance were obtained after incorporation of fabric, coated by PCMs into lining layer of multilayer textile package. By using such multilayer fabric systems with incorporated phase change material for military protective garments, the wearer’s comfort can be enhanced substantially and the occurrence of heat stress can be prevented.