Hohenstein research examines performance of cooling textiles
13/06/2017
The organisation said it has been created in response to a need in the textile industry for a way of evaluating the cooling performance of textiles. To measure the quality of the cooling process, the system needs to be able to assess factors like temperature range, duration and the impact on the heat/humidity balance of the wearer, it said.
Hohenstein used its heat release tester, WATson to devise the new evaluation system. Its aim was for the system to compare the results of the WATson heat loss tester with data from experiments on subjects in a climate chamber under different ambient conditions.
The research progressed as follows:
•Measuring the performance of cooling textiles using WATson
•Carrying out monitored wearer trials in a climate chamber to examine different cooling textiles in a variety of ambient conditions (e.g. temperature, humidity, wind)
•Examining the cooling effect of textiles on different parts of the body
•Examining the cooling effect of textiles with different levels of physical exertion
Hohenstein explained that after analysing the data from the various research stages, its intention is to “provide the industry with an efficient thermophysiological system for the evaluation of cooling textiles”.
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