Application of Phase Changing Materials
Abstract
Clothing - that responds to the environmental changes and adapt accordingly to make the wearer comfort - are a long time challenge to the textile engineers. Integrating various material sciences with textiles have yielded many tailor made intelligent textile structures. This paper is concerned about the application of phase change materials into the thermal comfort regulation of textile clothing. Materials that are capable of storing and dissipating heat energy at their unique conditions are identified and the same could cope up with textile fibrous materials have been successfully implemented by a variety of techniques like micro encapsulation, coating etc. These integrated structures perform the action of either absorbing or releasing heat to keep the person in comfort. This paper elaborates their specified background of successful integration and implementation that serve its best to the customer concerned.
The Author is Sr.Lecturer, Dept. of Textile Technology, K.S.R.College of Technology, Tiruchengode, India
