Study of the development of functional thermoregulation textiles for application in mattresses
Tutor / Supervisor
Student
Díaz Torrents, Alba
Document type
Master thesis
Date
2024
rights
Open Access
Publisher
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
UPCommons
Abstract
A project of a study and the development of functional thermoregulation textiles for applications in mattresses is carried out, with the aim to create a product that directly warms people instead of heating the spaces, thus reducing the environmental impact of energy use for heating, and helping to address the global climate crisis. To achieve this objective, contextualisation of technical concepts is worked on, and a search of published articles of similar research and of commercial products existing is carried out. Following the information search, prototypes were designed and elaborated by two textile processes, embroidering and knitting, elaborated by two types of conductive yarns. Subsequently, several tests are carried out to characterise the yarns and the fabrics, as well as their thermal response to the application of electrical stimuli. The results show that the best option of the thermoregulable smart textiles prototypes produced is the one embroidered with stainless-steel yarn. In addition, a possible alternative for improving the solution presented and continuing with the investigation is proposed
