Abstract
On the market there are various heatable fabrics with a mobile energy source and a heating power of approximately 10 watts. Examples for heatable fabrics are multilayer outdoor fabrics (pants and jackets), one layer fabrics (jackets, vests), underwear (shirts and paints), gloves, socks and shoes and accessories like a kidney belt. Up to now heatable textile fabrics are in the focus of research activities but have not been a large market. The reasons for this are several: technical problems during the life time, unfavourable system design, usage restriction caused by low life of storage battery or problems by cleaning and washing. The German research project 17708BG has the aim to investigate the clothing physiological aspects of heatable fabrics and the comfort of such fabrics.
Highlights
On the market there are various heatable fabrics with a mobile energy source and a heating power of approximately 10 watts
Up to now heatable textile fabrics are in the focus of research activities but have not been a large market
The investigation with the thermal manikin Charlie of different clothing systems shows the influence of heating effect depending on the position of the heating elements in the clothing
Summary
On the market there are various heatable fabrics with a mobile energy source and a heating power of approximately 10 watts. Examples for heatable fabrics are multilayer outdoor fabrics (pants and jackets), one layer fabrics (jackets, vests), underwear (shirts and paints), gloves, socks and shoes and accessories like a kidney belt. Up to now heatable textile fabrics are in the focus of research activities but have not been a large market. The reasons for this are several: technical problems during the life time, unfavourable system design, usage restriction caused by low life of storage battery or problems by cleaning and washing. The German research project 17708BG has the aim to investigate the clothing physiological aspects of heatable fabrics and the comfort of such fabrics
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