Thermal Analysis of Heating–Cooling Mat of Textile Incubator for Infants

• Autorzy: Mikołajczyk Zbigniew , Szałek Agnieszka

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.2478/aut-2021-0029

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

On the medical device market there are several types of stationary and portable incubators that can be used in the care of infants. The prototype of a textile incubator made as part of this work consists of five material layers. The textile incubator is equipped with a functional heating and cooling mat, which is made on the basis of 3D channeled weft-knitted fabric. Its function is to generate heat and maintain it inside the textile incubator or to cool the baby's body while using therapeutic hypothermia. The mat is equipped with hoses transporting the heating or cooling medium. The mat, depending on variable input parameters, can emit heat in the range from 1.15 W to 86.88 W. In case of the cooling function, it can receive heat in the range from −4.32 to −27.96 W. This indicates a large adjustment range of the amount of heat supplied and received, which is a positive feature, and enables programming the heat balance to ensure comfort for the baby. The analysis of temperature measurements on the mat surface confirmed that maximum temperature differences do not exceed 1.6°C.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

heating-cooling mat; textile incubator; thermal analysis; thermal comfort; knitted fabric

PL

mata grzewczo-chłodząca; inkubator tekstylny; analiza termiczna; komfort termiczny; dzianina

• Wydawca: Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design
• Czasopismo: Autex Research Journal
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 21, no. 3
• Strony: 305--322
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 21 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Mikołajczyk Zbigniew

• Department of Knitting Technology and Textile Machines Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland

autor

Szałek Agnieszka

• Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres Lodz, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).