EU PCM TEXTILE PROJECT DEVELOPS NEW HIGH-TECH COOLING AND HEATING FABRICS
April 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EURO 2.8 million European Union (EU)-funded research project is developing new technology to incorporate warming and cooling phase-changing materials (PCMs) within textile fibres. The 'Novel temperature regulating fibres and garments' (Noterefiga) project has been exploring novel ways of incorporating PCMs in fibres, so that when body temperatures increase the PCM melts and absorbs latent heat, crystallising when the temperature drops and releasing heat for the wearer. Notably, Noterefiga will investigate using new bio-based fibres such as ...
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