A study on drying of textile substrates and a new concept for the enhancement of drying rate

Journal of the Textile Institute

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 635-644

  Gurudatt, K ^a   Nadkarni, Vikas M ^a   Khilar, Kartik C ^b  

^a RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Absorption; Drying; GATS; IR thermography; Moisture management

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CAPACITY; ABSORPTION RATES; ABSORPTION TESTS; DRYING RATES; DRYING TIME; FALLING-RATE PERIOD; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; IR THERMOGRAPHY; LIMITING PROCESS; MOISTURE MANAGEMENT; NEW CONCEPT; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYESTER FABRIC; POLYESTER YARN; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEXTILE SUBSTRATES; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WICKING;

ABSORPTION; COTTON; CURING; DESORPTION; KNIT FABRICS; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEXTILE FIBERS; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

INFRARED DRYING;

ABSORPTION; COTTON FIBER; DESORPTION; DRYING; MOISTURE; POLYESTER FIBER; SUBSTRATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WICKING;

EID: 77953941306     PISSN: 00405000     EISSN: 17542340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00405000902732776     Document Type: Article

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