Quantification of fiber shedding from cotton fabrics during drying in a domestic heat pump tumble dryer

Novak, Lovrenc (author), Malneršič, Aleš (author), Hočevar, Marko (author)

Tumble drying of textiles is associated with mechanical and thermal stress,which leads to textile damage and shedding of fibers. In this study, fibershedding from cotton textiles is investigated by evaluating the mass of fibersaccumulated on different filters positioned downstream of the tumble dryerdrum. The total mass of fibers at the end of drying was positively correlatedwith the dry mass of the loaded textiles. By observing the time-dependentaccumulation of fibers on a high-performance filter, three different phases offiber shedding could be identified. In the first phase, which lasted up toa textile moisture content of about 35%, only minimal fiber accumulationwas detected. The following phase lasted almost until the end of drying andshowed the highest fiber accumulation rates. In the last phase, the rate offiber accumulation decreased. The experiments also showed that longertumbling of textiles with a lower moisture content led to a greater totalmass of accumulated fibers. To reduce fiber shedding, damage to the textilesand the resulting pollution, it is recommended to reduce the mechanicalloading of textiles, especially in the final stages of the drying process.

• Language: English
• Keywords: tumble drying, fiber shedding, cotton, microfiber, textile damage, fiber emission
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 23 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 21, no. 1, art. 2375520
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-161965
• UDC: 677.21:648.33
• ISSN on article: 1544-046X
• DOI: 10.1080/15440478.2024.2375520
• COBISS.SI-ID: 207899907
• Publication date in RUL: 18.09.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of natural fibers
• Publisher: Haworth Press
• ISSN: 1544-046X
• COBISS.SI-ID: 521905689

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: sušenje perila, izločanje vlaken, bombaž, mikrovlakna, poškodbe tekstilij, emisija vlaken

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: L2-3174
• Name: Nizkoemisijsko gospodinjsko strojno sušenje z vrednotenjem poškodb tekstilnih materialov