Integration of temperature sensors in fabrics
Integration of temperature sensors in fabrics
Temperature measurements are useful in the monitoring of foot ulcer and wound infections of diabetic patients, changes in skin or ambient temperatures and cardiovascular health evaluations for health applications. For improved wearability, e-textile garments design for such applications often require the temperature sensors to be completely enclosed within the fabric without compromising the fabric property and the sensor sensitivity or performance significantly. This poster reports the integration of temperature sensing filaments within a fabric structure using a textile weaving process is reported. The filament is inserted into bespoke pockets woven within the body of the fabric which conceals the electronic functionality from the user and does not compromise the physical properties of the fabric. The thermistor on the filament is also protected by flexible encapsulation consisting of one or a combination of a hot-melt thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), polyimide films (PI) and blends of polyester/cotton fabrics of varied thicknesses. In e-textiles, encapsulations enhance the durability and life-time of the integrated electronics but can also limit the sensitivity of an enclosed sensor to its measurand. Hence, the effect of these encapsulations on the thermal sensitivity of the thermistor is investigated. Experimental results show that encapsulated sensors enclosed with the fabrics are accurate to 80 % confidence interval of the un-encapsulated sensor measurement between 30 ºC and 75 ºC. Results also shows that reduced fabric and encapsulation thicknesses around the thermistor can improve the cooling time of the sensor by 40%.
Komolafe, Abiodun
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Torah, Russel
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Tudor, Michael
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Beeby, Stephen
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Komolafe, Abiodun
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Torah, Russel
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Tudor, Michael
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Beeby, Stephen
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Komolafe, Abiodun, Torah, Russel, Tudor, Michael and Beeby, Stephen
(2019)
Integration of temperature sensors in fabrics.
In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS).
IEEE.
2 pp
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(doi:10.1109/FLEPS.2019.8792294).
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Temperature measurements are useful in the monitoring of foot ulcer and wound infections of diabetic patients, changes in skin or ambient temperatures and cardiovascular health evaluations for health applications. For improved wearability, e-textile garments design for such applications often require the temperature sensors to be completely enclosed within the fabric without compromising the fabric property and the sensor sensitivity or performance significantly. This poster reports the integration of temperature sensing filaments within a fabric structure using a textile weaving process is reported. The filament is inserted into bespoke pockets woven within the body of the fabric which conceals the electronic functionality from the user and does not compromise the physical properties of the fabric. The thermistor on the filament is also protected by flexible encapsulation consisting of one or a combination of a hot-melt thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), polyimide films (PI) and blends of polyester/cotton fabrics of varied thicknesses. In e-textiles, encapsulations enhance the durability and life-time of the integrated electronics but can also limit the sensitivity of an enclosed sensor to its measurand. Hence, the effect of these encapsulations on the thermal sensitivity of the thermistor is investigated. Experimental results show that encapsulated sensors enclosed with the fabrics are accurate to 80 % confidence interval of the un-encapsulated sensor measurement between 30 ºC and 75 ºC. Results also shows that reduced fabric and encapsulation thicknesses around the thermistor can improve the cooling time of the sensor by 40%.
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Accepted/In Press date: 8 July 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 8 August 2019
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1st IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, FLEPS 2019, , Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2019-07-07 - 2019-07-10
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Abiodun Komolafe
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Russel Torah
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Michael Tudor
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Stephen Beeby
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