Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.1080/00051144.2021.1943186
Development of conductive thread heating element on wireless heating e-textile belt for thermotherapy application
Meo Vincent Caya
; School of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Mapúa University, Manila, Philippines
Rodney Gian Yrureta
; School of Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Mapúa University, Manila, Philippines
Wen-Yaw Chung
; Department of Electronics Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Zailla P. Flores-Payag
; Department of Science and Technology, Philippine Textile Research Institute, Taguig City, Philippines
Sažetak
Thermotherapy is the application of heat as a relief for pain and discomfort. That is because heat stimulates the sensory receptors in an isolated section of the body decreasing the transmission of pain signals to the brain. This study presents a heating e-textile belt to provide the needed temperatures for thermotherapy using conductive thread as heating elements. Bekinox 50/1 (BK 50/1) and conductive thread provided by Philippine Textile and Research Institute (PTRI) were tested on the threads’ temperature response to the input voltage. A regression model having 30 samples each thread was computed and tested using T-test, both data samples obtained scores of 28.30499 for the BK 50/1 and 1.18830 for the PTRI conductive thread with a critical score of . BK 50/1 showed a linear relationship with the input voltage while the PTRI conductive thread showed none. The heating element made of BK 50/1 conductive thread was developed and has the capability of producing needed temperatures for thermotherapy. Implementing this heating element to the system, a series of 10 trials with different target temperatures was done. It produced accurate temperatures with a mean percent error of 0.1420%, 0.5051% maximum.
Ključne riječi
Heating e-textile belt; thermotherapy; Bekinox 50/1; PTRI conductive thread
Hrčak ID:
269843
URI
Datum izdavanja:
20.10.2021.
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