A climate sail that lives up to the word 'sail'? This was created as part of a research project at the Saxon Textile Research Institute.
The aim of the research project was the development of customizable, large-area textile-based heating and cooling structures for temperature control and energy harvesting. In addition to thick corrugated hose materials, thin capillary tubes were also textile-coated on adapted knitting machines.
Flexible, partly mobile heating/cooling sails were created, which can be used on site with little assembly effort and almost "ready clad". The resulting modular climate sails can be used, for example, in the interior of semi-stationary buildings, large tents or conservatories. The areas can be worked more openly or densely as required.
The Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI) is a non-profit research facility dedicated to process and product-related research and development work. As an affiliated institute, it has been working together with Chemnitz University of Technology since 2006. The research project (Reg. No. MF 160193), in which BEKA was involved as a third-party provider, was funded by the BMWi within the INNO-KOM-Ost funding program.
Developments such as this textile climate sail show that the capillary tube mat has not reached the end of its innovative power even after more than 30 years.
Further information can be found in the innovation catalog of the BMWi.
Foto: STFI