한국섬유공학회지 (Textile Science and Engineering)

  • 제57권6호
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  • Pages.332-339
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  • 2020
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  • 1225-1089(pISSN)
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  • 2288-6419(eISSN)
한국섬유공학회 (The Korean Fiber Society)
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천연 중공섬유를 이용한 부직포의 제조 및 활용

Preparation and Their Application of Nonwoven Fabrics Using Natural Hollow Fibers

  • 김정연 (한국생산기술연구원 섬유융합연구부문) ;
  • 최영옥 (한국생산기술연구원 섬유융합연구부문)
  • Kim, Jung Yeon (Advanced Textile R&D Department, Research Institute of Convergence Technology, KITECH) ;
  • Choi, Yeong Og (Advanced Textile R&D Department, Research Institute of Convergence Technology, KITECH)
  • 투고 : 2020.11.01
  • 심사 : 2020.12.09
  • 발행 : 2020.12.31
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초록

Kapok fibers are one of the natural cellulosic fibers obtained from the seeds of kapok trees. It has a huge hollow structure, good buoyancy, and excellent oil absorbing properties. But it is limitedly used because of its mechanical weakness and difficulty to prepare nonwoven fabrics. In this study, kapok fibers which were mixed with polypropylene (PP) fibers or hollow conjugated polyester fiber (HCF) or other fibers at several weight ratios were carded and bonded, resulting nonwoven fabrics for various applications like oil absorbent, fuel/water separation filter, sound absorbent, and down-like materials. The prepared kapok nonwovens showed better sound absorption properties and good oil absorption characteristics over 30 times of its weight than that of controlled PP nonwoven. They also have a high water-in-fuel separation efficiency attributed to the hydrophobic-oleophilic characteristics of kapok fiber. The warmth keeping property of kapok nonwovens is similar to that of goose or duck down product, so it can be used as substitute for down materials. Therefore, it is expected that prepared kapok nonwovens can be applied as eco-friendly industrial materials with high performances by selecting of mixing fibers and ratio and controlling of process condition suitable for use.

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