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Project

Study and characterization of tribo-electric phenomena in textiles

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01CD0723

Duration

01 April 2023 → 31 December 2023

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Lieva Van Langenhove

Fellow

Hasan Riaz Tahir

Research disciplines

Engineering and technology
- Textiles

Keywords

electrostatics objective testing electrostatic charges floor coverings

Project description

This research focuses on tribo electric phenomena in textiles. A first aim is to study a novel electrostatic
characterization device that offers a variety of settings for controlling sample electrostatic activation
providing a variety of possibilities for testing the effect of various movement features on electrostatic
charge generation. Targeted applications are: floor covering, filtration and energy harvesting.

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