Multi-effect woven fabric for energy harvesting and heat management

A multi-effect woven fabric for energy harvesting and heat management, said multi-effect woven fabric comprising:

• a combination of a predetermined number of yarns woven in a repeating pattern to increase interactions between said yarns, wherein said combination of yarns comprise a plurality of yarn sets in said repeating pattern forming a weft and a warp, wherein said yarn sets in at least one of said weft and said warp comprise yarns of different types, wherein one or more of said different types of yarns in said yarn sets are in one of twisted and non-twisted arrangement, and wherein said yarns comprise:
• a first yarn for absorbing, storing, and releasing heat energy through a phase change;
• a second yarn for harvesting heat energy from skin of a wearer, heat energy released from said first yarn, and heat energy generated from a third yarn of said multi-effect woven fabric and converting said harvested heat energy into far infrared radiation energy, and for radiating said far infrared radiation energy to other of said yarns and to said skin of said wearer;
• said third yarn for absorbing moisture from one or more of said skin of said wearer and ambient environment and generating said heat energy through an exothermic process between said moisture and said third yarn;
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• a fourth yarn with a hydrophobic property for removing moisture from said third yarn when said fourth yarn is in contact with said third yarn;
• wherein said yarns of said multi-effect woven fabric worn by said wearer maintains a uniform temperature on said skin of said wearer by a combination of said heat energy generation, said heat energy harvesting, and said radiation of said heat energy within said multi-effect woven fabric and between said multi-effect woven fabric and said skin of said wearer.