15 National Chemical Engineering Students Conference (PRAKALP-2019)

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ECOFRIENDLY PROCESSING OF COTTON

Mohit Bansal , Atharva Dilip Choudhari
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D.K.T.E.’s Society Textile and Engineering Institute & Ichalkaranji
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D.K.T.E.’s Society Textile and Engineering Institute & Ichalkaranji

Methods:-
• Recipe:-
• 1-2% enzyme
Abstract:-Textile industry is the largest one next to agriculture in the Enzyme
• Temp. – 40-50 C
country where most of the people are employed. Wet processing of cotton • Salt- 0.5gpl
desizing • pH- acidic(5.5)
required high quantity of water and energy for desizing, scouring and
bleaching process. Conventionally these processes are carried by using harsh • Time- 60min
chemical which gives water pollution. In order to control water pollution • Recipe:-
enzyme can be used for processing of cotton. At a same time enzyme • Enzyme- 5gpl
required low temperature which gives high energy conservation. This study is • Temp- 55 C
focused on comparative analysis between conventional desizing with enzyme
Bio scouring • pH- alkaline(8)
desizing, alkaline scouring with bio-scouring, conventional bleaching with bio • Time- 60min
bleaching and conventional combine scouring bleaching with bio combine
scouring-bleaching. So advantages of bioprocessing can be described in terms • Recipe:-
of technology as well as economy • Chemical- peracetic acid
Bio bleaching • Temp- 65 C
• pH- Neutral

Results and discussions:-

Introduction:- Absorbency result –In case of cotton, best absorbency was obtained with

conventional process using 9g/l H2O2. Bio 6 on cotton

shows good absorbency relative to conventional 6.

Weight loss %: From the results we see
that the weight loss % is higher in
conventional process compared to the
bio-process. So we can assume that more
impurities have been removed from the
fabric treated by conventional alkaline
process and are more effective in this case than the bio-process.

Whiteness index: It can be seen from the

graph that, in case of cotton,

8
cotton
the
whiteness index is highest for the fabric
7

processed with 9g/l H2O2 in the

5

4
conventional way and the others are
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almost same2

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Strength loss: Compared to the 0
cotton
C B C B

conventional process, loss of strength in

both the fibres is found to be very low in
Conclusion:-
the respective bio-processes. This means
Use of enzymes is one of the methods to replace the
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compared to acid desizing.
Enzymatic scouring can be carried out at low
temperature as compared to conventional alkaline
scouring. It reduces water pollution that is less COD,
BOD and TDS. Also strength loss is less as compared to
conventional process. H2O2 can be successfully
replaced by using glucose oxidase enzyme and
catalase enzyme can be used for the removal of
residual H202 from the fabric.
Combine scouring and bleaching of cotton by using
enzymes saves water and energy as compared to
conventional process.
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