A Sustainable Continuous Traditional and Bio Scouring Process for Better Fabric Dyeing

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M. Jayakumari, Shivaraj R. Kulkarni, J. Hayavadana, K. Srinivasulu, R. Paranthaman, Vibha Kapoor, S. O. Mohan and C. Chakradhar

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Conventional scouring has been replaced with Bio scouring process in recent days in textile industry keeping in mind the advantage of bio scouring over dyeing. Though bio scouring is advantageous in terms of dye processing, both the processes lags when it comes to sustainability, where the resources utilized from scratch to processed fiber is huge and harmful. Keeping this in mind, we have proposed a process where a continuous bio scouring process was used. The results obtained in terms of material properties were equal to the bio scouring process, but from sustainability point of view, the novel process has saved around 42% of energy, 50 % of water and 33.33% of time with respect to bio scouring. The results obtained were reproducible and this method can have a huge implication on textile processing as it is aligned to one of the sustainability goals.

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