Green Technology in Textile Processing: Part IV-Eco-Friendly Dyeing of Polyester/Cotton Fabric
Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research Vol. 24, March 1999,-pp. 64-69 Green technology in textile processing: Part IV-Eco-friendly dyeing of polyester/cotton fabric H T Deo', A I Wasif, B K Desai & Arindam Chakraborty Division of Technology of Fibres and Textile Processing, Department of Chemical Technology, University ofMumbai, Matunga, Mumbai 400 019, India Received 31 March 1998; accepted 3 June 1998 New eco-friendly dyeing processes are described for dyeing of polyester/cotton blend fabrics with disperselreactive and di sperse/vat dyes. By process modifications (Eco-Dyeing I and Eco-Dyeing II) and by substituting the non-ecofriendly chemicals with the eco-friendly ones, a significant reduction in pollution load in terms of Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Chemical Oxygen Demand'(COD) has been achieved. The reductions achieved in BOD and COD respectively are 10.47% and 14.38% for dyeing with disperse/reactive dyes and 7.56% and 12.82% for dyeing with disperse/vat dyes. A substantial saving in water consumption has also been achieved in both the methods of dyeing. Eco-Dyeing II , in particular, results in 85 % saving in water consumption. Keywords : Disperse dye, Dyeing, Eco-dyeing, Polyester/cotton fabric, Reactive dye, Vat dye, Water recycl in g I Introduction Kenyon4 reported that polyester/cotton blends can In recent years, the production capacity of polyes be dyed by reverse dyeing technique with vinyl sul ter has increased tremendously in India. Due to the phone colours. leI reported a process for batch col existing tropical conditions, a large proportion of the ouration of polyester/cotton blends, wherein alkali polyester produced is blended with cotton, viscose stable disperse dyes and high-exhaust reactive dyes and .
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