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TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL
Volume 93, Issue 11-12, Pages 2620-2632Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/00405175221146746
Keywords
Textile desizing; UVC processing; life cycle assessment (LCA); sustainability; polyvinyl alcohol
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The textile industry has a high demand for energy and water, especially in the desizing process. However, a sustainable technique using ultraviolet C irradiation has been developed, which saves a significant amount of water, time, and energy while maintaining the quality of cotton fabric. The treated fabric shows no significant change in structure and life cycle analysis confirms its sustainability.
The textile industry has an enormous demand for energy and water. The traditional desizing method requires approximately 120 L kg(-1) of water to remove size. A sustainable process has been developed using ultraviolet C for polyvinyl alcohol-based textile desizing. With the help of ultraviolet C irradiation, the cotton fabric desizing is accomplished at a lower temperature to save approximately 67% of water, 68% of time, and 83% of energy compared with conventional process without compromising the quality. The treated fabric has been characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and wide-angle X-ray diffraction and shows no significant change in the structure of the cotton. Life cycle analysis confirms the new technique is sustainable.
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