Eco-friendly dyeing of raw cotton fibres in an ethanol–water mixture without scouring and bleaching pretreatments
Liangjun Xia, Aming Wang, Yunli Wang, Chunhua Zhang, Yangyang Wang, Sijie Zhou, Zhuan Fu, Hui Zhao, Cailing Ding, Weilin Xu
Abstract
Industrial-scale dyeing of raw cotton fibers with low discharge of dyeing effluents was realized by establishing an ethanol recovery system.
Topics & Concepts
DyeingPulp and paper industryEffluentRaw materialChemistryEthanolEnvironmentally friendlyWaste managementOrganic chemistryEngineeringEcologyBiologyDyeing and Modifying Textile FibersEnzyme-mediated dye degradation