Sustainnable fibres and textiles / edited by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu.

Other author Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Cambridge, MA.] : Woodhead Publishing, [2017]
Descriptionxi, 403 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBook - Engineering 2017 [EBCE17]
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SeriesTextile Institute book series
Textile Institute book series. ^A1355711
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to sustainable fibres and textiles / Subburaj Suganya -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Principles of sustainability -- 1.3. Sustainable fibre production -- 1.4. Sustainability of textile industries -- 1.5. Future trends -- Sources of further information and advice -- References -- pt. One Sustainable fibre production -- 2. Sustainable cotton production / Shanthi Radhakrishnan -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Key sustainability issues in cotton farming -- 2.3. Sustainable crop management -- 2.4. Sustainability and selective breeding -- 2.5. Sustainable cotton processing -- 2.6. Future trends and conclusion -- References -- 3. Sustainable production of bast fibres / Sanjoy Debnath -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Production of some important bast fibres: status of fibre extraction, mechanical processing (spinning and weaving) of bast fibres, chemical processing, product development, product diversification and added value -- 3.3. Sustainability of bast fibre in future -- 3.4. Conclusions and suggestions for further research for sustainable development of bast fibres -- References -- Further reading -- 4. Sustainable wool production in India / Seiko Jose -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Sheep and wool production trend in India -- 4.3. Quality of Indian wool -- 4.4. Wool marketing practices in India -- 4.5. Sorting and grading of wool -- 4.6. Price structure of wool that arrives in mandies -- 4.7. Import of wool to India -- 4.8. Diversity in Indian sheep breeds -- 4.9. Apparel wool breeds -- 4.10. Carpet wool -- 4.11. Superior carpet wool breeds -- 4.12. Coarse wool breeds -- 4.13. Production system and farming practices -- 4.14. Breeding strategies for sustainable wool production -- 4.15. Cross-breeding involving exotic breeds: for fine wool production -- 4.16. Sustainability and selective breeding -- 4.17. Breeding strategies -- 4.18. Processing strategies for sustainable wool production -- 4.19. Process of removing coarser fibres -- 4.20. Geo-textile application of coarser wools -- 4.21. Wool nonwovens -- 4.22. Applications of wool nonwovens in filtration media -- 4.23. Applications of wool nonwovens in thermal insulation -- 4.24. Miscellaneous applications of wool nonwovens -- 4.25. Major constraints faced by wool in India -- 4.26. Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 5. Ecological dyeing of wool with biomordants / Faqeer Mohammad -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Biomordants in wool dyeing -- 5.3. Some natural colourants for wool -- 5.4. Current challenges in wool dyeing -- 5.5. Conclusion and future aspects -- References -- 6. Sustainable silk production / R. Rathinamoorthy -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Silk -- 6.3. Life-cycle assessment of silk production -- 6.4. Sustainable production of mulberry leaves -- 6.5. Sustainable dyeing of silk -- 6.6. Sustainable silk materials -- 6.7. Sustainable spider silk -- 6.8. Silk in sustainable luxury fashion -- 6.9. Conclusion and outlook -- References -- Further reading -- 7. Sustainable production of regenerated cellulosic fibres / Faqeer Mohammad -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Key sustainability issues in regenerated fibre production -- 7.3. Production of regenerated fibres -- 7.4. Closed-loop manufacturing of high wet modulus rayon and Lyocell -- 7.5. High wet modulus rayon -- 7.6. Lyocell manufacturing -- 7.7. Production of regenerated bamboo fibres -- 7.8. Future trends -- 7.9. Conclusion -- Sources of further information and advice -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 8. Sustainable synthetic fibre production / R. Rathinamoorthy -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Environmental impact of textiles -- 8.3. Biodegradable polymers -- 8.4. Sustainable production of polyester fibres -- 8.5. Sustainable nylon -- 8.6. Sustainable carbon fibre production -- 8.7. Recycling of synthetic fibres -- 8.8. Conclusions and outlook -- References -- Further reading -- pt. Two Sustainable textile and apparel production -- 9. Low water-consumption technologies for textile production / Guruprasad Raghavendran -- 9.1. Introduction -- Technologies to reduce water footprint of textile products -- 9.2. Plasma technology -- 9.3. Ultrasonic-assisted dyeing technology -- 9.4. Supercritical carbon dioxide technology -- 9.5. Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 10. Sustainable chemical technologies for textile production / Asim K. Roy Choudhury -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Sustainability -- 10.3. Sustainability issues in current textile production -- 10.4. Sustainable processing -- 10.5. Greener textile materials -- 10.6. Greener preparatory processes -- 10.7. Enzyme processing -- 10.8. Greener bleaching methods -- 10.9. Colouring matters -- 10.10. Textile chemicals -- 10.11. Greener dyeing processes -- 10.12. Future trends -- References -- Further reading -- 11. Sustainable wastewater treatments in textile sector / Anbalagan Saravanan -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Wastewater treatment in textile industry -- 11.3. Pollution loads for various textile materials -- 11.4. Laws for wastewater textile pollutants in various countries -- 11.5. Sustainable chemicals -- 11.6. Sustainable wastewater treatment methods -- 11.7. Case studies -- 11.8. Challenges -- 11.9. Future trends -- 11.10. Conclusion -- Sources of further information and advice -- References -- 12. Sustainable chemical management and zero discharges / K. Amutha -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Sustainability issues in the current scenario -- 12.3. Detox campaign -- 12.4. Zero discharge of hazardous chemicals and similar industrial initiatives -- 12.5. 11 Flagship chemicals and zero discharge of hazardous chemicals audits -- 12.6. Restricted substances list and manufacturing restricted substances list -- 12.7. Substance of very high concern -- 12.8. Zero liquid discharge -- 12.9. Industry trends: sustainable chemical management and zero discharges -- 12.10. Challenges -- 12.11. Future trends -- 12.12. Conclusion -- Sources of further information and advice -- References -- Further reading -- 13. Sustainable production and application of natural fibre-based nonwoven / Sanjoy Debnath -- 13.1. Introduction: nonwovens and their types, consumption and world share of nonwovens and natural fibre-based nonwovens -- 13.2. Design, development and application of natural fibre-based nonwovens: current status of natural fibre-based nonwovens and an evaluation of their different properties for specific application, product diversification and added value -- 13.3. Sustainability of lignocellulosic fibre-based nonwovens in future technical textiles -- 13.4. Conclusions and suggestions for further research -- References -- Further reading.
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LCCN 2017394845
ISBN0081020414
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