Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Civil Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
1-2008
Abstract/Description
As the Textile Industry is the second largest industry in Egypt and as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up a great portion of this industry therein it is essential to apply the concept of Cleaner Production for the purpose of reducing pollution. In order to achieve this goal, a case study concerned with ecofriendly stone-washing of jeans-garments was investigated. A raw material-substitution option was adopted whereby the toxic potassium permanganate and sodium sulfide were replaced by the environmentally compatible hydrogen peroxide and glucose respectively where the concentrations of both replaced chemicals together with the operating time were optimized. In addition, a process-rationalization option involving four additional processes was investigated. By means of criteria such as product quality, effluent analysis, mass and heat balance; and cost analysis with the aid of a statistical model, a process optimization treatment revealed that the superior process optima were 50%, 0.15% and 50min for H2O2 concentration, glucose concentration and time, respectively. With these values the superior process ought to reduce the annual cost by about EGP 105 relative to the currently used conventional method.
Publication Title
International Journal of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Publisher
ResearchGate
Scholarly Commons Citation
El-Sayed, M. M., Ibrahim, N. A., Abdel Moneim, N. M., & Ramadan, M. A. (2008). A Multiple-Objective Environmental Rationalization and Optimization for Material Substitution in the Production of Stone-Washed Jeans- Garments. International Journal of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 1(4). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/1797
