Innovations
Vol. 10 (2022), Issue 1, pg(s) 36-39

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

Disinfection and dye adsorption efficiency of functionalised nonwoven adsorbent for household textile laundering

  • 1 University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Engineering Materials and Design

Abstract

The efficiency of an adsorbent has been investigated for the removal of released textile dyes and micro-organisms during household textile laundering. The results show that laundering with the addition of the striped adsorbent and IEC A* detergent reduced the higher log step reduction of Sa (more than 4 log steps) compared to laundering without detergent (2.62 log step reduction), or laundering in a blind bath (1.61 log step reduction). The sorption efficiency of the functionalised nonwoven adsorbent is limited, capable of adsorption of a maximum of 0.1 g/L of reactive dye from the washing bath. Laundering in a bath of 20 °C, with the addition of a striped textile adsorbent or in combination with detergent IEC A*, does not prevent biocontamination of the washing bath and textile load.

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