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RECORD NUMBER: 9 OF 18Main Title | Mercerisage du Fil le Coton et Rincage en Cascades a Contre-Courant et Recyclage de la Soude (Counter-Current Rinsing and Recycling of Soda in Rinsewater from Mercerizing). | |||||||||||
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CORP Author | Economic Commission for Europe (UN), Geneva (Switzerland). Working Party on Low and Non-Waste Technology and Re-Utilization and Recycling of Wastes.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. | |||||||||||
Publisher | 8 Jul 81 | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1981 | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB95-233698 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Textiles ; Mercerizing ; Waste minimization ; Textile finishing ; Rinse procedures ; Counter-current rinsing ; Foreign technology | |||||||||||
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Collation | 18p | |||||||||||
Abstract | The company performs mercerizing followed by rinsing in running water and allowing recycle of the soda after concentration. The actual mercerizing operation is identical except for the fact that the mercerizer used is more automated the cotton is immersed in a soda bath containing wetting agent. But the rinsing, instead of taking place in three baths of water (hot then cold) that are discharged after use, takes place in a stream of running water the rinse water is progressively filled with soda until it is concentrated enough to profitably employ an evaporator to further concentrate it. The concentrated soda is then recycled for mercerizing, along with the wetting agent it contains. |