Removal of colorants from wastewater: A review on sources and treatment strategies

KG Pavithra, V Jaikumar - Journal of Industrial and Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Treatments of dye wastewater from the industries are to be done in order to control the
negative impact to our environment due to polluted water. In this review, recent technologies …

Critical review on sustainability in denim: A step toward sustainable production and consumption of denim

AP Periyasamy, S Periyasami - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
The exponential development in knowledge on the health and environmental concerns
linked to conventional denim processing is directly responsible for the continuous increase …

Microfiber emissions from functionalized textiles: potential threat for human health and environmental risks

AP Periyasamy - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The growing worldwide population is directly responsible for the increased production and
consumption of textile products. One of the key reasons for the generation of microfibers is …

Sustainable textile dyeing processes

G Varadarajan, P Venkatachalam - Environmental chemistry letters, 2016 - Springer
Textile effluents are characterized by high chemical oxygen demand, biological oxygen
demand, total dissolved solids, pH and colour. Fabric preparation steps, such as desizing …

Eco-friendly approaches for dyeing multiple type of fabrics with cationic reactive dyes

H **ao, T Zhao, CH Li, MY Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017 - Elsevier
The water pollution and water consumption have become two big challenges to the
sustainable development in the textile dyeing industry. In this work, a series of …

Sustainability in textile dyeing: recent developments

AP Periyasamy, J Militky - Sustainability in the textile and apparel …, 2020 - Springer
The textile industry is one of the largest contributors to environmental threats globally,
producing 60 billion kilograms of fabric annually and using up to 9 trillion gallons of water …

Environmentally Friendly Approach to the Reduction of Microplastics during Domestic Washing: Prospects for Machine Vision in Microplastics Reduction

AP Periyasamy - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increase in the global population is directly responsible for the acceleration in the
production as well as the consumption of textile products. The use of textiles and garment …

Life-cycle assessment of denim

AP Periyasamy, J Wiener, J Militky - Sustainability in denim, 2017 - Elsevier
The textile industry has one of the largest environmental impacts in the world. Owing to
ecological concerns, it is necessary to find ways to reduce these environmental impacts …

Alkoxide-based solvent dyeing: a feasible strategy for pollution minimization and sustainable approach for the reactive dyeing of cellulosic materials

AP Periyasamy, A Negi - Cellulose, 2024 - Springer
This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of substituting the conventional inorganic alkalis
(Na2CO3) with different organic alkoxide5s to explore the potential of replacing aqueous …

Solvent-assisted salt-free reactive dyeing of cotton fabric

AP Periyasamy, S Dutta, AR Tehrani-Bagha - Cellulose, 2024 - Springer
The objective of this study was to establish a solvent-assisted salt-free dyeing method for
cotton fabric utilizing commercially available reactive dyes. In this study, the feasibility of …