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Design & development of a textile based structure made from discarded polyester textured yarns for oil-water separation

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dc.contributor.author Nissanka, NPD
dc.contributor.author Rajapaksha, HPSD
dc.contributor.author Gunasekara, USW
dc.contributor.author Fernando, DODP
dc.contributor.author Nandasiri, GK
dc.contributor.editor Niles, SN
dc.contributor.editor Nandasiri, GK
dc.contributor.editor Pathirana, M
dc.contributor.editor Madhurangi, C
dc.date.accessioned 2023-11-23T05:45:58Z
dc.date.available 2023-11-23T05:45:58Z
dc.date.issued 2023-08-31
dc.identifier.citation Nissanka, N.P.D., Rajapaksha, H.P.S.D., Gunasekara, U.S.W., Fernando, D.O.D.P., & Nandasiri, G.K., (2023). Design & development of a textile based structure made from discarded polyester textured yarns oil-water separation. In S.N. Niles, G. K. Nandasiri, M. Pathirana, & C. Madhurangi (Eds.), Proceedings of the Textile Engineering Research Symposium 2023 (pp. 22-24). Department of Textile and Apparel Engineering, University of Moratuwa. http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/21696 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/21696
dc.description.abstract Filtration textiles are not simply appropriate for oil spills since they need to collect polluted water before separating the oil. To overcome the identified problem, a sorbent textile structure is developed in this project. A textile-based structure is developed using discarded Polyester textured yam waste to remove spilled oil from the surface of water and reduce the environmental damage occurred by oil spill accidents. Reusing waste polyester yarn from yam processing mills for a practical solution is an environmentally friendly strategy. Due to the lack of structural integrity of yarn waste, it was decided to use the polyester textured yarns as a filling material by using the outer netting material as polypropylene (PP) leno mesh which are used as packing materials (generally referred as onion bags). In order to make the sorbent hydrophobic, few approaches were chosen. The effectiveness of the final prototype sorbent was assessed by conducting tests on oil sorption and oil-water selectivity. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Textile and Apparel Engineering en_US
dc.subject textured polyester en_US
dc.subject oil sorption en_US
dc.subject oil-water separation en_US
dc.subject hydrophobicity en_US
dc.title Design & development of a textile based structure made from discarded polyester textured yarns for oil-water separation en_US
dc.type Conference-Extended-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Textile and Apparel Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.year 2023 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Textile Engineering Research Symposium 2023 en_US
dc.identifier.place Moratuwa en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 22-24 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the Textile Engineering Research Symposium 2023 (TERS2023) en_US
dc.identifier.email pirumanthin@uom.lk en_US
dc.identifier.email 181037C@uom.lk en_US
dc.identifier.email ujithe@uom.lk en_US
dc.identifier.email dilshanf@uom.lk en_US
dc.identifier.email gayanin@uom.lk en_US


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