Reduction Of Ice Usage In Dyes Industry

Abstract

In recent years, the development of new structures of reactive dyes has been a subject of interest and many novel structures useful in commercial application have been discovered. It should be noted that major share in commercial market is held by the synthetic dyes. From this about 30-40% market of synthetic dyes has been captured by the reactive dyes. But relatively very less research has been done to reduce or eliminate the extensive use of ice in the production process of any reactive dye. As an environmental engineer the goal of reduction or elimination of ice usage in dye industry is a key to reduce water pollution generated due to the additional effluent of the ice. Present study shows the need of usage of ice in the production of reactive dyes and a try to reduce this usage through creating options for the same. It introduces a new idea of replacing the ice with energy balls containing sub-zero freezing point and good heat conductivity.