Natural dyes in modern textile dyehouses — how to combine experiences of two centuries to meet the demands of the future?

Plant materials which are available from farming regions in the moderate Austrian climate were investigated to serve as sources for natural dyes in textile dyeing operations. The extraction of the dye components from the plant materials was performed with boiling water without addition of chemicals or solvents. Based upon a rigorous selection of possible plant sources, a selection of natural dyestuffs applicable in a one-bath dyeing step was established. A broad variation in shade and color depth can be achieved by applying mixtures of natural dyestuffs in various combinations of iron- and alum-mordants. More than 60% of tested dyeings achieved acceptable fastness properties.On the basis of the developed natural dyestuff-based dyeing procedures, a comparison was made between the effluents from processes based upon them and those based upon the current ‘state-of-the-art’ techniques utilizing synthetic dyes. The comparison revealed that a lowering of the chemical load released with waste water can be expected by shifting to the plant-based dyes.     

Eco-friendly dyeing of wool using natural dye from weld as co-partner with synthetic dye

Since the last decade, the application of natural dyes on textile materials is gaining popularity all over the world, possibly because of increasing awareness of environment, ecology, and pollution control. In this research, extraction of dyes from weld using soxhlet apparatus has been studied. The color components extracted and isolated from weld plant were characterized by Column Chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), NMR, mass, IR techniques. The natural dye extract obtained from the weld was used for the dyeing of wool fiber. The results indicated that the exhaustion rate for the extracted dye increases by 49% compared to the raw dye. This, in turn, leads to a considerable decrease in the amount of the extracted dye used to reach the same desired results. Finally, for comparative studies between synthetic and this natural dye, all dyed specimens were tested for wash and light fastness properties, making weld a viable alternative to synthetic acid dyes.     

Colourimetric analysis and antimicrobial study of natural dyes and dyed silk

Colourimetric and antimicrobial activities of natural colourants and dyed silk have been studied. The colour strength (K/S) values were increased with increase in dye absorbance. The absorption of dyes on silk yarns was obtained from 10.56 to 39.48% at 5% concentration of dye from different plant extracts. The colourimetric parameters L¹, a¹, b¹, C, and H were measured for depth of the colour. The dyed silk with natural colourants displayed excellent antimicrobial activity (reduction rate: 25–65%) against the bacteria Escherichia coli and (reduction rate: 3–68%) against the fungal strain Aspergillus niger. The dyed silk exhibited good and durable fastness properties.     

Polypropylene/poly (butylene terephthalate) melt spun alloy fibers dyeable with carrier-free exhaust dyeing as an environmentally friendlier process

Carrier agent as one of the synthetic persistent molecules present in textile effluents considered as one of the most highly toxic, carcinogenic and serious inhibitor of the microbial respirometric activity. This chemical is used as accelerants in the dyeing or printing the hydrophobic fibers by dispersed dyes. Hydrophobic polypropylene (PP) fibers cannot be dyed by conventional dyeing process due to the absence of dye sites in the molecular chain and their high crystallinity. This study presents a carrier-free exhaust dyeing as an environmentally friendlier and cleaner process. In order to produce dyeable PP fibers, the PP was blended and melt spun with poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) at various ratios. First PP and PBT granules at blend ratios of 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 percent of PBT dispersed phase were physically mixed then the melt spinning of blended samples was carried out by a Maddock mixing zone extruder. The results showed that suitable exhaust dyeing process without using any carrier agents was possible for all PP/PBT alloy fiber samples. The dye uptake of samples significantly increased by increasing the PBT dispersed phase content. By increasing the PBT dispersed phase content decrease in the crystallinity percent resulting in significant enhancement in dye uptake of the alloy fiber samples was observed. A degree of four polynomial equation for dye uptake against blend ratio was obtained by which the optimum blend ratio was 72/28 percent of PP/PBT alloy fiber composition. In all alloy fiber dyed samples uniform coloration was observed. No considerable changes in the mechanical properties for dyed samples against undyed samples were observed. Interestingly, the best mechanical property among alloy fiber samples was observed in the sample containing 30 percent PBT dispersed phase which approximately corresponds to optimum blend ratio gained from mathematical calculations. In all PP/PBT alloy fiber samples strong fastness to soaping and very good to excellent fastness to light were achieved.     

零价铝还原处理偶氮染料活性蓝222废水

为有效处理难生物降解的碱性偶氮染料废水,以典型偶氮染料RB222(活性蓝222)为处理对象,在碱性条件下直接采用零价铝进行还原处理,并系统评价了溶液pH、反应温度以及零价铝粉投加量等因素对偶氮染料分子降解效果的影响. 结果表明:随着pH从7.00增至12.00,脱色率从62.6%升至98.4%;零价铝粉投加量从5 g/L增至50 g/L,脱色率从90.8%升至98.8%. 零价铝还原处理偶氮染料最优条件:温度为60~80 ℃,零价铝粉投加量为10~25 g/L,体系pH为11. 在该条件下,经过2 h处理,脱色率超过99%,溶液可生化性〔ρ(BOD₅)/ρ(COD_Cr)〕从0.169升至0.386,易于后续生化处理. 电喷雾电离质谱(ESI-MS)和傅立叶变换红外线光谱分析仪(FTIR)分析表明,偶氮染料中—NN—(偶氮键)被破坏,还原产物中有苯胺类小分子. 根据试验结果推测偶氮染料的还原路径:水中的质子接受零价铝表面的电子生成活性氢,活性氢攻击—NN—,将偶氮化合物还原裂解成易于生物降解的苯胺类小分子物质. 通过处理江苏某地所取得的实际印染废水,废水的可生化性从0.126升至0.388,提高明显.      

Reusing wastewater of madder natural dye for wool dyeing

Natural dye is environment-friendly which is usually extracted from vegetative material. In this work, the wastewater of madder dyebath is reused for wool dyeing. Initially, the madder absorption behavior on wool fiber is determined by new methods based on spectroscopic information of dye solution. The absorbance spectra change is explained in terms of absorbability of chemical components of madder on wool by using several techniques such as principal component analysis, colorimetry, statistical and derivative spectroscopy techniques. The obtained results indicate that the chemical components of the initial dye solution are different from those remaining in the exhausted dye solution. In reusing wastewater of wool dyeing with madder, the exhausted dyebath is reconstructed by adding madder and water. The analyzing color parameter and fastness properties of samples indicate that the quality of samples dyed in reconstructed dyebath is the same as initial wool dyeing. The economic analysis shows that the reusing wastewater caused 19.91% cost saving in wool dyeing with madder.     

活性炭对染料废水的脱色研究

采用一种高比表面积活性炭吸附处理活性蓝溶液模拟废水。测定了所用的活性炭以及活性蓝染料的物理和化学参数,考察了pH、盐离子浓度对活性炭吸附活性蓝染料的影响。结果表明：在pH〈4时活性炭对染料的去除率最高,pH〉8时最低,在pH=4－8之间的去除率大致相等。中性条件下,增大溶液的离子强度能增加染料去除率,而碱性条件下相反。高初始浓度的染料体系中,增大盐离子强度能增加染料去除率,低初始浓度的染料体系中相反。     

Evaluation of antioxidant enzymes activities and identification of intermediate products during phytoremediation of an anionic dye (C. I. Acid Blue 92) by pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris)

The potential of pennywort(Hydrocotyle vulgaris)for phytoremediation of C.I.Acid Blue 92(AB92)was evaluated.The efects of various experimental parameters including pH,temperature,dye concentration and plant weight on dye removal efciency were investigated.The results showed that the optimal condition for dye removal were pH 3.5 and temperature 25°C.Moreover,the absolute dye removal enhanced with increase in the initial dye concentration and plant weight.Pennywort showed the same removal efciency in repeated experiments(four runs)as that obtained from the first run(a 6-day period).Therefore,the ability of the plant in consecutive removal of AB92 confirmed the biodegradation process.Accordingly,a number of produced intermediate compounds were identified.The efect of treatment on photosynthesis and antioxidant defense system including superoxide dismutase,peroxidase and catalase in plant roots and leaves were evaluated.The results revealed a reduction in photosynthetic pigments content under dye treatments.Antioxidant enzyme responses showed marked variations with respect to the plant organ and dye concentration in the liquid medium.Overall,the increase in antioxidant enzyme activity under AB92 stress in the roots was much higher than that in the leaves.Nevertheless,no significant increase in malondialdehyde content was detected in roots or leaves,implying that the high efciency of antioxidant system in the elimination of reactive oxygen species.Based on these results,pennywort was founded to be a capable species for phytoremediation of AB92-contaminated water,may be efective for phytoremediation dye-contaminated polluted aquatic ecosystems.     

废轮胎热解炭黑制备活性炭及处理染料废水

分别采用H₂SO₄和NaOH对废轮胎热解炭黑进行改性处理,考察炭黑与改性剂固液比对染料废水脱色率的影响.实验结果表明,炭黑与H₂SO₄固液比1g/15mL时得到HBC（酸改性活性炭）处理酸性湖蓝溶液,脱色率最高;炭黑与NaOH固液比1g/10mL时得到NBC（碱改性活性炭）处理碱性湖蓝溶液,脱色效果最好.溶液的酸性越强,越有利于HBC对酸性湖蓝溶液的脱色效果;而溶液的碱性增大,有助于提高NBC对碱性湖蓝的脱色率.此外,HBC对酸性湖蓝与NBC对碱性湖蓝的吸附反应变化趋势非常接近,整个吸附反应迅速,20min后基本达到吸附反应平衡.HBC吸附酸性湖蓝和NBC吸附碱性湖蓝的过程均符合准二级动力学方程.对改性前后的固体物质进行了扫描电镜,红外光谱及比表面积分析.     

Using supercritical carbon dioxide as solvent to replace water in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabric dyeing procedures

Dyeing fabrics in supercritical carbon dioxide (SCD) instead of water can save energy, reduce water use and prevent pollution. The special pilot plant was designed to test dyeing procedures in supercritical carbon dioxide and the analyses of the results indicate major benefits as compared to water based procedures. The dyeing of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabric in supercritical carbon dioxide using special pilot plant was investigated. Disperse dye, C.I. (color index) Disperse Blue 79, was used in this study. After dyeing, rinsing in supercritical carbon dioxide, which removes the excess dyes, was also discussed. At the same dyeing conditions, K/S (color yield) of dyed fabric significantly increased with increasing the dye concentration from 1% o.w.f. (on weight of fabric) to 5% o.w.f. Dyeing temperature and pressure had a strong influence on the color yield. When the temperature rose above 110 °C, the increase in color yield was obvious. At 20 MPa, 120–130 °C, dyeing reached equilibrium after 60 min. The excess dye of the dyed PET fabric was small. The suitable condition in supercritical carbon dioxide for removal of excess dye from the dyed fabric was 70 °C, 20 MPa. The PET fabric dyed in supercritical carbon dioxide had good fastness and physical properties.     

Application of recording films of solar radiation for environmental and ecological research

Global solar radiation is recorded by fading of the colored film into which azo-dye is impregnated with use of organic solvent. Oil Red O, Sudan I, Sudan IV and Pyridylazonaphthol are used as the azo dye. These films can be applied to measure the solar radiation in many kinds of environmental or ecological conditions. The merits of the film compared with usual measurements are to be: unnecessary of any electric sources; cheap and mass-productive easily; suitable to integrate solar radiation for long time; easy dealing in out-door or underwater conditions; possible to use on leaves of any plants because of light weight; possible to use in a lot of points at the same time.     

天然沸石结构对合成分子筛吸附脱氮性能影响

针对污水厂尾水深度脱氨问题,从国内几个典型的天然沸石矿床中选取了4种天然沸石（记为A、B、C、D）,运用直接碱溶-水热晶化合成工艺制备分子筛,测定了各自的氨氮吸附性能;并采用XRF、XRD等表征方法,对比分析了4种天然沸石在元素组成及矿物含量方面的差异,结合4种合成产物的晶体结构、元素组成、表面形貌分析结果,探讨了天然沸石材料特性对合成产物吸附性能的影响.结果表明：与沸石原料相比,4种合成产物的氨氮吸附性能均得到明显提升,其中C和A沸石合成产物的氨氮吸附量较高,均达到15mg/g以上;合成产物的氨氮吸附性能与沸石原料的碱溶性硅溶出量有正相关关系;碱溶性硅主要来自于天然沸石原料中的方石英、斜发沸石、丝光沸石、透长石等矿物组分,而结构稳定的石英不易被碱溶活化利用.合成产物为含有不同类型分子筛及其它矿物成分的混合物,碱溶性硅溶出量高的C和A沸石均合成了A型、X型分子筛,氨氮吸附性能较好;而B和D沸石合成产物主要为孔径小于铵根离子粒径的方钠石分子筛,其氨氮吸附性能较差.因此,利用天然沸石合成分子筛用于污水脱氨时,应尽量选择石英矿物含量少、碱溶性矿物占比高的沸石原料.     

Assessment of antimicrobial activity of Catechu and its dyed substrate

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of catechu in solution and % microbial reduction of dyed wool samples against Escherichia coli MTCC 443, Staphylococcus aureus MTCC 902, Candida albicans ATCC 10261 and Candida tropicalis ATCC 750, by using micro-broth dilution method, disc diffusion assay and growth curve studies. The dye showed the maximum antimicrobial activity at 20% w/v, inhibiting the microbial growth by more than 90%. In the next set of the experiments the antimicrobial activity of the dye was compared on woollen yarn alone and on pre-mordanted samples. The reduction in antimicrobial activity was observed when mordanted samples were examined. K/S, CIELab values and fastness properties of the dyed samples were assessed. The structural morphology of woollen yarn was also evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Haemolytic activity on human erythrocytes was studied to exclude possibility of further associated cytotoxicity. The observed antimicrobial characteristics and negligible cytoxicity of catechu indicate that the dye might be a promising antimicrobial agent for developing bioactive textile materials and clothing.     

Inhibitory effects of four plants flavonoids extracts on fatty acid synthase

Fatty acid synthase (FAS) had been found overexpress and hyperactive in most cancers. Pharmacological inhibitors of FAS activity preferentially repress cancer cell proliferation and induce cancer cell apoptosis without affecting nonmalignant fibroblasts. These made FAS an excellent drug target for cancer therapy. The activity of FAS in 11 different kinds of cancer cells, including esophageal carcinoma (EC109, EC8712, H5E973), gastric carcinoma (N87, BGC823), lung carcinoma (A549, 95-D), hepatoma (HepG2), uterine cervix cancer (HeLa) and leukaemia (K562, U937) were compared using spectrophotometric method. We selected the cell line with the highest FAS activity as cell model to study the inhibitory effect of the flavonoids extracts on FAS. Four plants including Canavium album Raeuseh leaves, Bombax ceiba Linn, Brassica albograbra Bailey, and Citrus reticulata Blanco were selected for extracting flavonoids. The results showed significantly different FAS activity among different cancer cells. The FAS activity is the lowest in gastric cancer cell N87 (15.91 ± 3.61 U/mg protein) and the highest in lung cancer cell A549 (127.36 ± 10.14 U/mg protein). The cancer cell A549 was used as cell model to test the inhibitory effort of flavonoids extracts on FAS. Results showed that the flavonoids extracts of Citrus reticulata Blanco and Canavium album Raeuseh leaves have higher inhibitory effect on FAS activity compared with the universally used FAS inhibitor C75 and both extracts inhibit cancer cell proliferation when added to cultured cancer cells. These studies provided a good cell model for testing the inhibitory effect on FAS activity and suggested that Citrus reticulata Blanco rind and Canavium album Raeuseh leaves are good biomaterials for separating and purifying natural flavonoids FAS inhibitors and exploring their inhibitory mechanisms.     

四氢呋喃降解细菌质粒的检出及菌株的生长特性

某化工厂的活性污泥中筛选出具有降解四氢呋喃能力的细菌12株,经鉴定均为气单胞菌属.碱裂解法抽提显示质粒检出率为100%,但在质粒量上有所差异.在实验室条件下,这些菌株中对四氢呋喃的最大耐受力可达140 μL/mL;12株菌株都对链霉素有抗性,部分菌株对氨苄青霉素有抗性,而对卡那霉素、庆大霉素及氯霉素无抗性;在以四氢呋喃为唯一碳源的无机盐培养基中,1号、2号、4号及9号菌株在30 ℃,108 r/min旋转式摇床振荡培养6 d后,对四氢呋喃具有一定的降解能力.确定1号与9号菌株为进一步研究菌株,且两菌株的最适生长温度为30 ℃,最适生长的pH值为7.5.      

柱撑酸化膨润土对染料废水的处理实验研究

目前国内外对柱撑酸化膨润土的实验研究少有报道。将钙基膨润土酸性活化,用其处理染料废水其一次性COD去除率可达62%,色度去除率可达83%。若再对其进行无机柱撑,COD的去除率可达81%以上,色度去除率可达98%以上。其处理后的染料废水达到国家工业废水排放标准。     

Synthesis of malachite@clay nanocomposite for rapid scavenging of cationic and anionic dyes from synthetic wastewater

Synthesis of malachite@clay nanocomposite was successfully carried out for the removal of cationic (Methylene Blue, MB) and anionic dyes (Congo Red, CR) from synthetic wastewater. Nanocomposite was characterized by TEM, SEM, FT-IR, EDS analysis and zeta potential. TEM analysis indicated that the particle diameter of nanocomposite was in the range of 14 to 23 nm. Various important parameters viz. contact time, concentration of dyes, nanocomposite dosage, temperature and solution pH were optimized to achieve maximum adsorption capacity. In the case of MB, removal decreased from 99.82% to 93.67% while for CR, removal decreased from 88.55% to 75.69% on increasing dye concentration from 100 to 450 mg/L. pH study confirmed the higher removal of CR in acidic range while MB removal was higher in alkaline range. Kinetic study revealed the applicability of pseudo-second-order model for the adsorption of both dyes. Negative values of ΔG⁰ for both systems suggested the feasibility of dye removal and support for spontaneous adsorption of CR and MB on nanocomposite. Nanocomposite showed 277.77 and 238.09 mg/g Langmuir adsorption capacity for MB and CR respectively. Desorption of dyes from the dye loaded nanocomposite was easily carried out with acetone. The results indicate that the prepared malachite@clay nanocomposite is an efficient adsorbent with high adsorption capacity for the aforementioned dyes.     

废啤酒酵母吸附去除水溶液中活性红4

用废啤酒酵母作生物吸附剂吸附水溶液中活性红4(RR4),并对吸附性能进行了评价。通过电位滴定和FTIR分析表明废啤酒酵母上主要存在磺酸基、羧基及氨基等官能团。对溶液pH值、RR4浓度和吸附时间等因素对吸附的影响进行了研究,结果表明:废啤酒酵母对RR4的吸附速率快,320min即可达到吸附平衡;酸性条件利于吸附,碱性条件下则会发生解吸附,pH=11条件下解吸附率高于86%;等温吸附数据符合Langmuir模式,pH=2条件下废啤酒酵母对RR4的最大吸附量为103.36mg/g。     

含硫化黑染料废水混凝脱色的试验研究

文章针对含硫化黑染料废水的色度大、成分复杂的特点,采用混凝法对染料废水的脱色问题进行了研究。研究表明使用无机混凝剂氯化铁和硫酸铝处理含硫化黑染料废水时,铁盐的脱色效果要明显好于铝盐,当水样呈现中性或偏碱性,氯化铁的投药量为0．28g／l,染料初始浓度为250mg／l时,处理效果最佳,脱色率达到96．8％。同时还探讨了将有机混凝剂PAM与氯化铁进行复配处理含硫化黑染料废水的效果。结果表明当PAM投加量为0．12g／l,氯化铁的投加量为0．28g／l时,复合混凝剂的脱色效果最好,脱色率高达98．8％。     

有机胺插层四钛酸对直接湖蓝5B的吸附性能研究

在微波辅助下对四钛酸进行了有机胺插层,获得了正辛胺﹑正十二胺﹑正十六胺插层四钛酸材料,研究了3种层状物质作为吸附剂,pH﹑震荡时间﹑吸附剂用量等因素对直接湖蓝5B偶氮染料吸附的影响,确定了3种材料吸附的最佳条件。研究表明:微波有机胺插层四钛酸材料具有优良的吸附性能,pH=1.0时,正辛胺插层四钛酸用量为0.8 g/L﹑振荡时间40 min,正十二胺插层材料和正十六插层材料用量为0.4 g/L﹑振荡时间分别30 min和50 min时,吸附脱色效果最好。随染料浓度增大,温度升高,插层四钛酸材料会发生板层分离,表现为常规的物理吸附过程。在50℃时,正辛胺﹑正十二胺﹑正十六插层四钛酸对直接湖蓝5B染料的吸附量分别达到636 mg/g﹑3 349 mg/g﹑2 856 mg/g。