Abstract
Perchloroethylene (PER) is commonly used as cleaning solvent in the textile dry-cleaning industry but this chemical is toxic by nature. One of the potential PER replacements is carbon dioxide (CO2), which is non-toxic, cheap, and widely available. Previous studies have indicated that the particulate soil removal with CO2 is lower compared to that of PER. While the particulate soil removal of the CO2 dry-cleaning was studied, it was found that redeposition of particulate soil occurs. Several experiments have been carried out to study and reduce this problem. In these experiments, textiles stained with different kinds of particulate soils were cleaned using a 25L CO2 dry-cleaning set-up. It was found that the redeposition level increases along with washing time, while rinsing has little influence. Modifying the filtration system by using scavenger textile, or adding a cellulose compound to the cleaning vessel as anti redeposition agent can significantly reduce redeposition.
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