Development of New Insulation Panels Based on Textile Recycled Fibers

Valverde, I. C.; Castilla, L. H.; Núñez, Darwin; Rodríguez-Senín, E.; Ferreira, Renan

doi:10.1007/s12649-012-9124-8

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“…The amounts released correlated well with the initial wool content and the weight loss measured (Figure 3). The carbon/nitrogen ratio was 3:1 in agreement with published values [24] for wool hydrolysates applied for germination application [30,31] or as a phenolic compound replacement [32,33,34]. In the hydrolysate of real textile waste, we observed a similar C/N ratio as it is possible to observe from Figure 3.…”

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Highly Selective Enzymatic Recovery of Building Blocks from Wool-Cotton-Polyester Textile Waste Blends

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In Europe, most of the discarded and un-wearable textiles are incinerated or landfilled. In this study, we present an enzyme-based strategy for the recovery of valuable building blocks from mixed textile waste and blends as a circular economy concept. Therefore, model and real textile waste were sequentially incubated with (1) protease for the extraction of amino acids from wool components (95% efficiency) and (2) cellulases for the recovery of glucose from cotton and rayon constituents (85% efficiency). The purity of the remaining poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) unaltered by the enzymatic treatments was assessed via Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy. Amino acids recovered from wool were characterized via elementary and molecular size analysis, while the glucose resulting from the cotton hydrolysis was successfully converted into ethanol by fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This work demonstrated that the step-wise application of enzymes can be used for the recovery of pure building blocks (glucose) and their further reuse in fermentative processes.

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Highly Selective Enzymatic Recovery of Building Blocks from Wool-Cotton-Polyester Textile Waste Blends

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“…The thermal conductivity of the panels was obtained in a range between 0.053 and 0.041 W/ mK, depending on the density. The obtained values were similar to other commercial insulation materials [11].…”

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Textile as a sustainable insulating material for buildings

Jordeva¹,

Golomeova-Longurova²,

Kertakova³

et al. 2019

Tekstilna industrija

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The introduction of the concept of "sustainability" in the construction industry has led to the production of alternative insulation products made of textiles from virgin or recycled materials, besides the conventional ones. Some of them are already present in the European market, while others are still being researched. There is no ideal insulation material, so it is useful to evaluate conventional and alternative insulating materials. The assessment of insulation materials is an issue which needs to be analyzed from diff erent aspects: the physical properties of the material, their eff ect on people and the environment, installation diffi culty and price. In this paper, conventional and alternative insulation materials from textiles are examined in terms of sustainability criteria. Insulation materials from recycled textiles are considered sustainable materials due to the possibility of recycling, reuse and low value of embodied energy. However, as a result of insuffi cient consumer awareness, insulating materials from textiles are not represented in the markets as much as they deserve to be.

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“…From the reuse perspective, Farrant et al (2010) examine the impact of reusing clothes on the environment and find that reselling the second-hand clothes can reduce the purchasing of new clothes, and reusing clothes can decease the environment impact. Valverde et al (2012) study the textile waste management and propose the reuse of waste textile fibres for the heat insulation panels, which can be applied in the construction sector. The authors find that the proposed approach can reduce the environment impact and enhance the energy efficiency.…”

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confidence: 99%