Pilot implementation of the Impact Scoreboard System: Appendix 2, Textile foam finishing: Final report

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6144894

A large amount of energy is used by the textile ''wet processing'' industry in bleaching, dyeing, printing and finishing. A process which could reduce the need to have large quantities of liquid media would not only reduce energy needs but would help solve an environmental waste problem. In a new process developed by United Merchants and Manufacturers, Inc. (UM and M), a concentrated solution of fabric-treating chemicals, foaming agents and stabilizers are mechanically foamed to incorporate 50 to 95% air. The foam is applied to a fabric and then the foam is collapsed by mechanical pressure. Conventional means are used to dry and fix the treated fabric. This report concentrates on the commercially available foam finishing process for characterization. The Impact Scoreboard System (ISS) is used to monitor (track) and display the market penetration and energy savings of government-sponsored industrial energy conservation technologies as they are installed as commercial units in industry.

• Research Organization: Systems Consultants, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77CS40056
• OSTI ID: 6144894
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/40056-T5; ON: DE87013931
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320303* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Equipment & Processes
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
DRYING
ENERGY ANALYSIS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
FOAMS
INDUSTRY
MARKET
PROCESSING
TEXTILE INDUSTRY
TEXTILES