Sustainable Innovations in Textile Fibres

This book highlights the innovations in textile fibres, that is the starting point of the supply chain. There are numerous innovations made in terms of making the existing fibres sustainable and also to discover new sustainable fibres. This book deals with those innovative sustainable textile fibres in detail. It also presents an overview of various current textile fibres, their issues associated with sustainability and how new, sustainable fibres overcome those issues. Finally it discusses the challenges and implications of these sustainable fibres on technical and economic fronts.

List of contents

Sustainable Textile Fibres.- Natural Fibres, Their Properties and Surface Modifications Applied by Environmental Methods, Their Composites and Future.- Ecologically Friendly Fibres.- Fiber Extraction from Okra Plant Agricultural Wastes and Their Characterizations and Surface Modifications by Environmental Methods.

About the author

Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu holds PhD in Textiles Sustainability and he has over 40 books to his credit along with 80 research publications. He is well known in the field of Textiles Sustainability due to his notable contributions to the society in terms of his academic and industrial experiences. He is an editor in chief of Textiles & Clothing Sustainability Journal.

Summary

This book highlights the innovations in textile fibres, that is the starting point of the supply chain. There are numerous innovations made in terms of making the existing fibres sustainable and also to discover new sustainable fibres. This book deals with those innovative sustainable textile fibres in detail. It also presents an overview of various current textile fibres, their issues associated with sustainability and how new, sustainable fibres overcome those issues. Finally it discusses the challenges and implications of these sustainable fibres on technical and economic fronts.

Product details

• Assisted by: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu (Editor), Subramania Senthilkannan Muthu (Editor), Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9789811341892
• ISBN: 978-981-1341-89-2
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 5 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 152 g
• Illustrations: VII, 80 p.
• Series: Textile Science and Clothing T; Textile Science and Clothing Technology; Textile Science and Clothing T
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; B, Supply Chain Management, engineering, chemistry, Operations Management, Pollution & threats to the environment, Industrial Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Testing of materials, Characterization and Analytical Technique, Materials science, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Production engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Industrial chemistry & chemical engineering, Purchasing & supply management, Business logistics, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Textile industry