​Photoactive ​Nano Catalyst ​Combates ​Pollution from ​Chemicals Used ​in Textile ​Manufacturing

To lessen organic pollutants in water, used especially in textile industry, photoactive nano catalyst technique has been developed by the PEC University of Technology.

Associate professor of chemistry at the university Satwant Kaur Shahi developed this technique while conducting a research in PEC on iconic liquid-mediated synthesis of photoactive nano catalysts and their catalytic activity.

Textile industry, representative image, source: Public Domain Pictures

She had enrolled with the applied science department of the university as a research scholar and received her PhD degree on the 47th annual convocation.

Sharing her research, she said in the past six years, she worked to develop this technique which she will be sharing with the textile industry in the region.

She said she would approach a textile industrialist soon to use her technique in his industry. The technique had yield positive results in the laboratory testing which she conducted while working on it.

In laboratory testing of this technique on water used for dyeing clothes, it was found with the photoactive nano catalyst, the pollutant level in the water decreased and the water could be recycled in the industry again for similar work.

Explaining about the research, she said there is an environment-friendly liquid which she used to develop this technique to mineralise the water.

Read full article: The Times of India

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