Scouring of wool

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• Additional information

• Wool scouring Flowsheet

source for all: BAT 2003

• Energy and Water consumption in Wool scouring

Typical paramters of tne process

Techniques	Temperature [°C]	Water consumption	Pressure (bar)	Heat transfer medium	Residence Time	Additional information	Literature:
Scoure and rinse bowls	50-70 (typical), lowest possible: 40			water		detergents: mainly synthesic non- ionic surfacants	BAT- Textile Industry 2003
				water		rinse bowls: pure water, 4-8 wash bowls alltogether
After each wash bowl: squeezing						after last bowl: 40-60& moisture
Drying						closed steam pipes, direct gas firing

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