An investigation of the concentration and performance of locally produced cotton desizing enzyme

  • Josphat Igadwa Mwasiagi School of Engineering, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
  • Winnie Tonui School of Engineering, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
  • Jacob Ngadia School of Engineering, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
  • John Lusweti Kituyi School of Science, University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya
  • Lodrick Wangatia Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Keywords: cotton, desizing, spectrophotometer, enzyme, potato waste, local production

Abstract

The textile industry has had its share of problems in the last decade. One of the remedial actions proposed by the Government is to improve the competitiveness of the textile sector by reducing the cost of doing business. Given that the Kenyan factories have to pay higher rates than their competition, for electricity, transport and labor, any effort taken to reduce the cost of running a textile process will be a boast to the industry. Furthermore vision 2030, envisages an increase in the manufacturing sector in Kenya. Therefore, the local production of cotton desizing enzyme will no doubt be a contribution to the industrialization process. It was with the aforementioned reasons in mind that a study of the performance of a locally produced enzyme during desizing was undertaken. The challenges reported during the use of the locally produced enzyme included the inability to determine the concentration of the enzyme. This paper reports the use of spectrophotometer to study the concentration and performance of the locally produced desizing enzyme. The results obtained in this research work showed that the locally produced enzyme could remove 85% of the starch in a plain weave fabric. The commercial enzyme could remove 98.3% of the starch.

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Published
2019-06-06
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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019)
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