Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of Finished Denim and Sportswear Fabrics Containing Innovative Soy Fiber

Year 2023, Volume: 38 Issue: 4, 887 - 898, 28.12.2023

Emel Ceyhun Sabır Serdal Sırlıbaş İpek Dönmez Uzun Deniz Civan Yiğit

https://doi.org/10.21605/cukurovaumfd.1410190

Abstract

In this study, the life cycle analysis (LCA) of finished fabrics produced as denim and sportswear products of soy protein fiber, an innovative natural fiber, was examined. In the study, 8 different blends consisting of cotton, soybean fiber and cotton/soybean blend yarns were used to be used in the weft of woven fabrics selected from the denim and sportswear product group. The ratio of soybean fiber is selected as 10%, 30% and 50% in the blend, and the other blending material is cotton. Weft yarns are produced in two different yarn counts, Ne10 and Ne16. The warp thread is the same in all fabrics and is 100% cotton material. Fabrics produced using these yarns; It is woven as 8 different fabrics, four of which are denim and four are sportswear. Finished fabrics were obtained in the denim and sportswear production line, under operating conditions. Anti-bacterial activity, color fastness and some fabric performance tests were applied to the sample fabrics. It has been observed that soy fiber content does not adversely affect the fastness and performance of woven fabrics. All fabric samples in the study were analyzed by Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) study, separately for denim and sportswear lines. The best result in the life cycle analysis study of soybean fiber; It was obtained in fabrics using 90% cotton-10% soy fiber in weft for denim fabric and 50% cotton-50% soy fiber yarn in sportswear fabric production.

Keywords

Soy fiber, Denim fabric, Sportswear fabric, Life cycle analysis (LCA)

Yenilikçi Soya Lifi İçeren Mamul Denim ve Spor Giyim Kumaşların Yaşam Döngüsü Analizi (LCA)

Abstract

Bu çalışmada yenilikçi doğal lif olan soya protein lifinin denim ve spor giyim ürün olarak üretilen mamul kumaşların yaşam döngü analizi (LCA) incelenmiştir. Çalışmada, denim ve spor giyim ürün grubundan seçilmiş dokuma kumaşlarda atkıda kullanılmak üzere, pamuk, soya lifi ve pamuk/soya karışım ipliklerinden oluşan 8 farklı harman kullanılmıştır. Soya lifi oranı, harmanda %10, %30 ve %50 şeklinde seçilmiş olup diğer karışım materyali pamuktur. Atkı iplikleri Ne10 ve Ne16 şeklinde iki farklı iplik numarasında üretilmiştir. Çözgü ipliği ise tüm kumaşlarda aynı olup, %100 pamuk materyalidir. Bu iplikler kullanılarak 4 adet denim ve 4 adet spor giyim olmak üzere toplam 8 adet kumaş dokunmuştur. Denim ve spor giyim üretim hattında, işletme koşullarında, mamul kumaşlar elde edilmiştir. Numune kumaşlara, seçilmiş mamul kumaş anti-bakteriyel aktivite, renk haslığı ve bazı kumaş performans testleri uygulanmıştır. Soya lifi içeriğinin dokuma kumaşların haslık ve performansını olumsuz etkilemediği görülmüştür. Çalışmadaki tüm kumaş numuneleri, denim ve spor giyim hattında ayrı ayrı olmak üzere, Yaşam Döngü Analizi (LCA) çalışması ile analiz edilmiştir. Soya lifinin yaşam döngü analizi çalışmasında en iyi sonuç; denim kumaş için atkıda %90 pamuk-%10 soya lifi ve spor giyim kumaş üretiminde %50 pamuk-%50 soya lifi ipliği kullanılmış kumaşlarda elde edilmiştir.

Keywords

Soya lifi, Denim kumaş, Spor giyim kumaş, Yaşam döngüsü analizi (LCA)

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