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IJSREM64862
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10 |
6 |
Jun 2026
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1-4
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Monthly (12 issues per year)
License:International Journal of Scientific Research in Engineering and Management follows the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) License, allowing free use and distribution with proper attribution.
Department of Chemistry
Art Science and Commerce College, Ozar Mig
Department of Chemistry
Art Science and Commerce College, Ozar Mig
From the product of human protection medicine to the manufacturing of synthetic paint & plastics, solvents play a dynamic function in new age society. Howbeit, they share one thing in common-all the world’s production of solvents ultimately ends up being desolated or dissipated into the atmosphere. There is an inconsequential collection of solvents in long-tenure artefacts so the yearly production of the solvent industry equates nearly to the discharge. Due to considerable causes generated in paint industries by dangerous waste and its probable causes, solvent recovery and analysis as a measure of sustainable waste management were scrutinized. However, the usual denominator is that the solvent used in paints is much more poisonous and may result in environmental pollutants or fitness problems. The volatile organic compounds (VOC) observed in paint are dangerous to the climate as well as the people working out around paint and their donation to the whole is correspondent equal to all the VOC turning out from the fuel and operation of engine vehicles. The input raw materials in paint manufacturing, the roots of spent solvent, the classes and properties of solvents used in paint industries, and recovery methodologies were also inspected. The recovery and analysis of spent solvent acquired from the laving of different furbish paint manufacturing pots using MEK, toluene, and cyclohexane as washing solvents were carried out on a laboratory scale by separation, filtration, and distillation operations. These techniques were handpicked because they are the most productive and cost-efficient of the various techniques reviewed. The results displayed that the average recovery of spent solvent is 82% which is recyclable and reusable. Analytical results of recovered spent solvent gave a mild sweet odour and a clear/colourless liquid. Other physical properties of the recovered solvent are density 0.900 gm/cc at 240C, boiling point 118oC, and flash point 4oC. These specifications are similar to those of fresh solvent and thus can be reused.
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This experiment has shown that the recovery of spent solvent is 71% from the waste generated from the paint coating industry and can be reuse for the washing of production pots & equipment and also fulfill the requirement of local market where solvent is used for the purpose of thinner. This work is most helpful which gives an idea about spent solvent recovery, process choice with detailing and its benefits and import ants of sustainable waste management. The process of settling, filtration and fractional distillation has various kinds of rules and regulations to operate at industrial scale which reduce the financial benefits of recovery but it helps to reduce and maintain the pollution created by the solvent waste. Fractional distillation process is economically suitable but there is slight difference in property of fresh solvent and recovered solvent.
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6/12/2026
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