Recycling of Consumer Electronic Scrap

In the context, characterization of TV scrap was carried out by using chemical analysis a nd particle shape analy-sis. The result of particle shape analysis indicates that the non-ferrous metals particles in TV scrap formed as a variety of shapes, it is much more heterogenous than that of plastics and printed circuit boards. Furthermore, sepa-rability of TV scrap was evaluated by sink-float test, air table, and optical sorting process

Mechanical recycling of consumer electronic scrap

Consumer electronic equipment (brown goods), such as television sets, radio sets, and video recorders, are most common. However, recycling of consumer electronic scrap is only beginning. Characterization of TV scrap was carried out by using a variety of methods, such as chemical analysis, particle size and shape analysis, liberation degree analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, sink-float test, and IR spectrometer. A comparison of TV scrap, personal computer scrap, and printed circuit boards scrap shows that the content of non-ferrous metals and precious metals in TV scrap is much lower than in personal computer scrap or printed circuit boards scrap. It is expected that recycling of TV scrap will not be cost- effective by utilizing conventional manual disassembly. The result of particle shape analysis indicates that the non-ferrous metals particles in TV scrap formed as a variety of shapes, it is much more heterogeneous than for plastics and printed circuit boards. The results of sink-float tests demonstrate that a high recovery of copper could be obtained by an effective gravity separation process. Identification of plastics shows that the major plastic in TV scrap is high impact polystyrene. Gravity separation of plastics may encounter some challenges in separation of plastics from TV scrap because of specific density variations. Furthermore, Mechanical recycling of TV scrap oriented to recovery of non- ferrous metals is highlighted by utilizing several techniques, such as air table, eddy current separation, and optical sorting. The separation results reveal that air table separation is an effective technology to recover metals from consumer electronic scraps. By using a DGS table, approximately 90% of non-ferrous metals were recovered in the heavy product with a purity of 40%. Printed circuit boards and cables in TV scrap cause metals loss due to the fact that metals in printed circuit boards and cables are not liberated from plastics and ceramic materials. The study shows that eddy current separation and optical (metal) sorting process provide alternatives to recover metals from TV scraps. At last, new developments of eddy current separation, such as wet eddy current separation and Magnus separation are discussed in the thesis. A comparison of eddy current separation and Magnus separation on aluminum recovery shows that wet eddy current separation is more effective for recovery of fine non-ferrous particles.Godkänd; 2005; 20061219 (haneit

Recycling of automotive aluminum

With the global warming of concern, the secondary aluminum stream is becoming an even more important component of aluminum production and is attractive because of its economic and environmental benefits. In this work, recycling of automotive aluminum is reviewed to highlight environmental benefits of aluminum recycling, use of aluminum alloys in automotive applications, automotive recycling process, and new technologies in aluminum scrap process. Literature survey shows that newly developed techniques such as laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and solid state recycling provide promising alternatives in aluminum scrap process. Compared with conventional remelting and subsequent refinement, solid state recycling utilizing compression and extrusion at room or moderate temperature can result in significant energy savings and higher metal yield

Recovery of metals from shredded television scrap

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The Inhibition Effect of Mad Honey on Corrosion of 2007-Type Aluminium Alloy in 3.5 % NaCl Solution

The inhibition effect of mad honey on corrosion of 2007-type aluminium alloy in 3.5 % NaCl solution was investigated by Tafel extrapolarisation (TP), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and dynamic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (DEIS). All the studied parameters exhibited good anti-corrosive properties against corrosion of 2007-type aluminium alloy in the test solution; the corrosion rates decreased with the increase of the mad honey concentration. The surface morphology of the alloy was examined under scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in the absence and presence of the inhibitor. The inhibitory adsorption processes of mad honey on the 2007-type aluminium alloy surfaces conformed to the Langmuir adsorption isotherm