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PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Volume 143, Issue -, Pages 313-321Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2020.07.006
Keywords
Pyrolysis; Screw reactor; Auger reactor; BRFs; WEEE; Feedstock recycling
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- Swedish energy agency [36880-2]
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This study focuses on chemical recycling of plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), which constitutes a problematic waste fraction due to the presence of brominated flame retar-dants. An auger reactor has been designed and used for this study. Real WEEE material provided by Stena Technoworld has been pyrolyzed under different temperature conditions. The performance of the reactor as well as other important parameters such as the fate of the bromine have been investigated and evaluated. The main outcome of this investigation is to simulate a continuous process, which can be useful for designing a full-scale industrial process. The mass balance results after performing thermal treatment at 400, 500, and 600 degrees C, showed a high gas yield (44 %wt) at the temperature of 600 degrees C, which energy content is enough to self-sustain the auger reactor. At the low temperature of 400 degrees C the oil production reaches its maximum yield as well as maximum concentration of bromine, corresponding to 0.5 wt% in the oil. Several valuable organic compounds have been detected in the oil composition, which can be used as precursors for feedstock recycling producing new plastics. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Institution of Chemical Engineers.
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