Alternative, New Method for Predicting Polymer Waste Stream Contents

K. Dobrovszky; V. Csergő; Ferenc Ronkay

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.812.247

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Alternative, New Method for Predicting Polymer Waste Stream Contents

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In order to achieve the desired polymer recycling standards, precise estimations are needed about the composition of the polymer waste streams. The technologies that are currently used for this purpose, such as the infrared spectroscopy and the pyrolysis are neither time nor energy efficient as the processes may take up to hours, moreover the results are usually concluded by only analyzing small fractions of the waste streams. Meanwhile, as the polymer consumption of the world is increasing, the recycling and recovery rates demanded by numerous laws and restrictions are getting higher as well. The aim of this paper is to introduce a new technology that utilizes centrifugal force to separate the different polymer components of a sample in a melted state, containing the most common polymers found in a regular waste stream. After the separation, using the calculation method that is described, the exact ratio of the different materials can be given as well. In order to show the possibilities hidden in this technology, two samples, containing PA/PS/PP and PET/PA/PS/PP respectively, were separated and analyzed. The promising results were verified using optical microscopy as well as Raman spectroscopy.

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Materials Science Forum (Volume 812)

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February 2015

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K. Dobrovszky, V. Csergő, Ferenc Ronkay

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Content Estimating, Melt Stated Separation, Polymer Separation, Waste Stream

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