Solvent and non-solvent selection for the chemical recycling of waste Polyethylene (PE) and Polypropylene (PP) metallized film packaging materials

Author:

Gorre Regino C.,Tumolva Terence P.

Abstract

Abstract A solvent and non-solvent selection method for the chemical recycling through selective dissolution and precipitation of multi-component waste metallized film wrapper is studied to recover Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), and the metal film separately. Pre-selection of solvent for dissolution and non-solvent for precipitation is based on the similarity and compatibility of polymer and solvent molecules measured in terms of solubility parameter and calculated using group contribution approach through Hoftyzer and Van Krevelen method. Toxicity, cost, and availability of the solvent are also considered on the selection. A Hansen sphere model is developed for the prediction of polymer solubility in which p-cymene, a low-cost and naturally derived solvent is chosen as solvent and acetone as non-solvent. PE was first recovered through dissolution at a given temperature, followed by precipitation. PP which remained undissolved together with the metal film was extracted through the same technique but with different dissolution temperature. FTIR spectra of the recovered polymers showed similarity compared to virgin PE and PP films. The melting point of the recovered PE and PP using p-cymene determined in the DSC curves were 107.37 °C and 164.55 °C, respectively. Furthermore, the simplicity of the process, high recovery yield obtained, and the application of p-cymene would make the recycling economical and environment-friendly.

Publisher

IOP Publishing

Subject

General Engineering

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