Title :
Plastic recycling with supercritical fluids
Author :
Okajima, Idzumi ; Sako, Takeshi
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Shizuoka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Recently many kinds of recycling techniques of waste plastics have been developed. Among their techniques, much attention has been given to supercritical fluids such as water and methanol as the benign solvents in recycling processes. We show some typical recyclings for waste plastics using supercritical fluids as follows: (1) the recovery of constituent monomers from PET using supercritical methanol, (2) the recovery of each constituent monomer and polymer in laminate film using subcritical water, and (3) the recovery of the carbon fiber from CFRP using supercritical water
Keywords :
carbon fibre reinforced plastics; dissolving; recycling; PET; benign solvents; carbon fiber; constituent monomers; laminate film; recycling processes; subcritical water; supercritical fluids; supercritical methanol; supercritical water; waste plastic recycling techniques; Atmosphere; Dielectric constant; Materials science and technology; Methanol; Plastics; Polymer films; Recycling; Solvents; Temperature; Water conservation;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1266-6
DOI :
10.1109/.2001.992506
