Using vacuum pyrolysis and mechanical processing for recycling waste printed circuit boards

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 626-632

  Long, Laishou ^a,b   Sun, Shuiyu ^a   Zhong, Sheng ^a   Dai, Wencan ^a   Liu, Jingyong ^a   Song, Weifeng ^a  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHAOGUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanical processing; Recycling; Vacuum pyrolysis; Waste printed circuit boards

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MATERIALS; FIXED BED REACTOR; GRAVITY SEPARATION; HAZARDOUS WASTES; HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURES; MECHANICAL PROCESSING; MUFFLE FURNACES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC RESINS; PILOT SCALE; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; RECYCLING PROCESS; RECYCLING WASTES; SOLID RESIDUES; VACUUM PYROLYSIS; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

CADMIUM; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); GLASS FIBERS; LEAD; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RECYCLING; RESINS; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VACUUM; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; GLASS; LEAD; ORGANIC MATTER; RESIN;

BIOREACTOR; CADMIUM; COPPER; DECOMPOSITION; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LEAD; PROCESSING; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; RESIN; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIXED BED REACTOR; FURNACE; GRAVITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COPPER; ELECTRONICS; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; VACUUM;

EID: 77949571451     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.12.078     Document Type: Article

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