TY - JOUR
T1 - Thermogravimetric investigation of the lead volatilization from waste cathode-ray tube glass
AU - Grause, Guido
AU - Takahashi, Kenshi
AU - Yoshioka, Toshiaki
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: This research was partially supported by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Environment Research and Technology Development Fund, 3K113008, 2013. Furthermore, it was partly conducted by the Division of Multidisciplinary Research on the Circulation of Waste Resources endowed by the Sendai Environmental Development Co., Ltd, Sendai, Japan.
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The treatment of lead-containing cathode-ray tube (CRT) glass is an important environmental issue. One approach is the removal of lead by chloride volatilization. In the present work, the reaction of CRT glass with PVC as the chlorinating agent and Ca(OH)2 as the chlorine absorber was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in air. Seven reaction steps occurring at different temperatures were identified as dehydrochlorination of PVC/HCl absorption, CO2 absorption, Ca(OH)2 dehydration, PVC derived char oxidation, PbCl2 formation and volatilization, CaCO3 decarbonation, and CaCl2 volatilization. Kinetic analysis of the PbCl2 volatilization showed that the reaction of CRT glass during TGA resembles that of amorphous PbSiO4, while the reaction in the tube reactor was similar to that of crystalline PbSiO4. Crystallization accelerates PbCl2 volatilization, and it might be advantageous for lead removal to crystallize the glass deliberately before or during treatment in order to reduce processing time and increase efficiency.
AB - The treatment of lead-containing cathode-ray tube (CRT) glass is an important environmental issue. One approach is the removal of lead by chloride volatilization. In the present work, the reaction of CRT glass with PVC as the chlorinating agent and Ca(OH)2 as the chlorine absorber was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in air. Seven reaction steps occurring at different temperatures were identified as dehydrochlorination of PVC/HCl absorption, CO2 absorption, Ca(OH)2 dehydration, PVC derived char oxidation, PbCl2 formation and volatilization, CaCO3 decarbonation, and CaCl2 volatilization. Kinetic analysis of the PbCl2 volatilization showed that the reaction of CRT glass during TGA resembles that of amorphous PbSiO4, while the reaction in the tube reactor was similar to that of crystalline PbSiO4. Crystallization accelerates PbCl2 volatilization, and it might be advantageous for lead removal to crystallize the glass deliberately before or during treatment in order to reduce processing time and increase efficiency.
KW - Absorption
KW - Amorphous
KW - Crystallization
KW - Kinetics
KW - Poly(vinyl chloride)
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U2 - 10.3390/recycling1010111
DO - 10.3390/recycling1010111
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047143691
SN - 2313-4321
VL - 1
SP - 111
EP - 121
JO - Recycling
JF - Recycling
IS - 1
ER -