• Resources Recycling
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.44-50
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• 2003

Separation of mixed plastics is not a simple task due to similarities of specific gravity and limitations of sizes, etc. In this study, a new technique was developed to separate plastics selectively by a thermal adhesion method using the different softening or melting temperatures of various types of plastics. Tests were conducted to investigate softening or melting temperatures and adhesion probabilities of plastics with change in temperature. Tests also were conducted to analyze the operating variables, including contact times, size and color pigment. It was founded that LDPE, HDPE and PVC, PET, etc among mixed plastics could be separated selectively according to the change of temperature.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.39-46
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• 2004

Triboelectrostatic separation process is a technology that different particles charged after contact and rubbing different materials are separated in a high electric field. This technology has an advantage in that it can be used for separating non-conducting materials such as plastics unlike other electrostatic separation processes. There are two objectives in this study. One is to develop an effective continuous tribo-electrostatic separation process. The other is to apply the developed device for the separation of mixed plastics. Results show that almost all tested plastics reaches over 95% in yield and grade after separation.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.540-544
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• 2008

Pyrolytic characteristics of mixed plastics containing 22 wt.% HDPE, 17 wt.% LDPE, 27 wt.% PP, 12 wt.% PS, 16 wt.% ABS, 6 wt.% PVC have been studied in the batch-type microreactor of stainless steel. Thermal degradation experiments were performed at temperature of $410{\sim}450^{\circ}C$. The yield of each pyrolytic products were obtained by the weight measurement and molecular weight distribution of pyrolytic liquid products determined by the GC-SIMDIS method. It was shown that the yield and molecular weight of pyrolytic liquid product were decreased with the increase of reaction temperature and time. It was know that 20wt% of PVC composing of the mixed plastics was converted to the gas products of chloride during the pyrolysis process. The chain-end scission rate parameter was determined to be 50.2 kcal/mole of mixed plastics by the Arrhenius plot.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.405-413
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 3톤/일의 플라스틱 투입량을 기준으로 혼합폐플라스틱으로부터 대체연료유를 생산할 수 있는 소용량 중심의 폐플라스틱 유화설비를 설계 제작하였으며 장기간에 걸친 시운전을 통하여 유화설비의 운전성 평가에 대한 실증연구를 수행하였다. 대상 폐플라스틱으로는 플라스틱 재활용 업체에서 분리 선별된 폴리에틸렌과 폴리프로필렌 그리고 이들을 혼합한 폐플라스틱을 각각 적용하였으며 $400\sim420^{\circ}C$의 분해 운전온도에서 폐플라스틱의 종류에 따른 시운전 평가를 하였다. 본 실증연구로부터 폴리에틸렌의 경우에 있어서는 79%의 재생유 회수율을 그리고 폴리프로필렌의 경우에 있어서는 80%의 재생유 회수율을 각각 얻을 수 있었으며 플라스틱 종류별 안정적인 운전조건을 확보할 수 있었다. 또한 폐플라스틱 투입량에 대한 설계용량과 운전용량과의 비교로부터 약 40$\sim$50%의 설계오차가 발생한 것으로 평가되었으며 이는 유화설비의 설계를 위하여 사용된 혼합폐플라스틱의 부정확한 물성 값에 기인한 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구로부터 얻은 시운전결과를 바탕으로 설계인자들을 확립하는 과정이 반드시 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.46-53
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• 1994

This study was conducted to investigate a feasibility of manufacturing wood fiber thermoplastic composites and to evaluate their mechanical properties. Wood fiber as a potential reinforcing filler was compounded with two thermoplastics (polypropylene and high density polyethylene) in high intensity thermokinetic plastic mixer aided with a wetting agent. It was found that wood fiber thermoplastic composites could be manufactured by injection molding process. The tensile and flexural strength of injection molded specimens were improved greatly with increasing wood fiber concentration. Tensile and flexural modulus increased proportionately with wood fiber concentration. Wood fiber provided reinforcement with thermoplastics in terms of strength and modulus. However, the percent elongation at break and energy to break were reduced with increasing wood fiber loadings. Impact strength also showed similar trend.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.43-49
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• 2004

In this study. an experimental work was performed to mold tensile specimens by using the injection molding machine. Melt temperature, mold temperature and the mixed ratio of recycled resin were selected as processing parameters for studying the effect of those conditions on the shrinkage and weight of molded parts. As a result, the shrinkage was increased with the higher mold and melt temperature and it was more sensitive to the change of mold temperature. On the other hand, the weight of molded parts was decreased with the increment of mold and melt temperature.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Resources Recycling Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.83-96
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• 2005

PVC is the thermoplastic offering excellent material properties. PVC is used in wide variety of applications, however, it causes environmental problems when it is discarded because of its high chlorine content. Since dechlorination reaction of PVC is taking place relatively low temperature compared to the pyrolysis temperature of plastics, study on the dechlorination reaction has been carried out as a pre-treatment process. Twin screw reactor which shows excellent mixing capabilities is employed. Experimental variables are first and second reactor temperature, PVC content in mixed plastics, viscosity of mixed plastics, feeding rate, rotational speed of the second reactor. Over 90% of dechlorination rate can be obtained under proper operation conditions. Chlorine gas evolved from reactor is absorbed in water and can be recovered as a hydrochloric acid. Analysis had been done on chlorine flows by taking material balance over reactor.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.55-62
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• 2005

Mechanical properties of shell powder containing mixed recycled plastics were investigated depending on the shell content and surface modification. First, shell powder and LDPE were compounded using the twin screw extruder to manufacture 40 wt% master batch(M/B), and the M/B was blended with LDPE to produce bulk specimens with 10, 20, 30 and 40 wt% shell content. To improve the compatibility of shell powder with mixed recycled plastics matrix, surface of shell powder was chemically modified with cations or cationic surfactant. Surface modified shell was also used to prepare bulk specimens with the same shell content. Mechanical property analysis showed obvious improvement for the surface modified shell containing bulk specimens compared to unmodified ones. These results can lead to the development of new applications for the mixed recycled plastics.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.14 no.2 s.42
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• pp.159-166
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• 2005

In Korea, although the generation of waste plastic has been increasing, the rate of recycling is considerably low and moreover, there is no suitable method for the treatment of waste plastics. However, pyrolysis, which is appropriate for the treatment of highly polymerized compounds, such as plastics, has recently gained much interest. In this study, a property of the products from the pyrolysis of mixed waste plastics, with a possible practical use for the recycling oil produced, were assessed. First of all, in order to investigate the pyrolysis characteristic of waste plastics, TGA (Thermogravimetric analysis) and DCS (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) were performed on a number of different plastics, including PP, LDPE, HDPE, PET and PS, as well as others. According to the result, it appeared that PP was the most efficiently pyrolyzed by changing the temperature, followed by LDPE, HDPE, PET, PS and the other plastics, in that order. From the results, the optimum conditions f3r pyrolysis were set up, and the different waste plastics pyrolyzed. The recycling oil produced from the flammable gases generated during the pyrolysis was com-pared with fuel oil by an analysis using the petroleum quality inspection method on KS(Korea industrial Standard). The results of the analysis showed the recycling oil was of a similar standard to fuel oil, with the exception of the ignition point, with a quality somewhere between that of paraffin oil and diesel fuel. With respect to these results, the quality of the recycling oil produced by the pyrolysis of waste plastics was suf-ficient for use as fuel oil.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.15 no.1 s.69
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• pp.20-27
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• 2006

PVC is the thermoplastic offering excellent material properties. PVC has been used in wide variety of applications, however, it causes environmental problems when it is discarded because of its high chlorine content. Since dechlorination reaction of PVC is taking place at relatively low temperature compared to the pyrolysis temperature of plastics, study on the dechlorination reaction has been carried out as a pre-treatment process. Twin screw reactor which shows excellent mixing capabilities is employed. Experimental variables are the first and second reactor temperature, PVC content in mixed plastics, viscosity of mixed plastics, feeding rate, rotational speed or the second reactor. Over $90\%$ of dechlorination ratio can be obtained under proper operation conditions. Chlorine gas evolved from reactor is absorbed in water and can be recovered as a hydrochloric acid. Analysis had been done on chlorine flows by taking material balance over realtor.