Physical and chemical treatment of end of life panels: An integrated automatic approach viable for different photovoltaic technologies

•Si and CdTe panels were treated by the same process route.•Physical treatment by crushing and thermal treatment of >1mm fraction (62% w/w).•Fe, Al and Zn are concentrated in 0.08–0.4 and

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Published in:Waste management (Elmsford) 2017-01, Vol.59, p.422-431
Main Authors: Pagnanelli, Francesca, Moscardini, Emanuela, Granata, Giuseppe, Abo Atia, Thomas, Altimari, Pietro, Havlik, Tomas, Toro, Luigi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acid leaching
Aluminum - chemistry
Automation
Cadmium
Cadmium Compounds - chemistry
Chemical Fractionation
Chemical treatment
Copper - chemistry
Crushing
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Fragments
Glass
Glass recovery
Heat treatment
Iron - chemistry
Metals, Heavy - analysis
Panels
Photovoltaic panels
Physical treatment
Recycling
Recycling - methods
Silicon - chemistry
Silver - chemistry
Tellurium - chemistry
Zinc - chemistry
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Summary:•Si and CdTe panels were treated by the same process route.•Physical treatment by crushing and thermal treatment of >1mm fraction (62% w/w).•Fe, Al and Zn are concentrated in 0.08–0.4 and
ISSN:0956-053X
1879-2456
DOI:10.1016/j.wasman.2016.11.011