Recovery of aluminium from multi-component packaging using a fluidised bed reactor

• Authors: Witold Żukowski , Jerzy Baron , Jadwiga Zabagło , Stanisław Kandefer , Małgorzata Olek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study presents the use of fluidised bed combustion to produce thermal energy, aluminium recovery and the reduction of the Tetra Pak and Combibloc packaging waste stream. Fluidisation and the pneumatic transport, which take place in the same apparatus, allow recovering bits of the aluminium foil from the combustion zone. The limited time spent in the high temperature zone leads to a high content of free metal in the solids separated in the ash trap and cyclone. Other solid products are practically chemically inert and may be disposed in a landfill of municipal or inert wastes.

Keywords

EN

fluidisation; combustion; multilayer packaging; thermal energy; recovery of aluminium

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 40-44

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2008

online

7 - 1 - 2009

Contributors

author

Witold Żukowski

• Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

author

Jerzy Baron

• Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

author

Jadwiga Zabagło

• Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

author

Stanisław Kandefer

• Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

author

Małgorzata Olek

• Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10026-008-0046-y