scholarly journals Effective Recovery Process of Copper from Waste Printed Circuit Boards Utilizing Recycling of Leachate

JOM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joona Rajahalme ◽  
Siiri Perämäki ◽  
Roshan Budhathoki ◽  
Ari Väisänen

AbstractThis study presents an optimized leaching and electrowinning process for the recovery of copper from waste printed circuit boards including studies of chemical consumption and recirculation of leachate. Optimization of leaching was performed using response surface methodology in diluted sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide media. Optimum leaching conditions for copper were found by using 3.6 mol L−1 sulfuric acid, 6 vol.% hydrogen peroxide, pulp density of 75 g L−1 with 186 min leaching time at 20°C resulting in complete leaching of copper followed by over 92% recovery and purity of 99.9% in the electrowinning. Study of chemical consumption showed total decomposition of hydrogen peroxide during leaching, while changes in sulfuric acid concentration were minor. During recirculation of the leachate with up to 5 cycles, copper recovery and product purity remained at high levels while acid consumption was reduced by 60%.

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 136-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Szabolcs Fogarasi ◽  
Florica Imre-Lucaci ◽  
Attila Egedy ◽  
Árpád Imre-Lucaci ◽  
Petru Ilea

JOM ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 29-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manis K. Jha ◽  
Jae-chun Lee ◽  
Archana Kumari ◽  
Pankaj K. Choubey ◽  
Vinay Kumar ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 675-677 ◽  
pp. 698-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Chao Liang ◽  
Wen Qing Qin ◽  
Fen Jiao

Recycling of metallic fractions from waste printed circuit boards (PCBs) using gravity separation and hydrometallurgy was investigated. The obtained research fruits were listed as follows: (1) When being pulverized to finer than 0.4mm, waste PCBs could be generally dissociated from plastics. (2) Shaking table was shown to be suitable for processing pulverized PCBs. Pulverized PCBs containing 6.97% copper was enriched to 33.55% in a single operation and the copper recovery was 90.3% in the best size range of separation. (3) Pressure oxidation leaching was shown to be effective for separating copper from aluminum and tin. The leaching extraction of aluminum and tin were 86.6% and 96.3%, copper extraction was 1% or less under the optimal conditions.


2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Long Le ◽  
Jinki Jeong ◽  
Jae-Chun Lee ◽  
Banshi D. Pandey ◽  
Jae-Min Yoo ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 666 ◽  
pp. 383-387
Author(s):  
Ya Wei Yang ◽  
Fu Wei Sun ◽  
Zhan Xu Tie

Waste printed circuit boards is one of the main electronic waste,which has serious pollution,it has valuable metal and nometal.So its processing method is a very complex problem.There are a variety of recovery methods since the birth of waste printed circuit boards,and the most widely used method is mechanical method,which is practical and avoids the problem of environmental pollution.This article describes the recovery process of mechanical method of recycling waste printed circuit boards and the equipment used, and summarizes the status quo of mechanical method of recycling waste printed circuit boards in China and abroad.


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