Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2022.072
Recycling of PET Post-consumer Bottles: Effect of the Re-extrusion Process on the Structure, Thermal Properties, and Apparent Activation Energy
Miće Jakić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3240-4117
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet, Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21 000 Split
Sanja Perinović Jozić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0920-1138
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet, Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21 000 Split
Ivana Bandić
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet, Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21 000 Split
Laura Ključe
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Kemijsko-tehnološki fakultet, Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21 000 Split
Sažetak
In this work, post-consumer poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) bottles were gathered, separated from other materials, and re-extruded. In order to evaluate the effect of re-extrusion on the structure of PET, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was utilised. No significant effect of the re-extrusion process on the structure of the PET sample was noticed. Obtained samples were also characterised by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) in order to determine characteristic thermal transitions of PET. DSC results indicated the influence of re-extrusion; extruded PET started to melt at lower temperatures, and the crystallisation of re-extruded PET took place at significantly higher temperatures in comparison to PET. Likewise, thermogravimetric analysis (TG) was used to evaluate the effect of re-extrusion process on the thermal stability of samples. TG analysis revealed that the re-extrusion process had no effect on the thermal stability of the investigated PET samples. Finally, the activation energy of thermal degradation of the investigated samples was calculated using iso-conversional Flynn-Wall-Ozawa and Friedman method. Consequently, higher activation energies were noticed for the re-extruded PET sample in comparison to the PET bottle sample, which is a good argument in support of PET bottle recycling.
Ključne riječi
poly(ethylene terephthalate); post-consumer bottles; recycling; re-extrusion; thermal properties; activation energy
Hrčak ID:
301816
URI
Datum izdavanja:
17.5.2023.
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