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Guo, Jinyang [Author]; Kim, Youngju [Author]; Chong, Zhi Kai [Author]; Alassali, Ayah [Author]; Chacón Castro, José [Author]; Gottschalk, Dieter [Author]; Kitzberger, Magdalena [Author]; Kuchta, Kerstin [Author] ; Technische Universität Hamburg, Technische Universität Hamburg Institut für Umwelttechnik und Energiewirtschaft

Quality changes of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) recyclates from the pretreatment process with a cationic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant as cleaning agents upstream of extrusion

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Quality changes of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) recyclates from the pretreatment process with a cationic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant as cleaning agents upstream of extrusion
  • Contributor: Guo, Jinyang [VerfasserIn]; Kim, Youngju [VerfasserIn]; Chong, Zhi Kai [VerfasserIn]; Alassali, Ayah [VerfasserIn]; Chacón Castro, José [VerfasserIn]; Gottschalk, Dieter [VerfasserIn]; Kitzberger, Magdalena [VerfasserIn]; Kuchta, Kerstin [VerfasserIn]
  • Corporation: Technische Universität Hamburg ; Technische Universität Hamburg, Institut für Umwelttechnik und Energiewirtschaft
  • imprint: 2022
  • Published in: Processes ; 10(2022), 11 vom: 24. Okt., Artikel-ID 2174, Seite 1-17
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.15480/882.4673; 10.3390/pr10112174
  • ISSN: 2227-9717
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  • Keywords: LDPE ; surfactant ; cleaning ; pretreatment ; mechanical recycling
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  • Footnote: Sonstige Körperschaft: Technische Universität Hamburg
    Sonstige Körperschaft: Technische Universität Hamburg, Institut für Umwelttechnik und Energiewirtschaft
  • Description: Low-density polyethylene is the most applied packaging plastic. The recycling rate of LDPE is low, especially for the material from the post-consumer source. The quality of the LDPE post-consumer recyclates is influenced by different contaminations, either intentionally or non-intentionally. Printing ink is one of the substances that is regarded as having a negative influence on the quality of LDPE recyclates. This study used a new type of nonionic surfactant oxirane, methyl-, polymer for de-inking as a pretreatment. Afterward, the LDPE film flakes were mechanically recycled in the laboratory. A melt flow index (MFI), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and tensile strength analysis were carried out. This work reported the de-inking effect of a new type of nonionic surfactant. However, no evidential correlation between the rate of color removal and the improvement in the rheological, thermal, and mechanical properties can be identified from the result of this study.
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution (CC BY)