TY - JOUR
T1 - Recycling of photovoltaic panels by physical operations
AU - Granata, Giuseppe
AU - Pagnanelli, F.
AU - Moscardini, E.
AU - Havlik, T.
AU - Toro, L.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - Recycling of polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon and CdTe photovoltaic panels was investigated by studying two alternative routes made up of physical operations: two blade rotors crushing followed by thermal treatment and two blade rotors crushing followed by hammer crushing. Size distribution, X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence analysis of obtained products were carried out in order to evaluate their properties as valuable products. Results showed that for all kinds of investigated photovoltaic modules the two blade rotors crushing followed by hammer crushing and eventually by a thermal treatment of d>1 mm fractions, was the best option aiming to a direct recovery of glass.
AB - Recycling of polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon and CdTe photovoltaic panels was investigated by studying two alternative routes made up of physical operations: two blade rotors crushing followed by thermal treatment and two blade rotors crushing followed by hammer crushing. Size distribution, X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence analysis of obtained products were carried out in order to evaluate their properties as valuable products. Results showed that for all kinds of investigated photovoltaic modules the two blade rotors crushing followed by hammer crushing and eventually by a thermal treatment of d>1 mm fractions, was the best option aiming to a direct recovery of glass.
KW - Mass balances
KW - Photovoltaic panels
KW - Physical pretreatment
KW - Pilot tests
KW - Recycling
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U2 - 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.012
DO - 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893721362
VL - 123
SP - 239
EP - 248
JO - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
JF - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
SN - 0927-0248
ER -