Recycling of PET Post-consumer Bottles: Effect of the Re-extrusion Process on the Structure, Thermal Properties, and Apparent Activation Energy

被引:2
作者
Jakic, M. [1 ]
Jozic, S. Perinovic [1 ]
Bandic, I. [1 ]
Kljuce, L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Split, Fac Chem & Technol, Rudera Boskovica 35, Split 21000, Croatia
来源
KEMIJA U INDUSTRIJI-JOURNAL OF CHEMISTS AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERS | 2023年 / 72卷 / 5-6期
关键词
Poly(ethylene terephthalate); post-consumer bottles; recycling; re-extrusion; thermal properties; activation energy; KINETIC-ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; POLY(ETHYLENE-TEREPHTHALATE);
D O I
10.15255/KUI.2022.072
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
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 crystal- lisation 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 ener-gy 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.
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