| Title | NOx removal and copper recovery from the leaching process for waste printed circuit boards: performance evaluation and potential environmental impact assessment |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 12871 |
| Authors | Chen, TL; Chen, YS; Chiang, PC; Chen, YH; Hsu, CH |
| Title | NOx removal and copper recovery from the leaching process for waste printed circuit boards: performance evaluation and potential environmental impact assessment |
| Year | 2024 |
| Published | Environmental Science And Pollution Research, 31.0, 7 |
| Abstract | Resource recovery is crucial for small- and medium-sized enterprises to attain a circular economy. The economic benefits of recovering precious metals from electronic waste, such as waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs), are hindered by secondary pollutant emissions from pretreatment processes. This study aims to recover copper from the WPCB acid leaching process and reduce NOx emissions through the use of a high gravity rotating packed bed (RPB). The results indicate that the copper recovery ratio increases to 99.75% through the displacement reaction between iron powder and copper nitrate. The kinetic analysis of copper dissolution was employed to simulate the NOx emissions during acid leaching, with an R-squared value of 0.872. Three oxidants, including H2O2(aq), ClO2(aq), and O-3(g), with pH adjusted to different NaOH concentrations, were used to remove NOx. The greatest NOx removal rate was achieved using a 0.06 M NaOH solution, with a removal rate of 91.2% for ozone oxidation at a 152-fold gravity level and a gas-to-liquid (G/L) ratio of 0.83. The gas-side mass transfer coefficients (K(G)a) for NOx range from 0.003 to 0.012 1/s and are comparable to previous studies. The results of a life cycle analysis indicate that the NOx removal rate, nitric acid recycling rate, and copper recovery rate are 85%, 80%, and 100%, respectively, reducing the environmental impact on the ecosystem, human health, and resource depletion by 10% compared to a scenario with no NOx removal. |
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