Kinetic Study of the Pyrolysis of Waste Printed Circuit Boards Subject to Conventional and Microwave Heating

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 5; no. 9; pp. 3295 - 3306
• Main Authors: Sun, Jing, Wang, Wenlong, Liu, Zhen, Ma, Qingluan, Zhao, Chao, Ma, Chunyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2012
• Subjects: activation energy; Decomposition; Energy; kinetic study; Kinetics; Metals; Microwave heating; microwave-induced pyrolysis; Printed circuit boards; Temperature; waste printed circuit boards (WPCB); China

This paper describes a kinetic study of the decomposition of waste printed circuit boards (WPCB) under conventional and microwave-induced pyrolysis conditions. We discuss the heating rates and the influence of the pyrolysis on the thermal decomposition kinetics of WPCB. We find that the thermal degr...