Journal article
Thermal analysis on the pyrolysis of tetrabromobisphenol A and electric arc furnace dust mixtures
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol.49(1), pp.45-60
2018
Abstract
The pyrolysis of Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) mixed with electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) was studied using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and theoretically analyzed using thermodynamic equilibrium calculations. Mixtures of both materials with varying TBBPA loads (1:1 and 1:3) were prepared and pyrolyzed in a nitrogen atmosphere under dynamic heating conditions at heating rates of 5 and 10 °C/min. The mixtures degraded through several steps, including decomposition of TBBPA yielding mainly HBr, bromination of metal oxides, followed by their evaporation in the sequence of CuBr3, ZnBr2, PbBr2, FeBr2, MnBr2, KBr, NaBr, CaBr2, and MgBr2, and finally reduction of the remaining metal oxides by the char formed from decomposition of TBBPA. Thermodynamic calculations suggest the possibility of selective bromination of zinc and lead followed by their evaporation, leaving iron in its oxide form, while the char formed may serve as a reduction agent for iron oxides into metallic iron. However, at higher TBBPA volumes, iron bromide forms, which can also be evaporated at a temperature higher than those of ZnBr2 and PbBr2. Results from this work provide practical insight into selective recovery of valuable metals from EAFD while at the same time recycling the hazardous bromine content in TBBPA.
Details
- Title
- Thermal analysis on the pyrolysis of tetrabromobisphenol A and electric arc furnace dust mixtures
- Authors/Creators
- M. Al-Harahsheh (Author/Creator)A. Al-Otoom (Author/Creator)M. Al-Jarrah (Author/Creator)M. Altarawneh (Author/Creator)S. Kingman (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol.49(1), pp.45-60
- Publisher
- Springer Boston
- Identifiers
- 991005544217107891
- Copyright
- © 2017 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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