WO2022090754A1 - Procédé et dispositif d'extraction d'additifs à partir d'un matériau à base de plastique - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif d'extraction d'additifs à partir d'un matériau à base de plastique Download PDF

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WO2022090754A1
WO2022090754A1 PCT/IB2020/000876 IB2020000876W WO2022090754A1 WO 2022090754 A1 WO2022090754 A1 WO 2022090754A1 IB 2020000876 W IB2020000876 W IB 2020000876W WO 2022090754 A1 WO2022090754 A1 WO 2022090754A1
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Jean-Christophe Gabriel
Dong Xia
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  • the present invention belongs to the technical field of the treatment, decontamination and recycling of plastics.
  • the present invention concerns a method for recycling both additives and polymers from additive-containing plastics or composites by extraction, recrystallization, circulation and floatation, in which a pressurized dense fluid and in particular a supercritical fluid and a temperature or pressure gradient are used. This leads to two streams, the first is made of a condensate of additives and the second one of purified plastic-based material.
  • the present invention also concerns a particular multi-vessel device implemented during said method.
  • FRs flame-retardants
  • BFRs brominated flame-retardants
  • incineration has the disadvantage of generating corrosive gases and dioxins as well as difficult treatment due to high incombustibility. Landfilling results in the leaching of toxic brominated substance and the possible transfer into local aquifers.
  • Solvent extraction has been proposed to remove BFR content from polymeric substrate.
  • the patent U.S. 6,388,050 discloses a method for treating FRs-containing thermoplastic resin with glycol ether based compounds.
  • the resin composition can thus easily be separated into a flame retardant and a thermoplastic resin that retains most of its virgin qualities, and the solvent can be reused by distillation [1].
  • the use of organic solvents should be minimized due to related health and safety issues (toxicity, flammability, risk of distillation).
  • Another drawback of these approaches is that the subsequent distillation and drying processes are energy-intensive and hence costly.
  • the patent US 6,429,284 describes a method that can reduce the flame retardancy of resins containing FRs and reuse the resulting resins with supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) at a pressure comprised between 7.4 and 22.2 MPa, mixed with an auxiliary solvent (1-20 mol%) [2].
  • SCCO2 supercritical carbon dioxide
  • This method can substantially reduce the use of organic solvent with the replacement of pressurized CO2, which is regarded as a green solvent due to its non-toxic and non-flammable nature.
  • distillation or drying is not required because of the easy gasification of CO2 by simple decompression.
  • the invention with batchwise operation in a pressurized system limits its extraction efficiency.
  • the inventors have set themselves the aim of proposing an easily industrialised, safe and easy method making it possible to extract BFRs and more generally additives from resins containing them in order to recover and recycle both the extracted BFRs or additives and the resins free from BFRs or additives.
  • the present invention makes it possible to resolve the technical problems as defined previously and to attain the aim that the inventors have set themselves.
  • the invention relates to the extraction and separation of additives from polymeric materials or composites using an environmentally friendly solvent, in order to detoxify the starting materials and enable their recycling and also the recycling of additives.
  • the method according to the present invention completely eliminates the negative effect of using organic solvent.
  • BFRs can be efficiently extracted from plastic parts, for example from waste electronic and electrical equipment (also known as "WEEE") using a pressurized dense fluid such as supercritical CO2 (SCCO2).
  • SCCO2 supercritical CO2
  • the present invention allows, for the first time, to use a pressurized dense fluid such as SCCO2 to effectively extract additive BFRs from polymeric parts of WEEE, despite their low solubility and thus goes against all current approaches of SCCO2 extraction of BFRs that are all looking to increase solubility and therefore using auxiliary solvents.
  • the invention takes advantage of a combination of (1) tunable solubility in pressurized dense fluid such as SCCO2 by changing operating conditions; (2) the high diffusivity of a pressurized dense fluid such as SCCO2; (3) a temperature and/or pressure gradient; (4) flow circulation by natural convection or by pressurization-depressurization cycle; (5) recycle of additives such as BFRs in a form of pure polycrystalline structure; and (6) floatation separation between additives such as BFRs and plastics.
  • the method according to the present invention makes it possible to easily and efficiently extract additives such as BFRs from polymeric matrices in order to recover purified additives such as BFRs in the form of polycrystals or precipitates and in order to recover polymeric substrates in a purified form, therefore allowing their recycling.
  • the use of a temperature gradient or pressure gradient and of convection or circulated flow improves the extraction efficiency.
  • the method of the present invention permits great potential savings both financially and environmentally to be realized from the recovery and recycling of contaminated plastics waste.
  • the present invention concerns a method for extracting an additive from a material containing a polymer matrix and said additive comprising the steps of a) bringing into contact said material with a pressurized dense fluid in a device at a temperature T and a pressure P at which said pressurized dense fluid is saturated with said additive and b) creating in said device either a temperature gradient or a pressure gradient whereby said device presents a gradient of solubility of said additive with a zone of minimum solubility in which said additive precipitates or crystallizes and a zone of maximum solubility containing said material depleted in said additive, step a) and step b) being performed simultaneously or one after the other one.
  • the expression "method for extracting an additive from a material containing a polymer matrix and said additive” is taken to mean, within the scope of the present invention, forming from a material containing a polymer matrix and said additive, in one hand, a fraction rich in additive and, in the other hand, a fraction depleted in this additive.
  • the fraction rich in additive corresponds to the additive in the form of a precipitate or polycrystal and the fraction depleted in the additive corresponds to the material depleted in this additive.
  • the method of the present invention can be considered as a method for treating a material containing a polymer matrix and said additive allowing the partial or total reduction (elimination) of the additive load present in the material to be treated. If the additive is considered as a contaminant, the method of the present invention can also be considered as a decontamination method.
  • a "material depleted in the additive” means, in the context of the present invention, a material in which the additive load is significantly reduced compared to the material prior to the implementation of the method of this invention.
  • at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95% and advantageously at least 99% or even all of the additive initially contained in the material is eliminated as a result of the implementation of the invention.
  • the additive load in the material depleted in the additive is at least 70%, at least 80%, at least 90%, at least 95% lower and advantageously at least 99% lower than the initial load in the material. It should be noted that, if the amount of additive is to be further reduced in the material depleted therein, this material may need to be subjected to additional treatment such as a method according to the present invention.
  • a "material containing a polymer matrix and an additive” is taken to mean, within the scope of the present invention, a material whose main structural element is a polymer matrix in which additive molecules are embedded or distributed. This embedment or distribution may be uniform. Alternatively, this embedment or distribution may be randomized. It should be noted that the additive molecules are maintained at the surface of or within the polymer matrix thanks to non-covalent bonds with low energy such as hydrogen bonds or Van der Waals bonds. In other words, no bond of higher energy such as a covalent bond exists between the polymer matrix and the additive.
  • the implemented material only contains a polymer matrix and an additive.
  • This material thus consists of a polymer matrix and an additive.
  • This material can also be designated as a plastic with an additive.
  • the implemented material contains a polymer matrix, an additive and at least one another element.
  • the latter may be, for example, a woven or non-woven fabric or glass or carbon fibers whereby the material is a composite material.
  • this additional element remains in the material depleted in the additive.
  • a "polymer matrix" is taken to mean, within the scope of the present invention, a porous or non-porous structure essentially constituted of one (or more) (co)polymer(s).
  • the polymer matrix used in the present invention may be formed of one or more thermoplastic polymer(s), one or more thermosetting polymer(s), one or more glassy polymer(s) or a mixture thereof.
  • the polymer matrix implemented in the present invention is a matrix whose constituent material is chosen from the group consisting of a polyamide such as nylon, a polyimide, a parylene, a polycarbonate, a polydimethylsiloxane, a polyurethane, a silicon polymer, a polyolefin such as polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP), a polysulfone, polyethersulfone, a polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and its derivatives, a polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), a cellulose acetate (AC), an acrylic resin (or polyacrylate), a polystyrene (PS), a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), a polymethacrylate (PMA), polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, an epoxy resin, a polyamide such
  • the additive present in the material implemented in the invention may be any compound remaining following the polymerisation of the polymer matrix or any compound added to modify the chemical and/or physical properties of said polymer matrix.
  • this additive is selected in the group consisting of plasticizers, flame retardants, antioxidants, acid scavengers, light and heat stabilizers, lubricants, pigments, antistatic agents, slip compounds, thermal stabilizers and mixtures thereof.
  • this additive is a flame retardant and more particularly an organic flame retardant.
  • a flame retardant is a compound which, under the effect of heat, chemically reacts by producing most often water and thus cooling the material. The volatile products of this chemical reaction also enable the combustion to be slowed down by decreasing the amount of flammable mixtures.
  • Such a flame retardant is also known as an "endothermic filler".
  • the flame retardant is a halogenic flame retardant, the latter can act on preventing occurrence of combustion because halogens are effective in capturing free radicals, hence removing the capability of the flame to propagate.
  • the flame retardant implemented as additive in the present invention may be selected from the group consisting of organic halogen-based flame retardants such as brominated flame retardants and chlorinated flame retardants, organophosphorus flame retardants, melamine-based flame retardants and nitrogenbased flame retardants.
  • organic halogen-based flame retardants such as brominated flame retardants and chlorinated flame retardants, organophosphorus flame retardants, melamine-based flame retardants and nitrogenbased flame retardants.
  • the flame retardant implemented as additive in the present invention can be selected from the group consisting of decabromodiphenyl, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) such as decabromodiphenyl ether, decabromodiphenyl oxide, octabromodiphenyl oxide, tetrabromodiphenyl oxide, tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), tetrabromobisphenol A bis(2,3-dibromopropyl ether) (TBBPA-DBPE), tetrabromobisphenol A-bis(2,3-dibromophenyl ether), tetrabromobisphenol A-bis(allyl ether), hexabromocyclododecane, bis(2,4,6- tribromophenoxy) ethane (BTBPE), 2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate (TBB or E
  • the additive present in the material implemented in the present invention is an organic halogen-based flame retardant.
  • the additive in the material implemented in the present invention may be a mixture of different additives selected from one group or in different groups of additives as above defined.
  • the invention takes advantage of the density difference between different additives as well as the fact that density of the pressurized dense fluid such as SCCO2 is tunable (based on the operating conditions: temperature and pressure).
  • the pressurized dense fluid such as SCCO2 has a certain solvation power on polymeric materials and additives, which could lead to the deposition of a mixture of polymers (oligomers) and of different additives.
  • the pressurized dense fluid such as SCCO2 can provide different buoyancy effect on substances with different densities, this invention also allows to minimize cross contamination between the different additives extracted by floatation separation. It should however be noted that if the different additives in the mixture do not present a sufficient density difference, the recovered additive will also be a mixture.
  • the material containing a polymer matrix and an additive as previously defined and notably the material containing a polymer matrix and a flame-retardant is a waste electronic and electrical equipment (also known as "WEEE"), a waste furniture, a waste vehicle or one of their mixtures.
  • WEEE waste electronic and electrical equipment
  • the material containing a polymer matrix and an additive implemented in the present invention is in a fragmented form and in particular in a particulate or powder form.
  • the material containing a polymer matrix and an additive such as previously defined may be submitted to at least one treatment and notably to at least two treatments selected from the group consisting of a sorting treatment, a shredding treatment and a grinding or crushing treatment.
  • the sorting treatment is advantageously performed by optical means and aims to obtain fragments of the material with uniform size and shape, and also with uniform polymer matrix and thus to obtain a uniform extraction of additives therefrom.
  • a shredding treatment and/or a grinding or crushing treatment can reduce the material containing the polymer matrix and the additive into smaller fragments, typically smallerthan or equal to 10 mm and notably smallerthan or equal to 5 mm in order to ensure sufficient contact area with the pressurized dense fluid.
  • the material containing a polymer matrix and an additive such as previously defined may be submitted to a sorting treatment, followed by a shredding treatment and then a grinding or crushing treatment whereby the material implemented in step a) of the method according to the invention presents a size of less than 1 mm to increase the contact area with the pressurized dense fluid.
  • the method of the present invention implements a pressurized dense fluid which can be defined as a fluid heated at a temperature higher than the critical temperature thereof (maximum temperature in the liquid phase, whatever the pressure or temperature of the critical point) or subjected to a pressure higher than the critical pressure thereof (critical point pressure).
  • the pressurized dense fluid may be in a subcritical gaseous state, in a subcritical liquid state or in the supercritical state.
  • the fluid In the supercritical state, the fluid is heated at a temperature higher than the critical temperature thereof and subjected to a pressure higher than the critical pressure thereof, the physical properties of such a supercritical fluid (density, viscosity, diffusivity) being intermediate between those of liquids and those of gases.
  • pressurized dense fluid known to a person skilled in the art and generally used in methods for extracting or solubilising organic materials may be used in the present invention.
  • the pressurized dense fluid implemented in the present invention may be selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, nitrous oxide, argon, ammonia, Freon-22, Freon-23, and any mixture thereof.
  • the pressurized dense fluid implemented in the present invention is carbon dioxide and more particularly supercritical carbon dioxide.
  • the pressurized dense fluid implemented in the present invention is free of co-solvent and in particular, of organic solvent such as, for example, glycol ether-based compounds as disclosed in U.S. 6,388,050 [1].
  • pressurized dense fluid implemented in the present invention may nevertheless contain a co-solvent such as water.
  • the density of the pressurized dense fluid ranges from 800 kg/m 3 to 1200 kg/m 3 .
  • the density of the pressurized dense fluid may be controlled in order to be adjusted in the above range and to further separate precipitated/crystallized additives from the material containing them.
  • step a) of the method according to the present invention the material containing the polymer matrix and the additive is brought into contact with the pressurized dense fluid at a temperature T and a pressure P at which the pressurized dense fluid is saturated with the additive, step a) being carried out in a device which comprises a single vessel (single-vessel device or single-reactor device) or alternatively a plurality of vessels (multi-vessel device or multi-reactor device).
  • the present invention method implements a device with one or more high-pressure vessels.
  • the material containing the polymer matrix and the additive is placed in the single-vessel device or in at least one of the vessels of the multivessel device and then the pressurized dense fluid at a temperature T and a pressure P is introduced therein.
  • the material containing the polymer matrix and the additive is placed in the single-vessel device or in at least one of the vessels of the multivessel device on or before the pressurized dense fluid at a temperature T1 lower than the temperature T and a pressure Pl lower than the pressure P. Then the temperature of the pressurized dense fluid is increased to the temperature T while its pressure is increased to the pressure P.
  • the temperature T1 is room temperature (i.e. 23°C ⁇ 5°C) and pressure Pl is atmospheric pressure.
  • the temperature T is higher than the critical temperature of the pressurized dense liquid and the pressure P is higher than the critical pressure thereof.
  • the temperature T and the pressure P to be implemented may be determined beforehand by routine experiments. Alternatively, it is possible to measure the additive concentration in the pressurized dense fluid in particular thanks to Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).
  • FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
  • the method of the present invention requires both a pressurized dense fluid saturated with the material containing the polymer matrix and the additive and a temperature or pressure gradient.
  • the temperature or pressure gradient induces a gradient of solubility of the additive with a zone of minimum solubility, designated as “crystallization zone”, in which the pressurized dense liquid is oversaturated with the additive and the latter precipitates or crystallizes and a zone of maximum solubility, designated as "extraction zone”, in which there is the material containing the polymer matrix and the additive and the concentration of the additive solubilized in the pressurized dense liquid is below saturation.
  • the extraction zone the additive load of the material decreases over time, until a material depleted in the additive is obtained.
  • Le Chatelier's principle which states that "when any system at equilibrium for a long period of time is subjected to change in concentration, temperature, or pressure, (1) the system changes to a new equilibrium and (2) this change partly counteracts the applied change," and the convection within the single-vessel device or within different vessels of the multi-vessel device : since some additives are deposited in one part of the single-vessel device or in one vessel of the multi-vessel device, it allows for more additives to be extracted on the high solubility zone of the single-vessel device or on the high solubility vessel of the multi-vessel device where the material containing the polymer matrix and the additive is located.
  • solubility of a compound dissolved in a pressurized dense fluid such as SCCO2 can be described as a function of density and temperature of the fluid such as CO2 [7].
  • the fluid density such as CO2 density is decided by operating temperature, pressure and volume. That is to say, the solubility of a compound is tunable based upon varying the operating conditions, which allows for readily achieving oversaturation to grow crystals or to precipitate.
  • the pressure in the device is advantageously maintained at a pressure close to the pressure P i.e. the pressure in the device is P ⁇ 10% and notably P ⁇ 2%.
  • the temperature gradient implemented is to set from 50°C/m to 500°C/m. The temperature will be maximum in the crystallization zone and minimum in the extraction zone when the solubility of the additive to be extracted in the pressurized dense fluid decreases with the temperature. On the contrary, the temperature will be maximum in the extraction zone and minimum in the crystallization zone when the solubility of the additive to be extracted in the pressurized dense fluid increases with the temperature.
  • the temperature in the device is advantageously maintained at a temperature close to the temperature T i.e. the temperature in the device is T ⁇ 20% and notably T ⁇ 10%.
  • the temperature in the extraction zone ranges from 32°C to 200°C, and, in particular, from 60°C to 150°C, whether the method of the present invention implements a temperature gradient or a pressure gradient. This range applies, for example, when the pressurized dense fluid is CO2.
  • the pressure in the extraction zone ranges from 7.4 MPa to 100 MPa, and, in particular, from 20 MPa to 50 MPa, whetherthe method of the present invention implements a temperature gradient or a pressure gradient.
  • This range applies, for example, when the pressurized dense fluid is CO2.
  • step a) and step b) of the method according to present invention are performed simultaneously or one after the other one.
  • step a) may be performed before step b).
  • the temperature gradient or the pressure gradient ensures solute transport between the extraction zone and the crystallization zone thanks to natural convective flow of the pressurized dense fluid. Nevertheless, the solute transport between the zone of maximum solubility and the zone of minimum solubility may be enhanced thanks to pressurization-depressurization cycles or dynamic flow.
  • the extraction of additive from the material containing a polymer matrix and this additive continues until the concentration of additive in the extraction zone is equal to the saturation concentration in the crystallization zone. It is possible to follow the progress of the extraction method according to the invention, in particular, by observing the status of the additive crystals/precipitates in particular with a microscope or by measuring the additive concentration in the pressurized dense fluid in particular thanks to FTIR.
  • step b) of the method according to the present invention also covers the case in which the temperature or pressure gradient is created over time.
  • the temperature (or the pressure) in the vessel is increased to a predetermined temperature higher than the temperature T (or to a predetermined pressure higher than the pressure P) and then natural cooling (or slow/step decompression) occurs whereby a temperature (or pressure) gradient is obtained over time.
  • the temperature (or the pressure) inside the vessel is homogenous.
  • the two zones i.e. the extraction zone and the crystallization zone are not present in the vessel at the same time but rather one after the other one.
  • the method according to the present invention comprises a step of recovering the additive crystals/precipitates and the material depleted in this additive.
  • the solute can be transported following convection flow and the crystals/precipitates can grow on the pre-located mesh material in the crystallization zone, so the crystals/precipitates can be simply collected from said mesh.
  • the additive is in a pure form, it does not require any additional purification step to be reused.
  • the material depleted in additive can also be reused once recovered.
  • the method according to the present invention can be implemented using a single-vessel device or a multi-vessel device.
  • the present invention also concerns a particular multi-vessel device usable for this extraction method.
  • This multi-vessel device comprises at least two vessels identical or different in series with a pressure gradient existing between the different vessels while, in each vessel, a temperature gradient is also implemented.
  • This particular device makes it possible to optimize the additive extraction by implementing a temperature gradient at different pressures.
  • this particular multi-vessel device allows for a continuous process or at least a semi-continuous process.
  • the loop connection makes it possible to realize a continuous processing, which significantly fastens the process and avoids stop by batchwise loading/unloading.
  • the continuous processing can save the pressurized dense fluid consumption to the highest extent.
  • the pressure difference between two consecutive vessels of the multivessel device should be set according to the number of vessels in the device.
  • the pressure reduction can be averaged by each vessel from maximum pressure to atmospheric pressure.
  • the present invention concerns a multi-vessel device comprising: - at least two high-pressure vessels, identical or different, connected in series, each vessel comprising means for generating a temperature gradient therein and
  • each transfer circuit fluidly connecting the outlet of a high- pressure vessel to the inlet of the next one and presenting means for generating a negative pressure gradient between both vessels.
  • the high- pressure vessels are connected in series thanks to the transfer circuits for transferring the pressurized dense fluid from a high-pressure vessel to the next one, each transfer circuit fluidly connecting the outlet of a high-pressure vessel to the inlet of the next one.
  • the inlet of the first vessel in the series is fluidly connected to a storage tank in which the fluid implemented during the extraction method is stored.
  • the fluidic connection between the storage tank and the first high-pressure vessel implements a transfer circuit.
  • the latter comprises a pump for delivering fluid from the storage tank to the first vessel and thus generating a positive pressure gradient.
  • the fluid in the storage tank can be liquid or gaseous.
  • the transfer circuit advantageously comprises a cooling unit localized between the storage tank and the delivering pump. This cooling unit is used to condensate the gaseous fluid into a liquid fluid.
  • each vessel after the first one in the series can also be fluidly connected with the storage tank, the transfer circuit implemented for this connection also presenting a delivering pump and a cooling unit as already disclosed.
  • the same delivering pump and the same cooling unit are used when delivering fluid from the storage tank to any vessel in the series.
  • the transfer circuit between two consecutive vessels comprise at least one element selected from the group consisting of valves, solenoid valves and three-way valves in order to control the flow of pressurized dense fluid.
  • the transfer circuit between two consecutive vessels comprise at least two three-way valves and at least one element selected from the group consisting of valves and solenoid valves.
  • the transfer circuit between the storage tank and the first vessel in the series can also comprise at least one valve or solenoid valve to control the flow of pressurized dense fluid, while the transfer circuit between the storage tank and the vessels other than the first one in the series can comprise at least one three-way valve in order to control the flow of pressurized dense fluid.
  • the transfer circuit between two consecutive vessels is advantageously equipped with a heat exchanger or with heating pipe to counteract decompress cooling due to the Joule-Thompson cooling effect.
  • the means for generating a negative pressure gradient between two consecutive vessels are selected from the group consisting of orifices, valves, solenoid valves and back-pressure regulators.
  • these means comprise at least one backpressure regulator and at least one element selected from the group consisting of orifices, valves and solenoid valves.
  • the outlet of each vessel is (i) fluidly connected with the inlet of a next vessel, (ii) directly go to atmosphere to draw off the fluid implemented during the extraction method fluid if there is no toxicity problem and/or (iii) fluidly connected to the storage tank.
  • At least one three-way valve can be present at the outlet of the last vessel in the series in order to control the flow of pressurized dense fluid.
  • the outlet of the last vessel in the series is fluidly connected to the storage tank thanks to a transfer circuit.
  • the latter comprises a pump for recycling the fluid from the last vessel to the storage tank and advantageously a cooling unit localized between the last vessel and the recycling pump in order to condensate the gaseous fluid into a liquid fluid prior to pumping.
  • each vessel before the last one in the series can also be fluidly connected with the storage tank, the transfer circuit implemented for this connection also presenting a recycling pump and a cooling unit as already disclosed.
  • the same delivering pump and the same cooling unit are used when recycling fluid from any vessel in the series to the storage tank.
  • the multi-vessel device in this configuration, the multi-vessel device according to the present invention, the at least two high-pressure vessels, identical or different, are connected in a loop.
  • the loop connection makes it possible to save the pressurized dense fluid consumption to the highest extent.
  • the other vessels in a loop connection, when one vessel is on the stage of loading or unloading either material or additive crystals, the other vessels can still work for extraction and/or crystallization, thus continuous process techniques are applicable, which avoid stop by batchwise loading/unloading.
  • the latter and the flow of pressurized dense fluid are advantageously controlled by one or more computer(s) with readable memories. This can be used to control the solenoid valve between two vessels.
  • the multi-vessel device according to the present invention can comprise two high-pressure vessels, identical or different. In this case, if one of the two vessels is stopped and released to load/unload materials, the other one can still work for extraction/deposition with an applied temperature gradient. This configuration makes it possible to implement a semi-batch process with dual vessels.
  • the multi-vessel device according to the present invention can comprise at least three high-pressure vessels, identical or different, connected in series, each vessel comprising means for generating a temperature gradient therein.
  • the multi-vessel device according to the present invention can comprise three high-pressure vessels, identical or different; four high-pressure vessels, identical or different; five high-pressure vessels, identical or different; six high-pressure vessels, identical or different; seven high-pressure vessels, identical or different; eight high- pressure vessels, identical or different; nine high-pressure vessels, identical or different or even ten high-pressure vessels, identical or different.
  • Each high-pressure vessel in the multi-vessel device according to the present invention is advantageously designed as a horizontal cylinder, which facilitates convection flow and localized crystallization in a single vessel.
  • the main body and inner metallic structures of each high-pressure vessel are made of stainless steel or any other alloy which withstands high pressure and temperature.
  • this horizontal cylinder presents a circular cross-section.
  • each vessel is divided in two compartments cl and c2 thanks to a porous thermally insulated plate.
  • Each compartment cl and c2 is limited by an arc-shaped part of main body of the device and the porous thermally insulated plate.
  • the latter is advantageously made of inert fibrous materials with low thermal conductivity and presents openings thanks to which the compartment cl is in fluid connection with the compartment c2.
  • These openings present diameters, identical or different, large enough so as not to clog readily but not too large so as to be effective for heat insulating, advantageously these diameters range from 1 mm to 10 mm.
  • the porous thermally insulated plate can be of any shape provided that the thermally insulated plates with openings play a role of defining different zones in the vessel and regulating flow trajectory.
  • the thermally insulated plate is in two parts, each part being fixed to the other one and to the internal wall of the single-well device.
  • the angle formed by the two parts of the thermally insulated plate can be adjusted and typically is above or equal to 90° and below 180°.
  • Each vessel in the multi-vessel device presents at least one heater member at level of the arc-shaped part of the compartment cl (or c2) and at least one chiller member at the level of the arc-shaped part of the compartment c2 (or cl).
  • the heater member may be outside and/or inside the vessel.
  • heating is performed by a member located outside the vessel i.e. mounted on the walls of the vessel or positioned in the proximity thereof.
  • a member may be in the form of a heater belt or a heater cable of the resistive or inductive type or that is heated by passing a fluid heated to a temperature that is adapted to heat part of the pressurized dense fluid contained in the vessel to a desired temperature.
  • the heater member is inside the vessel and is typically presented in the form of a heater resistor positioned in the inside volume of one of the compartments cl and c2.
  • the chiller member which is advantageously in the form of a cable that is chilled by passing a fluid chilled to a temperature that is adapted to chill part of the pressurized dense fluid contained in the device to a desired temperature. It is further preferable to assemble the at least one heater member in bottom zone of the device and the at least one chiller member in top zone so as to maintain the circulation of the loop fluid due to the buoyancy effect. In heating zone, fluid is heated therefore upward velocity is obtained along the wall whereas it is the reverse in case of the cooling zone.
  • a sample basket container is placed in the extraction zone and a crystal collector is placed in the crystallization zone.
  • the sample basket container is driven by a roller and/or at least one stirrer element is amounted in the vessel in order to accelerate the extraction rate and avoid polymer binding.
  • the mesh size of sample basket container should be smaller than the particulate size of the material containing a polymer matrix and an additive. In one specific embodiment, the mesh size of the basket container ranges from 0.01 mm to 1 mm.
  • the crystal collector is advantageously arc-shaped and attached to the bottom wall of the compartment cl or c2. It can be composed of several mesh layers fixed on a rack close to the heater member or to the chiller member. It should be readily replaceable from the vessel and the crystals on it should be readily stripped away.
  • Each vessel in the multi-vessel device according to the invention presents an inlet opening and an outlet opening.
  • the inlet opening is placed near the extraction zone and the outlet opening is placed near the crystallization zone.
  • the device is equipped with a filter such as a sintered filter in both the inlet opening and the outlet opening.
  • the filter retains entrained solutes in the device as much as possible when drawing off pressurized dense fluid.
  • the device is also equipped with at least one window and advantageously with two parallel windows, which allow for measurement of concentration in solution using an FTIR and/or observation of crystal growth using a microscope.
  • the window(s) is/are made of CaF2 crystal, diamond or sapphire.
  • each vessel implementing a temperature gradient the latter and the flow of pressurized dense fluid are advantageously controlled by one or more computer(s) with readable memories.
  • Figure 1 presents the change of molar fraction of TBBPA and temperature versus elapsed time.
  • FIG. 2 presents a SEM (for "Scanning Electron Microscopy") image of TBBPA crystals obtained from the method of natural cooling.
  • Figure 3 presents the change of molar fraction of TBBPA and pressure versus elapsed time.
  • Figure 4 presents a SEM image of TBBPA crystals obtained from the method of step decompression.
  • Figure 5 presents the change of integrated IR absorbance and pressure versus elapsed time.
  • Figure 6 presents the solubility of TBBPA as a function of temperature at constant pressure.
  • Figure 7 presents the images showing the process of density floatation of PMP and TBBPA-BDBPE in ScCO 2 .
  • Figure 8 presents the mass of TBBPA sample before and after the temperature gradient assisted extraction.
  • Figure 9 is a schematic representation of the multi-vessel device according to the present invention.
  • the following examples are performed using the simplest configuration of the extraction system, where only one high-pressure vessel was used for both extraction and recrystallization.
  • the vessel is equipped with a filter in the openings of both inlet and outlet.
  • the vessel is also equipped with two parallel windows, which allow for measurement of concentration in solution using an FTIR and/or observation of crystal growth using a microscope.
  • Three types of samples, referred herein after as "standard sample”, “customized sample” and “real sample”, respectively were prepared.
  • Standard sample (designated as "T+ABS") was a mixture of ABS resin (Br- free), fabricated by Shandong Tianyi Chemical Co., Ltd. (China), and chemical grade TBBPA, from Sigma Aldrich, by homogenizing weighted TBBPA powder with ABS powder, whose particulate size were less than 0.25 mm (checked by sieving). TBBPA content was loaded at 16.7 w%, thus Br content was 9.8 w%.
  • Customized sample (designated as "T/ABS") was fabricated by Shandong Tianyi Chemical Co., Ltd. (China) following industrial practices by hot blending ABS resin and industrial grade TBBPA and extruding them to obtain pellets. We then grinded these purchased pellets, at cryogenic temperature using liquid N2, into powders with particulate size of less than 0.25 mm (checked by sieving). The Br content is 8.6 w%, determined by XRF.
  • Real sample (designated as "RS") was collected from the casing of a paper shredder (HP), in which TBBPA was the major BFRs (proved by HPLC and GC-MS results). The sample was cut and grinded, at cryogenic temperature using liquid N2, into powders with particulate size of less than 0.25 mm in diameter (checked by sieving). The Br content is 9.9 w%, determined by XRF.
  • T+ABS sample standard sample
  • Solidweave mesh Solidweave mesh
  • TBBPA was extracted at an efficiency of 26.0% ⁇ 0.7%, and it was separated as a form of polycrystalline substance, which can be directly reused.
  • ABS oligomer was dissolved in SCCO2 at a weight percentage of 1.2 w% ⁇ 0.1 w%, thus the negative effect of its contamination on the purity of TBBPA crystal was insignificant.
  • TBBPA removal efficiency was 78.0% ⁇ 2.0%. If higher pressure is performed, higher solubility of both TBBPA and ABS is expected, then floatation of TBBPA and ABS should be considered to ensure a more desired separation performance. 1.2. Using customized sample.
  • the extraction procedure was as the same as that in the first example.
  • the total mass lost rate was 3.6 w% ⁇ 0.0 w% (determined by gravimetric method) and Br removal efficiency was 31.8 w% ⁇ 0.8 w% (determined by XRF).
  • the infrared signal was monitored through the ScCO2 solution during extraction and subsequent step decompression (Figure 5), which indicates a similar trend of kinetics compared with that using standard samples. However, white precipitations instead of crystals were found in the vessel probably due to grade difference of BFR involved.
  • the density floatation allows to minimize cross contamination between the heavier additives and lighter polymers.
  • the tunable density ranges from 0.8 to 1.2 g/mL.
  • An up-scaled vessel with a volume of IL was used in this example.
  • Two propellers are amounted to allow fast stirring and thus homogenizing the temperature of solution in the vessel.
  • the thermally insulated plate made of PTFE has several openings, segregating the vessel into an extraction zone located in the lower part and a crystallization zone located in the upper part, while the medium is still connected through flows. When stirring is stopped, the cooling and heating are performed on both sides of the thermally insulated plate to generate a significant temperature gradient.
  • the solubility of TBBPA is 0.405 g/L. Therefore, four TBBPA samples were loaded, each of which contained 0.50 g TBBPA packaged into solid mesh to ensure saturation. Besides, the four samples were evenly located in the vertical space of the vessel, with two in crystallization zone (samples 1 and 2) and the other two in extraction zone (samples 3 and 4). After sealing the vessel, the vessel was heated and CO2 was delivered to desired 60 ⁇ 0.1°C and 30 ⁇ 0.1 MPa to extract/dissolve TBBPA with stirring at 500 rpm for 5h. Then stirring was stopped and temperature gradient was started to generate.
  • the temperature of the top part inside the vessel was 46.2°C
  • the temperature of the middle part of external vessel wall was 76.3°C
  • the temperature of the external vessel bottom was 169.2°C.
  • the temperature of the cooling liquid contacting with the cooling tube was 8.0°C.
  • the pressure was maintained isobaric at 30 ⁇ 0.1 MPa. This constant temperature gradient was lasted for lOh for recrystallization.
  • TBBPA crystals looks like ice cubes and can easily be peeled off.
  • their total dissolved mass is 1.49 g, which is three times higher than that without temperature gradient. It is worth noting that the two samples located in extraction zone (samples 3 and 4) were almost depleted (determined by gravimetric method) ( Figure 8), indicating a significant increase of overall solubilisation due to the temperature gradient and the induced convection flow and the generated steady state.
  • TBBPA disolved amount
  • the inventors used customized sample (T/ABS) with particle size ranging from 0.1-1 mm, and loaded 2.0 g of the sample into the extraction zone of the IL vessel.
  • the present invention relates to recycling both BFRs and polymers from BFRs-containing plastics by extraction, recrystallization, circulation and floatation in SCCO2.
  • the basic procedures comprise:
  • the crystals/precipitates can be removed from one of the vessels and untreated plastic powders will be loaded into this vessel while other vessels are still ongoing of extraction or crystallization. In this case, one can realize a continuous processing as well as minimize the loss of CO2.
  • FIG 9 presents a simplified scenario of the multi-vessel device.
  • three identical vessels A, B, and C are connected in series/loop, with one's outlet connected with the next one's inlet.
  • the inlets of the vessels are also connected with the main pump (02), which delivers fresh CO2 from CO2 storage tank (01) to the vessels, thus generating a positive pressure gradient.
  • the orifices/valves/solenoid valves (07, 09, 11, and 12) and the back-pressure regulators (BPR, 13-15) located between two vessels are used to generate a negative pressure gradient.
  • the outlet of each vessel is either connected with the inlet of a next vessel or directly go to atmosphere to draw off CO2.
  • valves/solenoid valves located at the inlet of the vessels and the three-way valves (16-21) are used to regulate the on/off and the flow of CO2 into the vessel.
  • the cooling units (04 and 05) are used to condensate gaseous CO2 into liquid CO2 prior to pumping.
  • Each vessel presents means to generate a gradient temperature therein.
  • the inner volume of each vessel is divided in two compartments and thanks to a porous thermally insulated plate. All what has been previously disclosed for vessels in which a temperature gradient is implemented applies to the vessels A, B and C of the multi-vessel of Figure 9.
  • the remaining CO2 is either drawn off or recycled in the system through pump (03), and the decontaminated plastics and condensed additives are separately collected from the vessel A.
  • vessel A is unloaded and reloaded, vessel B is compressed to 50 MPa, to perform the same extraction process as the role of vessel A just did, but with a shorter time such as, for example, 2h, due to a pre-extraction process at 30 MPa.
  • vessel B becomes the major vessel for extraction/crystallization, and vessel C and vessel A are remained at 30 MPa and 10 MPa, respectively.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé d'extraction d'un additif à partir d'un matériau contenant une matrice polymère et ledit additif comprenant les étapes consistant à a) mise en contact dudit matériau avec un fluide dense sous pression dans un dispositif à une température T et une pression p à laquelle ledit fluide dense sous pression est saturé avec ledit additif et b) création dans ledit dispositif soit un gradient de température soit un gradient de pression, ledit dispositif présentant un gradient de solubilité dudit additif avec une zone de solubilité minimale dans laquelle ledit additif précipite ou cristallise et une zone de solubilité maximale contenant ledit matériau appauvri en ledit additif, étape a) et l'étape b) étant effectuée simultanément ou l'une après l'autre. La présente invention concerne également un dispositif à récipients multiples mis en œuvre au cours de ce procédé d'extraction.
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