Uppalapati, Anusha (2016) Energy Recovery from Electronic Waste. Research Masters thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Electronic-waste represents a form of industrial waste or electronics that is obsolete and in a non-working condition. The possibilities of storing e-waste are very less with the result of the increasing entry of E-waste into municipal waste streams. The most common method to recover metals from e-waste is to burn the E-waste and extract the metals like gold, silver and palladium from the remaining residue. This is a quite common method in India. The burning of E-waste, particularly being sold to emerging or developing nations results in pollution by with potential for significant health problems associating The potential extraction of energy stored in electronic waste could better economically support processing of the growing stockpiles. As a result, there is a good scope and a huge demand to recycle e-waste. The investigation of the project aims to review the pyrolysis process of extracting energy and metals versus a chemical solvent treatment method see how effective can it be in recovering the energy. The project methodology initially investigates on the chemical pretreatment method, to find how effectively the phenol based methylene chloride recycles and recovers the energy. The pyrolysis method is also reviewed in this thesis at two different temperatures to find the effective way to recover the metals and energy and the weight reduction is determined. The energy consumptions for both the solvent pre-treatment method and pyrolysis methods are determined. The two methods were evaluated based on their benefits, associated risks and the energies utilized are demonstrated, and efficiencies are calculated.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Research Masters) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - No Department (1 Jul 2013 -) |
| Supervisors: | Helwig, Andreas |
| Qualification: | Master of Engineering (Sciences) (Power Engineering) |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Mar 2026 01:54 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Mar 2026 01:54 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | electronic waste; printed circuit boards; WEEE |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/53180 |
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