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A Study on Improvement of Recycling Process of Waste Fluorescent Lamps

폐형광등 재활용 공정의 개선 연구

  • Received : 2020.05.25
  • Accepted : 2020.06.17
  • Published : 2020.06.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to improve the recycling process of waste fluorescent lamp, and investigate the possibility of using the waste fluorescent lamp glass as a raw material for glass beads, the leaching method of rare earth from the waste phosphor powder, and the possibility of solvent extraction of rare earth from the rare earth leaching solution. The waste phosphor contained 28.9% yttrium oxide, 3.46% cerium oxide, 1.95% europium oxide, 1.76% terbium oxide, and 1.43% lanthanum oxide. As a result of the trial production of glass beads using waste fluorescent lamp glass, it was judged that the production yield and quality were excellent, so that waste fluorescent lamp glass could be used as a raw material for glass beads. The soda roasted waste phosphor was leached in water and thereby the aqueous solution was blown with CO2 to drop the pH to about 7, Then, Al, Si and residual N2CO3 were dissolved, and NaAlCO3(OH)2 and SiO2 were precipitated in the aqueous solution. In the solvent extraction of cyanex272-hydrochloric acid, cyanex272-sulfuric acid, D2EHPA-hydrochloric acid, D2EHPA-sulfuric acid, Ionquest290-hydrochloric acid, Ionquest290-sulfuric acid, p507-hydrochloric acid using xylene as a diluent, the extraction yield of Y, Eu, Ce, La, and Tb are close to 100%. However, in this conditions, the difference in extraction yield for each element, that is, selectivity is 16% or less.

본 연구에서는 폐형광등 처리 공정의 경제성 확보를 위하여 수행되었으며, 폐형광등 유리의 글래스비드용 원료로서의 사용 가능성, 폐형광체 분말로부터 희토류의 침출, 희토류 침출액으로부터 희토류의 용매추출 가능성 등을 검토하였다. 폐형광체는 산화이트륨 28.9%, 산화세륨이 3.46%, 산화유로퓸 1.95%, 산화터븀 1.76%, 산화란탄 1.43% 순으로 함유되어 있어 회수 및 정제 시 경제성이 충분할 것으로 판단되었다. 폐형광등 유리를 사용하여 글래스비드를 시험 생산 한 결과 그 생산수율과 품질이 우수하여 폐형광등 유리를 글래스비드용 원료로 사용할 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다. 소다배소한 폐형광체를 수침출하면 알루미늄과 규소성분 및 잔류 탄산나트륨 등이 용해하며, 이 수용액에 탄산가스를 불어 넣어 pH를 7 정도로 떨어뜨리면 NaAl2(CO3)(OH)2와 SiO2 등이 침전하였다. 자이렌을 희석제로 사용하는 cyanex272-hydrochloric acid, cyanex272-sulfuric acid, D2EHPA-hydrochloric acid, D2EHPA-sulfuric acid, lonquest290-hydrochloric acid, lonquest290-sulfuric acid, p507-hydrochloric acid 조합의 용매추출에서 Y, Eu, Ce, La, Tb의 추출률이 100%에 가깝다. 그러나 동일 조건에서의 원소별 추출률의 차이, 즉 선택성은 16% 이하이다.

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