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- Title
High-Gradient Magnetic Separation of Compact Fluorescent Lamp Phosphors: Elucidation of the Removal Dynamics in a Rotary Permanent Magnet Separator.
- Authors
Boelens, Peter; Lei, Zhe; Drobot, Björn; Rudolph, Martin; Li, Zichao; Franzreb, Matthias; Eckert, Kerstin; Lederer, Franziska
- Abstract
In an ongoing effort towards a more sustainable rare-earth element market, there is a high potential for an efficient recycling of rare-earth elements from end-of-life compact fluorescent lamps by physical separation of the individual phosphors. In this study, we investigate the separation of five fluorescent lamp particles by high-gradient magnetic separation in a rotary permanent magnet separator. We thoroughly characterize the phosphors by ICP-MS, laser diffraction analysis, gas displacement pycnometry, surface area analysis, SQUID-VSM, and Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy. We present a fast and reliable quantification method for mixtures of the investigated phosphors, based on a combination of Time-Resolved Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy and parallel factor analysis. With this method, we were able to monitor each phosphors' removal dynamics in the high-gradient magnetic separator and we estimate that the particles' removal efficiencies are proportional to (d2·χ)1/3. Finally, we have found that the removed phosphors can readily be recovered easily from the separation cell by backwashing with an intermittent air–water flow. This work should contribute to a better understanding of the phosphors' separability by high-gradient magnetic separation and can simultaneously be considered to be an important preparation for an upscalable separation process with (bio)functionalized superparamagnetic carriers.
- Subjects
COMPACT fluorescent light bulbs; MAGNETIC separation; PERMANENT magnets; LASER-induced fluorescence; FLUORESCENCE spectroscopy; MAGNETIC particles; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC materials; PHOSPHORS
- Publication
Minerals (2075-163X), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 10, p1116
- ISSN
2075-163X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/min11101116