Objective
Objectives and content:
In cable recycling most effort is put in the recovery of metals. Cables are shreddered, the metal liberated and removed. However, 45% of the weight of the cables consists of plastics, mainly PVC (70%) which are put to landfill (400.000 tons/year in Europe). The reason for not recycling PVC, although it is very high quality PVC, is that rubber is present in the plastic scrap. PVC and rubber have the same density range and until now there is no technical solution available for separating these two plastics in large quantities. When a PVC-rubber mixture is re-processed, the rubber degradates and causes air bubbles resulting in a low PVC quality. The aim of this project is to recycle the PVC. The quality will be so good that it can be reused in cables again. In this project PVC will be separated from rubber and PE using the tribo-electric charging phenomenon. Tribo-charging is the process in which two bodies are contacted and separated again with the result that each body becomes opposite electrically charged. Scouting tests have shown very promising results but not reliable, probably due to different charging conditions and differences in input material. Therefore, very important in this project is the development of a novel pre-treatment and charging of the plastics mixture to ensure selective and constant charging so separation can take place with a PVC grade >99.5%. To remove the last percentage of metal and cross-linked rubber, melt filtrationis the most suitable technique. Current problems for introduction are the high price for this upgrading (purification) step and relative long metallic wire still passing the filters causing electrical inferior PVC. In this project a combination of a cascade metal detection and a novel labyrinth filter will be developed enabling an increase in throughput of the melt filtration and guarantee a rounded metallic percentage <0,1-%.Both for the tribo-electricseparation and the upgrading step a prototype will be constructed and tested. A power-cable will be re-designed and produced to incorporate as much recycled PVC as possible. BE97-4723
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
You need to log in or register to use this function
We are sorry... an unexpected error occurred during execution.
You need to be authenticated. Your session might have expired.
Thank you for your feedback. You will soon receive an email to confirm the submission. If you have selected to be notified about the reporting status, you will also be contacted when the reporting status will change.
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Data not available
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
6800 ET Arnhem
Netherlands
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.