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SoC Presentation Title 2004
Recycling Plastic Waste into High-Value Added Aerogels for
Novel Applications
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Team members
PIs: A Prof Hai M Duong and Prof Nhan Phan-Thien
Collaborator: Dr. Wendy Xiwen Zhang, SimTech
RE Duyen Khac LeFYP student Ryan Leung Hoe Inn
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OIL SPILL IN CHENNAI
Singapore threw out 815,200 tonnes of plastic waste in 2017
SCENARIO
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OIL SPILL IN CHENNAI
PLASTIC WASTE SOLUTION IN SINGAPORE
“We would like to clarify that NEA do not allow plastic waste to be dumped in Malaysia as NEA regulates and license companies dealing in the collection, transport and processing/treatment of waste.
Of the 815,200 tonnes of plastic waste generated in 2017, only about6% were being recycled. The plastic waste that was not recycled wasincinerated at our waste-to-energy incineration plants. Though someof the sorted plastics are processed locally into resins but most arebaled for export overseas where there are proper facilities to furtherprocess them into raw materials or products.
The import of water from the Johor River Waterworks (Malaysia) is managed by PUB who operate a water treatment there to meet our portable water quality.”
Senior Engineer • Environment Technology Department • National Environment Agency
SoC Presentation Title 2004Making PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) Fibers from Plastic Bottle Waste
• This commercial equipment from Germany, costing ~$20K SGD,can produce with some control on the PET fiber morphology
• Recycled PET fibers can be purchased from commercial market
Recycled PET fibers
SoC Presentation Title 2004The World’s First Aerogel Made from Recycled
PET Fibers (from Plastic Waste)
SoC Presentation Title 2004Summary of Recycled PET Aerogel Process
Recycled PET fiber was dipped and swelled in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) or PVA/glutaraldehyde (GA)/H2O mixture, and then sonicated under 400 W power for 30 minutes
Reaction mixture was cured in over at 80oC for 3 hours at pH~3 (controlled by Hydrochloric acid – HCl)
Gelation done by freezing in refrigerator at -18oC overnight or nitrogen liquid in few minutes
Ice is taken out by freeze drying or ambient drying processes to produce the PET aerogels
(i) One A4-size aerogel sheet (30 × 20 × 1 cm3) can be made
from 1 plastic bottle (13 g); and (ii) 1 ton of fibers can make 80,000
pieces.
SoC Presentation Title 2004Novelty of Recycled PET Aerogel Process
SG Non-Provisional Application No. 10201802587W, PolyethyleneTerephthalate (PET) Aerogels, filed on 29 March 2018“Advanced Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate Aerogels from Plastic Waste forAcoustic and Thermal Insulation Applications”, GELS, in press (May 2018)
Cheap and abundant recycled PET fibers can be used to produce aerogels for the first time
Dichloromethane (DCM) or methylene chloride can be used to produce finer and softer PET fibers (~cotton fibers) if necessary
New cross-linkers such as tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS)/ethanol mixture and PVA/glutaraldehyde (GA)/H2O mixture can be used
New and cost-effective aerogel fabrication technique using ambient pressure drying or freeze drying methods – scaleable
PET Aerogels Coated with Different Chemicals through simple but effective low-heating method for different novel applications
SoC Presentation Title 2004Various Applications of PET Aerogels
Thermal jacket /insulated
garment
Heat and sound insulation
Oil and non-polar liquid absorptionPackaging and others
CO2 Filtering PET Aerogel
SoC Presentation Title 2004Sound Insulation Performance of
PET aerogel (PSA)
Sound absorption coefficient of PET aerogel is better than best commercial basmel, hardwood, corksheet materials
Effects of PET fiber amount Effects of PET aerogel thickness
SoC Presentation Title 2004Fire Retardant Ability of PET Aerogel Coated with
Silica
It can stand up to 620oC
SoC Presentation Title 2004Oil Absorption Performance of
PET Aerogel Coated with Methyl Groups
Fast oil absorption within 1 minute. Oil absorption ability is 70.2 g/g, about 3X better than commercial sorbents.
Super-hydrophobic after coating with TMCS (trimethylchlorosilane) or MTMS (MethylTriMethoxySilane)
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Effects of PET fiber amount
SoC Presentation Title 2004CO2 Uptake of PET Aerogel Coated with Amine Groups of
3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APS)
It can absorb 22-66 g CO2 /kg (0.5-1.5 mmol CO2/g) from ambient
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Potential Markets
• Sorbents market for cleaning oil spills: $143.5 billion dollars
• Heat and sound insulation market: $3.3 billion dollars
[1] http://ecobasalt.com/the-market/; [2] Comparative Energy Evaluation of Plastic Products and Their Alternatives for the Building and Construction Industry Franklin and Associates, 1992; [3] https://www.grandviewresearch.com
Cost comparison for oil & gas, building & construction industries
A 30× 20× 1 cm3 PET
aerogel sheet manufacturing
costs a few dollars
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ADVANCED PROPERTIES OF PET AEROGELS Ultra lightweight due to their very low density (0.02 g/cm3) Super-hydrophobicity with MTMS coating (149.9o) Very low thermal conductivity like air (0.033 W/m.K) High oil absorption with MTMS coating (49.5 g/g) Very elastic (compressive Young’s modulus = 4.98 kPa) With fire retardant and silica coating, they can stand up 620oC Good sound insulation with absorption coefficient of 0.45.
With coating amine groups at 90oC, they absorb 0.5 -1.5 mmol/g of CO2
Aerogel structure is very stable & self cleaning (super hydrophobic).
With NUS President, Prof. Tan Eng Chye
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