In this paper new analytical inspection strategies, based on hyperspectral imaging (HSI) in the VIS-NIR and NIR wavelength ranges (400-1000 and 1000-1700 nm, respectively), have been investigated and set up in order to define quality control logics that could be applied at industrial plant level for polyolefins recycling. The research was developed inside the European FP7 Project W2Plastics "Magnetic Sorting and Ultrasound Sensor Technologies for Production of High Purity Secondary Polyolefins from Waste". The main aim of the project is the separation of pure polyethylene and polypropylene adopting an innovative process, the magnetic density separation (MDS). Spectra of plastic particles and contaminants resulting from post-consumer complex wastes and of virgin polyolefins have been acquired by HSI and by Raman spectroscopy. The classification results obtained applying principal component analysis(PCA) on HSI data have been compared with those obtained by Raman spectroscopy, in order to validate the proposed innovative methodology. Results showed that HSI sensing techniques allow to identify both polyolefins and contaminants. Results also demonstrated that HSI has a great potentiality as a tool for quality control of feed (identification of contaminants in the plastic waste) and of the two different pure polypropylene and polyethylene flow streams resulting from the MDS-based recycling process. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Characterization of post-consumer polyolefin wastes by hyperspectral imaging for quality control in recycling processes / Serranti, Silvia; Gargiulo, Aldo; Bonifazi, Giuseppe. - In: WASTE MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 0956-053X. - STAMPA. - 31:11(2011), pp. 2217-2227. [10.1016/j.wasman.2011.06.007]

Characterization of post-consumer polyolefin wastes by hyperspectral imaging for quality control in recycling processes

SERRANTI, Silvia;GARGIULO, ALDO;BONIFAZI, Giuseppe
2011

Abstract

In this paper new analytical inspection strategies, based on hyperspectral imaging (HSI) in the VIS-NIR and NIR wavelength ranges (400-1000 and 1000-1700 nm, respectively), have been investigated and set up in order to define quality control logics that could be applied at industrial plant level for polyolefins recycling. The research was developed inside the European FP7 Project W2Plastics "Magnetic Sorting and Ultrasound Sensor Technologies for Production of High Purity Secondary Polyolefins from Waste". The main aim of the project is the separation of pure polyethylene and polypropylene adopting an innovative process, the magnetic density separation (MDS). Spectra of plastic particles and contaminants resulting from post-consumer complex wastes and of virgin polyolefins have been acquired by HSI and by Raman spectroscopy. The classification results obtained applying principal component analysis(PCA) on HSI data have been compared with those obtained by Raman spectroscopy, in order to validate the proposed innovative methodology. Results showed that HSI sensing techniques allow to identify both polyolefins and contaminants. Results also demonstrated that HSI has a great potentiality as a tool for quality control of feed (identification of contaminants in the plastic waste) and of the two different pure polypropylene and polyethylene flow streams resulting from the MDS-based recycling process. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
2011
magnetic density separation; plastic recycling; hyperspectral imaging; quality control; polyolefins
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Characterization of post-consumer polyolefin wastes by hyperspectral imaging for quality control in recycling processes / Serranti, Silvia; Gargiulo, Aldo; Bonifazi, Giuseppe. - In: WASTE MANAGEMENT. - ISSN 0956-053X. - STAMPA. - 31:11(2011), pp. 2217-2227. [10.1016/j.wasman.2011.06.007]
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