Process of extraction, quantification and recovery of additives in polypropylene with natural biodegradable solvents and use of the polypropylene resulting from the multiple extractions

A process of extraction, quantification and recovery of additives in polypropylene comprising the following stages:

• stage 1) washing a plastic material (A);
• stage 2) grinding the plastic material (A) to a particle size from 10 to 500 microns;
• stage 3) carrying out an extraction process where the plastic material (A) of stage 2) is transferred to a first column and thereafter the plastic material (A) passes through a second column, a third column and a fourth column respectively for successive extractions with a first solvent, a second solvent, a third solvent and a fourth solvent, respectively, to obtain a first, second, third and fourth solvent with additives;
• stage 4) carrying out packed column extraction, wherein the first, second, third and fourth solvent with the additives obtained from each extraction in the first, second, third and fourth columns from stage 3) passes through a first packed column a second packed column, a third packed column and a fourth packed column respectively to obtain a first additive, a second additive, a third additive and fourth additive;
• stage 5) crystallizing the additives obtained from each extraction stage in the first, second, third and fourth packed columns respectively from stage 4);
• and
• stage 6) quantifying the crystallized additives obtained from stage 5);
• wherein a residue material without additives is subjected to a subsequent pyrolysis process, and
• wherein in stage 3), a solid-liquid extraction is performed in the first column from 2 to 3 hours with the first solvent, wherein the first solvent is 1-Methyl-4-(1-methylethenil)-cyclohexene (limonene) and the first column is heated to a temperature from 40 to 70° C. and energy is applied by ultrasound or radiation by microwaves.

A process of extraction, quantification and recovery of additives in polypropylene comprising the following stages:

• stage 1) washing a plastic material (A);
• stage 2) grinding the plastic material (A) to a particle size from 10 to 500 microns;
• stage 3) carrying out an extraction process where the plastic material (A) of stage 2) is transferred to a first column and thereafter the plastic material (A) passes through a second column, a third column and a fourth column respectively for successive extractions with a first solvent, a second solvent, a third solvent and a fourth solvent, respectively, to obtain a first, second, third and fourth solvent with additives;
• stage 4) carrying out packed column extraction, wherein the first, second, third and fourth solvent with the additives obtained from each extraction in the first, second, third and fourth columns from stage 3) passes through a first packed column a second packed column, a third packed column and a fourth packed column respectively to obtain a first additive, a second additive, a third additive and fourth additive;
• stage 5) crystallizing the additives obtained from each extraction stage in the first, second, third and fourth packed columns respectively from stage 4);
• and
• stage 6) quantifying the crystallized additives obtained from stage 5);
• wherein a residue material without additives is subjected to a subsequent pyrolysis process, and
• wherein the second column contains the second solvent, wherein the second solvent is a mixture of cyclohexane:
• 1-Methyl-4-(1-methylethenil)-cyclohexene (limonene) in ratios ranging from 20:80 to 80:20 and the second column is heated to a temperature from 40 to 70° C. and energy is applied by ultrasound or radiation by microwaves.

A process of extraction, quantification and recovery of additives in polypropylene comprising the following stages:

• stage 1) washing a plastic material (A);
• stage 2) grinding the plastic material (A) to a particle size from 10 to 500 microns;
• stage 3) carrying out an extraction process where the plastic material (A) of stage 2) is transferred to a first column and thereafter the plastic material (A) passes through a second column, a third column and a fourth column respectively for successive extractions with a first solvent, a second solvent, a third solvent and a fourth solvent, respectively, to obtain a first, second, third and fourth solvent with additives;
• stage 4) carrying out packed column extraction, wherein the first, second, third and fourth solvent with the additives obtained from each extraction in the first, second, third and fourth columns from stage 3) passes through a first packed column a second packed column, a third packed column and a fourth packed column respectively to obtain a first additive, a second additive, a third additive and fourth additive;
• stage 5) crystallizing the additives obtained from each extraction stage in the first, second, third and fourth packed columns respectively from stage 4);
• and
• stage 6) quantifying the crystallized additives obtained from stage 5);
• wherein a residue material without additives is subjected to a subsequent pyrolysis process, and
• wherein in stage 3), the third column contains the third solvent, wherein the third solvent is a mixture of toluene:
• cyclohexane in ratios ranging from 20:80 to 80:20 and the third column is heated to a temperature from 40 to 70° C. and energy is applied by ultrasound or radiation by microwaves.

A process of extraction, quantification and recovery of additives in polypropylene comprising the following stages:

• stage 1) washing a plastic material (A);
• stage 2) grinding the plastic material (A) to a particle size from 10 to 500 microns;
• stage 3) carrying out an extraction process where the plastic material (A) of stage 2) is transferred to a first column and thereafter the plastic material (A) passes through a second column, a third column and a fourth column respectively for successive extractions with a first solvent, a second solvent, a third solvent and a fourth solvent, respectively, to obtain a first, second, third and fourth solvent with additives;
• stage 4) carrying out packed column extraction, wherein the first, second, third and fourth solvent with the additives obtained from each extraction in the first, second, third and fourth columns from stage 3) passes through a first packed column a second packed column, a third packed column and a fourth packed column respectively to obtain a first additive, a second additive, a third additive and fourth additive;
• stage 5) crystallizing the additives obtained from each extraction stage in the first, second, third and fourth packed columns respectively from stage 4);
• and
• stage 6) quantifying the crystallized additives obtained from stage 5);
• wherein a residue material without additives is subjected to a subsequent pyrolysis process, and
• wherein in stage 3), a solid-liquid extraction is performed in the fourth column from 2 to 3 hours with the fourth solvent, wherein the fourth solvent is a mixture of Toluene:
• 1-Methyl-4-(1-methylethenil)-cyclohexene (limonene) and the fourth column is heated to a temperature from 40 to 70° C. and energy is applied by ultrasound or radiation by microwaves.