SOLUTION

Applications

Aluminum foil is a common household item that is often used for cooking, baking, and storing food, beverage, cigarette, medicine, photo-plate that used as a packaging material; electrolytic capacitor material; and some are used as insulation material in construction, vehicles, house building etc; others are used as decoration mark like wall paper, stationery and printed products, or light industrial products. However, once it has served its purpose, it is often thrown away and ends up in landfills. This contributes to environmental pollution and waste accumulation.

The pollutant: wasted aluminum foil

The most widely application of aluminum foil is as a packaging material. It is a soft kind of metal film with advantages:The most widely application of aluminum foil is as a packaging material. It is a soft kind of metal film with advantages: moisture-proof, airtight, light-proof, anti-corrosion, non-toxic and tasteless. In addition, so many people like it because of special elegant silver white, it is easy to design many different patterns. However, how to process the wasted aluminum foil?

How to treat the wasted aluminum foil

Pyrolysis technology is a helpful processing method, it can convert aluminum foil into soil and carbon black without secondary pollution.

After many tests, the best temperature of pyrolysis aluminum foil is 450℃, the oil yields are 60%-80% with different kinds of aluminum foils, it is able to get plastic oil, aluminum and carbon black after thermal cracking.