Application of biosurfactant tea saponin in flotation separation for ternary plastic mixtures : statistical optimization and mechanism analysis

Plastics flotation is facilitated to the sustainable development and cleaner production of the industry. Biosurfactant tea saponin was first applied to a flotation process for ternary plastic mixtures so as to minimize the secondary pollution. Response surface methodology was utilized to optimize su...

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Main Authors: Zhao, Yue, Izzeldin, I. Mohd, Liu, Xinni, Kamarul Hawari, Ghazali, Mishra, Puranjan
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spelling my.ump.umpir.254232019-10-25T07:33:04Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25423/ Application of biosurfactant tea saponin in flotation separation for ternary plastic mixtures : statistical optimization and mechanism analysis Zhao, Yue Izzeldin, I. Mohd Liu, Xinni Kamarul Hawari, Ghazali Mishra, Puranjan T Technology (General) TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering TP Chemical technology Plastics flotation is facilitated to the sustainable development and cleaner production of the industry. Biosurfactant tea saponin was first applied to a flotation process for ternary plastic mixtures so as to minimize the secondary pollution. Response surface methodology was utilized to optimize such process by considering variable interactions and multi-objects. Mechanism of wetting selectivity was clearly established with the assistance of interfacial free energy and characterization. Results showed that the tea saponin in cooperation with polyethylene glycol can be an eligible substitution of traditional reagents used in polyethylene, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and thermoplastic rubber system. For multi-objective optimization of purity priority, the solution was predicted as polyethylene glycol concentration of 8.43 mg/L, tea saponin concentration of 50.00 mg/L, conditioning time of 7.36 min, air flow rate of 180.55 L/h and stirring intensity of 1179.72 rpm. The purity and recovery of polyethylene product could reach 98.31 and 95.18% in validation tests, respectively. For reverse optimization of recovery priority, the purity and recovery of polyethylene product were also satisfactory in validation tests with 90.36 and 99.36%, respectively. The essence of wetting selectivity is the hydrogen bond (O–H•••π*) between specific plastics and tea saponin, providing a referential direction for the development of new targeted reagents. Elsevier 2019-09-20 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25423/1/Application%20of%20biosurfactant%20tea%20saponin%20in%20flotation%20separation.pdf Zhao, Yue and Izzeldin, I. Mohd and Liu, Xinni and Kamarul Hawari, Ghazali and Mishra, Puranjan (2019) Application of biosurfactant tea saponin in flotation separation for ternary plastic mixtures : statistical optimization and mechanism analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 232. pp. 499-507. ISSN 0959-6526 (print), 1879-1786 (online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.002
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
TP Chemical technology
Zhao, Yue
Izzeldin, I. Mohd
Liu, Xinni
Kamarul Hawari, Ghazali
Mishra, Puranjan
Application of biosurfactant tea saponin in flotation separation for ternary plastic mixtures : statistical optimization and mechanism analysis
description Plastics flotation is facilitated to the sustainable development and cleaner production of the industry. Biosurfactant tea saponin was first applied to a flotation process for ternary plastic mixtures so as to minimize the secondary pollution. Response surface methodology was utilized to optimize such process by considering variable interactions and multi-objects. Mechanism of wetting selectivity was clearly established with the assistance of interfacial free energy and characterization. Results showed that the tea saponin in cooperation with polyethylene glycol can be an eligible substitution of traditional reagents used in polyethylene, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and thermoplastic rubber system. For multi-objective optimization of purity priority, the solution was predicted as polyethylene glycol concentration of 8.43 mg/L, tea saponin concentration of 50.00 mg/L, conditioning time of 7.36 min, air flow rate of 180.55 L/h and stirring intensity of 1179.72 rpm. The purity and recovery of polyethylene product could reach 98.31 and 95.18% in validation tests, respectively. For reverse optimization of recovery priority, the purity and recovery of polyethylene product were also satisfactory in validation tests with 90.36 and 99.36%, respectively. The essence of wetting selectivity is the hydrogen bond (O–H•••π*) between specific plastics and tea saponin, providing a referential direction for the development of new targeted reagents.
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author Zhao, Yue
Izzeldin, I. Mohd
Liu, Xinni
Kamarul Hawari, Ghazali
Mishra, Puranjan
author_facet Zhao, Yue
Izzeldin, I. Mohd
Liu, Xinni
Kamarul Hawari, Ghazali
Mishra, Puranjan
author_sort Zhao, Yue
title Application of biosurfactant tea saponin in flotation separation for ternary plastic mixtures : statistical optimization and mechanism analysis
title_short Application of biosurfactant tea saponin in flotation separation for ternary plastic mixtures : statistical optimization and mechanism analysis
title_full Application of biosurfactant tea saponin in flotation separation for ternary plastic mixtures : statistical optimization and mechanism analysis
title_fullStr Application of biosurfactant tea saponin in flotation separation for ternary plastic mixtures : statistical optimization and mechanism analysis
title_full_unstemmed Application of biosurfactant tea saponin in flotation separation for ternary plastic mixtures : statistical optimization and mechanism analysis
title_sort application of biosurfactant tea saponin in flotation separation for ternary plastic mixtures : statistical optimization and mechanism analysis
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2019
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25423/1/Application%20of%20biosurfactant%20tea%20saponin%20in%20flotation%20separation.pdf
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.002
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