Journal of Fundamentals and Applications of Chemical Engineering
Vol 3, No 2 (2022)

Copper Recovery of E-Waste Disposal (SIMCARD) by Using Electro-Generated Chlorine

Prasetyo Chandra (Departement of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Kampus ITS-Keputih-Sukolilo, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia)
M. Maktum Muharja Al Fajri (Departement of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Kampus ITS-Keputih-Sukolilo, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia)
Sri Rachmania Juliastuti (Departement of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Kampus ITS-Keputih-Sukolilo, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Dec 2023

Abstract

One method for dissolving Cu from e-waste is to use electro-leaching. The waste used is Simcard and NaCl as electrolytes. Simcard contains copper metal and several other valuable metals such as silver (Ag), gold (Au) and palladium (Pa). The electro-leaching process is carried out in an electrolytic cell reactor where chlorine gas will be produced from the electrolysis process, then chlorine gas will extract the copper contained in the Simcard. This research was conducted by varying the electrode potential (voltage)/electric current (amperes), salt concentration and time. From this research, Simcard contains copper (Cu) by 40.53% and can be separated by electro-leaching method in a stirred acrylic reactor with the best results under operating conditions; a temperature of 30⁰ C, a pressure of 1 atm, a concentration of 10% salt solution, a potential difference of 10 Volts, a leaching time of 60 minutes, and a stirring speed of 600 rpm resulted in a Simcard metal alloy yield of 98.59%.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ekstrak

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Subject

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Chemistry Energy Engineering

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Journal of Fundamentals and Applications of Chemical Engineering (JFAChE) (eISSN: 2964-710X) is managed by Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Technology and Systems Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya. JFAChE is an international research journal ...