An apparatus is provided for detaching substrate components such as electronic components mounted on a substrate. The apparatus has a screw blade roller having a screw blade attached to a rotary shaft of the screw blade roller, wherein the apparatus causes the screw blade roller to come into contact with the electronic components mounted on the substrate and detaches the electronic components while the screw blade roller rotates. In the apparatus, two or more screw blades are arranged, and the winding direction of the screw blade(s) in one side of the screw blade roller is opposite to the winding direction of the screw blade(s) in the other side of the screw blade roller. Also, the screw blade roller is placed at a front side of the substrate where many components are typically mounted. A feed roller supporting a rear side of the substrate is placed at the rear side of the substrate.

An apparatus for destroying electronic data and providing selective storage for recycling having a first stage for shredding data storage devices into particles less than 20 mm?20 mm; a second stage that separates metal particles from non-metal particles; and a third stage for shredding non-metal into particle sizes of less than 2 mm?2 mm. A first bin is used to collect separated metal particles, a second bin is used to collect separated non-metal particles, and a vacuum system is used to collect airborne particles.

A method for recycling glass scrap from exhausted photovoltaic panels containing organic and substantially lead-free contaminants which allows obtaining industrial-degree liquid sodium silicates and mixed inorganic silicates insoluble in water and in alkaline solutions having a high number of industrial applications. The embodiments also relate to soluble and insoluble silicates obtained by such a method.

A method for recycling a solar panel that is to be implemented by a solar panel recycling system is provided. The solar panel recycling system includes a measuring equipment, a removal equipment, and a control unit. The solar panel includes a cover layer and a base layer. The method includes steps of: the measuring equipment measuring a first height of the cover layer and a second height of the base layer; the control unit obtaining a first parameter based on the second height, obtaining a second parameter based on the first height; the control unit controlling the removal equipment, according to the first parameter, to physically remove a portion of the solar panel to obtain a main body remainder; and the control unit controlling the removal equipment, according to the second parameter, to physically remove a portion of the main body remainder to obtain a cover remainder.

A recycling apparatus is composed of a high-pressure water generating device, generating high-pressure water, and a jet nozzle that is connected to the high-pressure water generating device and spouts the high-pressure water toward a solar panel. The jet nozzle spouts the high-pressure water toward a back surface of the solar panel to remove a layer of the solar panel until a cover glass included in the solar panel.

Separation of materials for recycling of a used solar module, may be accomplished through the application of an electric field. The solar module may be processed utilizing one or more of grinding, shaking, drying, sieving, slicing, electrodynamic separation, glass removal cutting, shaving, shredding, application of fluid jet(s), blasting, application of ultrasound, application of radiation, and/or application of solvents. According to particular embodiments, it may be desirable to run electrostatic separation of materials without the presence of glass, in particular without the presence of small glass particles. For example, if around >90 wt % of original glass is removed, a separation process can proceed with higher effectiveness.

A method for extracting and separating at least one component from a LED, the LED including at least one metal, at least one phosphor and at least one layer including polydimethylsiloxane. Also, an LED having at least one layer including polydimethylsiloxane, wherein the at least one layer comprising polydimethylsiloxane is depolymerized by the action of a solution including a solvent and a fluorine salt.

Glass may be recovered from a used solar module through heating and the application of stress (such as mechanical stress). One or more of ?junction box removal, ?cable removal, and/or ?deframing may result in a used solar module comprising glass adhered to a laminate including polymer and a photovoltaic (PV) material such as crystalline silicon. Heat can be applied via conduction, convection and/or radiation to achieve removal of glass. Applied radiation of specific wavelengths may be absorbed by material(s) of interest (e.g., polymer encapsulant) but not by others (e.g., the glass). Following and/or concurrent with the heating, the module may be subject to stress to allow the glass to detach (e.g., in the form of cullets) from the laminate. One approach may be to bend the glass-laminate combination. This bending effectively creates enough stress for the cullets to detach and separate (e.g., fall under the force of gravity).

The present invention provides a solar panel recycling system includes: a frame dismantling machine for disassembling the outer frame of a solar panel; a crushing machine for placing the solar panel without the outer frame on the conveyor belt of the crushing machine, wherein the crushing machine includes a sensing unit for sensing the thickness of the glass on the solar panel; and a control unit for controlling the speed of the conveyor belt based on the thickness of the glass and simultaneously controlling the crushing unit to crush the glass on the solar panel, so as to achieve the effect of the separation between the glass and the solar cell module.

Disclosed herein is a method of extracting lithium from a lithium bearing material comprising the steps of: a) providing an aqueous oxidant mixture comprising water, an oxidising means, and a source of halide ion; b) contacting the aqueous oxidant mixture with the lithium bearing material to extract the lithium from the lithium bearing material and form a lithium halide solution.