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Along with the globally increasing energy demand the application of renewable energy sources is
urgently required. According to national regulations and international treaties (e.g. Kyoto Protocol)
these sources shall be sustainably available at reasonable financial effort and non-polluting during
production, use and waste treatment. Using photovoltaic sources (PV), these requirements can
clearly be met. All industry has to follow the best available technology and an integrative life cycle
approach for their products and production. PV thin film technology strictly responds to this obligation.
In order to save material resources and to minimise undesirable landfill recycling of spent PV
modules is necessary. Recycling of multi-component materials containing mixed metals typically
consists of three parts: liberation, separation, and recovery. In our study (RESOLVED an EU
Demonstration Project) the focus is on liberation and separation. The converting layer (CdTe) was
liberated (removed) from the glass carrier by sandblasting and separated subsequently from the
blast material (e.g. corundum) and other components using stepwise different separation techniques.
Both the glass substrate and CdTe are subject to re-use. The overall feasibility of the recycling
process is primarily governed by the efficiency of the procedure applied to the separation of CdTe
from the rest (blasting material, glass residues, etc.). This was performed by water-based flotation.
Several flotation procedures were studied regarding their separation yields. The distribution of
CdTe in the phases involved (flotate, water, residue) was measured using energy dispersive X-ray
fluorescence spectrometry (EDXRS) intended for future routine application and by instrumental
large-volume photon activation analysis (IPAA) as a reference procedure. The results of both analytical
methods were in satisfactory agreement.
In Germany, about 60 million tons of demolition waste are generated annually. Approximately 70% of the demolition waste is currently recycled. Most recycling applications, for example in roadbed substructures, can be seen as a kind of downcycling. However, there are also some high-level applications for demolition waste. For instance, crushed and sieved concrete demolition waste can be used as concrete aggregate instead of natural materials. Depending on the crushing process, about a third of the broken concrete is currently concrete sand. At present, concrete sand fraction (0-4 mm) is rarely reused as a concrete aggregate. This is due to the fact that some important characteristics of crushed concrete sand are different from those of natural sand. As a result, it does not reach the standards required for aggregates. Concrete containing such aggregate is of lower quality than concrete made of natural aggregate. This paper describes an experimental investigation on the treatment of concrete sand gained from demolition waste by wet processing using a jig whereby the sand is separated by grain size and, more importantly, by density. Concrete produced with concrete sand which has been treated in this manner should have the same quality as concrete prepared with natural aggregate. Recycled sand used as aggregate substitutes natural resources and avoids disposal of waste. It has all the characteristics of an Ecomaterial. (author abst.)