LAUSR

In the interest of reducing the cost of photovoltaic production while preserving the environment, a sawing rejection treatment was carried out by recovering the metals with an efficiency estimated to be 96%. To achieve this outcome, first, the sawing rejection was washed with acetone to dissolve the polyethylene glycol. It was then dried in an oven at 70 °C to obtain a slurry powder. This later, powder has undergone a dry magnetic separation under different electric current intensity to recover metals. The metal-containing phase has been characterized by the X-ray diffractometer and the scanning electron microscope. Finally, a simulation on the recovery of metal fragments in the slurry generated during the manufacture of photovoltaic briquettes.