Regita Bendikiene

Mrs. Regita Bendikiene

Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Kauno Miestas, Lithuania
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Academic Career Length

23Years (2004-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 June 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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VMVidas Makarevičius
Vidas Makarevičius
SLStasė-Irena Lukošiūtė
Stasė-Irena Lukošiūtė
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Regita Bendikiene
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31 July 2017 in RSC Advances
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RSRuta Sidaraviciute
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Regita Bendikiene
Recently, the separation of waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) using organic solvents has become more prevalent because it is an environmentally friendly and efficient technique. However, the relatively high temperatures (∼135 °C) used during the separation process lead to higher energy consumption, faster solvent degradation, and possibly higher emissions of toxic fumes. This work aims to develop a new approach to separate all layers of WPCBs at lower temperatures to avoid the above-mentioned drawbacks. Di-methyl formamide (DMF) was used in the present technique as an organic solvent, while ultrasonic treatment was applied in order to accelerate the breakage of the internal van der Waals bonds of brominated epoxy resin (BER), thus decreasing the separation time. The experiments were conducted on five WPCB samples with the same surface area of 100 mm2, cut from five different WPCB models. The experiments were carried out at 25 °C (used as a reference), 50 °C, and 75 °C to study the effect of heating rate on the separation time and on the concentration of the BER dissolved in DMF. Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, metallographic microscope, and SEM-EDS were used to examine the recovered BER and fiberglass structure as well as the main metal compositions of each sample, respectively. The results showed that separation time and concentration of BER strongly depended on the WPCB models. In addition, the dissolution process at 50 °C resulted in the concentration of BER close to 25 °C for most of the models, while the concentration was lowest at 75 °C. At the same time, the trend in separation time was exactly opposite, with 75 °C resulting in the fastest separation time and 25 °C in the slowest. This facile approach appears promising for its potential applications in WPCB recycling and could be applied on an industrial scale.

1 June 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Samy YousefSamy Yousef
Samy Yousef
MTMaksym Tatariants
Maksym Tatariants
MTMartynas Tichonovas
Martynas Tichonovas
Regita BendikieneRegita Bendikiene
Regita Bendikiene
GDGintaras Denafas
Gintaras Denafas

1 November 2017 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Samy YousefSamy Yousef
Samy Yousef
MTMaksym Tatariants
Maksym Tatariants
Regita BendikieneRegita Bendikiene
Regita Bendikiene
GDGintaras Denafas
Gintaras Denafas

1 January 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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MTMaksym Tatariants
Maksym Tatariants
Samy YousefSamy Yousef
Samy Yousef
GDGintaras Denafas
Gintaras Denafas
MTMartynas Tichonovas
Martynas Tichonovas
Regita BendikieneRegita Bendikiene
Regita Bendikiene

1 December 2018 in Journal of Manufacturing Processes
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Regita Bendikiene
SBSaulius Baskutis
Saulius Baskutis
JBJolanta Baskutiene
Jolanta Baskutiene
Antanas CiuplysAntanas Ciuplys
Antanas Ciuplys
Tomas KačinskasTomas Kačinskas
Tomas Kačinskas