Luigi Piga

Prof. Luigi Piga

Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Environment, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Academic Career Length

35Years (1992-Present)

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

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1 November 1993 in JOM
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Luigi PigaLuigi Piga
Luigi Piga
FPFausto Pochetti
Fausto Pochetti
LSLuisa Stoppa
Luisa Stoppa

17 November 2012 in Food and Bioprocess Technology
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Antonio ZUORROAntonio ZUORRO
Antonio ZUORRO
RLRoberto Lavecchia
Roberto Lavecchia
Franco MediciFranco Medici
Franco Medici
Luigi PigaLuigi Piga
Luigi Piga

1 April 1998 in Waste Management
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FLFrancesco Lombardi
Francesco Lombardi
TMT. Mangialardi
T. Mangialardi
Luigi PigaLuigi Piga
Luigi Piga
PSP. Sirini
P. Sirini

1 November 2011 in Thermochimica Acta
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GBG. Belardi
G. Belardi
PBP. Ballirano
P. Ballirano
MFM. Ferrini
M. Ferrini
RLR. Lavecchia
R. Lavecchia
Franco MediciFranco Medici
Franco Medici
ASA. Scoppettuolo
A. Scoppettuolo

1 October 2012 in Waste Management
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GBG. Belardi
G. Belardi
RLR. Lavecchia
R. Lavecchia
Franco MediciFranco Medici
Franco Medici
Luigi PigaLuigi Piga
Luigi Piga

19 June 2023 in Processes
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DMDina Magdy
Dina Magdy
TMTeresa Mangialardi
Teresa Mangialardi
Franco MediciFranco Medici
Franco Medici
Luigi PigaLuigi Piga
Luigi Piga
Consumption of photovoltaic solar panels is expected to increase, so the growing amount of end-of-life (EOL) solar panels will require large spaces for their disposal, which at the moment costs around 200 euros/ton. Thus, a proper treatment technique to recover secondary materials from this waste, which are mainly copper, aluminum, silicon, high-transmittance glass, and plastics, must be developed. The last three components are strongly attached to each other; hence, their detachment is necessary for recovery. To achieve this objective, a chemical route was chosen; in fact, solvent extraction is highly recommended, as it has a high separation efficiency. In this study, D-limonene as a bio-solvent was examined for detaching different components of solar panels from each other. A high efficiency for ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) dissolution and components’ detachment under different conditions was achieved with the help of sonication power. The effects of sonication power, thermal pre-treatment, temperature, and contact time on detachment percentage were examined, and the best conditions (namely, no pre-treatment, medium sonication power of 450 W, temperature of 60 °C, and a contact time of 120 min) were found for total component detachment. Additionally, the recyclability of D-limonene was examined, and it was established that the solvent could carry out 100% component detachment for three cycles.