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Energy Payback Time of a Solar Photovoltaic Powered Waste Plastic Recyclebot System
- Shan Zhong,
- Pratiksha Rakhe and
- Joshua M. Pearce
The growth of both plastic consumption and prosumer 3-D printing are driving an interest in producing 3-D printer filaments from waste plastic. This study quantifies the embodied energy of a vertical DC solar photovoltaic (PV) powered recyclebot base...

