Recyclability analysis and evaluation of photovoltaic panels

Pomoću fotonaponskih panela omogućava se iskorištavanje obnovljivih izvora energije, no problem predstavlja kako i na koji način najefikasnije reciklirati fotonaponske panele. Recikliranjem fotonaponskih panela dolazi do ponovne uporabe istih materijala s ciljem stvaranja novih fotonaponskih panela. Problem gomilanja fotonaponskih panela još nije prisutan u Europskoj uniji jer se još nije došlo do velikih odbačenih količina fotonaponskih panela, no s obzirom da su troškovi električne energije znatno porasli i to će se promijeniti. Upravo zbog navedenog problema je i provedena analiza recikličnosti, kako bi se na praktičnom primjeru FN panela uvidjele neke od poteškoća u recikliranju istih. Cilj kvalitetnog recikliranja je pratiti konstrukcijske smjernice. Potrebno je smanjiti količinu opasnog otpada i povećati broj poznatih polimera. Ručno recikliranje je jako zahtjevno te je potrebna posebna oprema kako bi se izvelo kvalitetno recikliranje. S obzirom da fotonaponski paneli spadaju u elektrotehničku i elektroničku opremu potrebno je držati se određenih pravilnika i zakona.Photovoltaic panels enable the use of renewable energy sources, but the problem is how and in what way to recycle photovoltaic panels most effectively. With the recycling of photovoltaic panels comes the reuse of the same materials with purpose of creating new photovoltaic panels. The problem of accumulation of photovoltaic panels is not yet present in the European Union because there are no large amount of photovoltaic panels, but considering today's situation that the costs of electricity have gone significantly higher, this will change. Because of the mentioned problem the analysis of recyclability was carried out, in order to see some of the difficulties in recycling them on the practical example of FN panels. The goal of quality recycling is to follow construction guidelines. It is necessary to reduce the amount of hazardous waste and increase the number of known polymers. Manual recycling is very demanding and requires special equipment to perform quality recycling. Given that photovoltaic panels belong to electrotechnical and electronic equipment, it is necessary to adhere to certain regulations and laws