Environmentally friendly process for the disposal of an inflator of an airbag system in used vehicles

摘要

The method consists of a) heating the inflator for air bag to develop the inflator to produce combustion gases and a developed inflator having water soluble contaminants thereon; b) washing the developed inflator with a water composition to remove the contaminants from the developed inflator to produce a washed generator and a contaminated water composition containing the contaminants; c) dividing the washed generator to produce divided generator parts; d) chemically treating the contaminated water composition to produce a purified water composition; and e) classifying the divided generator parts into classified generator parts. Optionally, the dividing step can occur before the washing step, or before and after the washing step. The classified generator parts and purified water can be disposed of in an environmentally acceptable manner. IMAGE