A quantitative analysis of the separation of aluminum cans out of a waste stream based on eddy current induced lévitation

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 2, 1997, Pages 772-781

  Woltereck, Martin ^a   Ludwig, Reinhold ^a   Michalson, William ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CONTAINERS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; EDDY CURRENTS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EDDY CURRENT INDUCED LEVITATION; MAXWELL'S MOVING IMAGE METHOD;

MAGNETIC SEPARATION;

EID: 0030683450     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.560111     Document Type: Article

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