Separation mechanisms and criteria of a rotating eddy-current separator operation

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 215-232

  Zhang, Shunli ^a   Forssberg, Eric ^a   Arvidson, Bo ^b   Moss, William ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b International Process Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing force; High Force eddy current separator; Magnetic deflecting force; Separation criteria; Separation mechanism

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; GRAVITATION; SEPARATION;

EDDY CURRENT SEPARATORS; MAGNETIC DEFLECTING FORCES;

MAGNETIC SEPARATORS;

METAL;

MAGNETIC TECHNIQUE; SEPARATION; SOLID;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; EXTRACTION; GRAVITY; INSTRUMENT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; RECYCLING; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033104836     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(98)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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