Study on composition and particle characteristics of shredded municipal waste for the improvement of separation efficiency in a municipal bulky waste processing facility

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 299-308

  Sekito, Tomoo ^a   Tanaka, Nobutoshi ^b   Matsuto, Tashihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combustible fraction; density; Municipal bulky waste; Non combustible fraction; Terminal settling velocity; wmr 614 4

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SEPARATION; SOLID WASTES;

SHREDDED MUNICIPAL BULKY WASTES (SBW);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC; RUBBER;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; METHODOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAPER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; VELOCITY; WOOD;

EID: 0141493692     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X0302100403     Document Type: Article

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