Design and Optimization of Free-Fall Electrostatic Separators for Plastics Recycling

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3138-3149

  Wei, Jing ^a   Realff, Matthew J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICS; RECYCLING; SEPARATION;

TRIBOELECTRIFICATION;

ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS;

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ELECTROSTATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE TRAJECTORY; PLASTIC; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RECYCLING;

EID: 0348147682     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690491214     Document Type: Article

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