Separation performance of PVC and PP plastic mixture using air table

Physical Separation in Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-86

  Dodbiba, G ^a   Shibayama, A ^a   Miyazaki, T ^a   Fujita, T ^a,b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air table; Height of riffles; Plastic separation; Separation efficiency

Indexed keywords

AIR TABLE; HEIGHT OF RIFFLES; PLASTIC SEPARATION; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FREQUENCIES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LAND FILL; MIXTURES; POLYPROPYLENES; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECYCLING; SEPARATION;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

EID: 1442280106     PISSN: 14786478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478647031000139385     Document Type: Article

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