A compact, high speed lignin sensor for the automated sorting of newsprint from mixed waste

2004 TAPPI Paper Summit - Spring Technical and International Environmental Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1137-1147

  Mallapragada, Vishnu ^a   Ramasubramanian, M K ^a   Venditti, Richard ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY; HIGH SPEED LIGNIN SENSORS; MIXED WASTES; REAL TIME MEASUREMENT;

CONVEYORS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGNIN; NEWSPRINT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

CONVEYORS; FLUORESCENCE; NEWSPRINT; SENSORS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 14844285752     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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