Scrap tires to crumb rubber: Feasibility analysis for processing facilities

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-299

  Sunthonpagasit, Nongnard ^a   Duffey, Michael R ^a  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crumb rubber; Engineering economics; Production feasibility; Recycling; Scrap tires

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; MARKETING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PLANNING; RAW MATERIALS; RUBBER;

COMPETITORS; CRUMB RUBBER; ENGINEERING ECONOMICS; SCRAP TIRES;

TIRES;

RUBBER;

ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; RECYCLING; RUBBER; WASTE FACILITY;

DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; MARKET; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; PROCESSING; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942517452     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(03)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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