Separation of plastic mixtures using liquid-fluidized bed technology

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 893-902

  Kinoshita, Takehiko ^a   Okamoto, Kazuaki ^a   Yamaguchi, Koichi ^a   Akita, Shigendo ^a  

^a NAGOYA MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density; Fluidized bed; Plastic mixture; Separation; Water

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PLASTICS; RESINS; WATER;

CRUSHED PLASTIC PRODUCTS; MULTI-STAGE SEPARATIONS; PLASTIC MIXTURES; RESIN PELLETS;

SEPARATION;

PLASTIC; POLYBUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; RESIN; URETHAN; WATER;

BINARY MIXTURES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PLASTICS; RESINS; SEPARATION; WATER;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FLUIDIZATION; PLASTIC; RESIN; SEPARATION; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; DEVICE; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SAMPLE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 33646093234     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.068     Document Type: Article

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