Application of fluidization to separate packaging waste plastics

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1138-1143

  Carvalho, M Teresa ^a   Ferreira, Célia ^a   Portela, Antía ^a   Santos, João Tiago ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; GRAIN SIZES; LABORATORY TESTS; MINERAL ORES; PACKAGING WASTES; PARTICLE SETTLING VELOCITIES; RICH MIXTURES; UNDER FLOWS; WASTE PLASTICS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELASTOMERS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; MINERALS; ORES; PLASTICITY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEPARATION; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUIDIZATION; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PRODUCT PACKAGING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WETTING AGENTS;

EID: 58149266718     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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