Separation of PVC and rubber from covering plastics in communication cable scrap by tribo-charging

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 190-202

  Jeon, Ho Seok ^a   Park, Chul Hyun ^a   Cho, Bong Gyoo ^a   Park, Jai Koo ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Covering plastics; Electrostatic; Material separation; Tribo charging

Indexed keywords

CABLES; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLASTICITY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RUBBER; SEPARATION; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES;

AIR VELOCITIES; CHARGE-TO-MASS RATIOS; CHARGING EFFICIENCIES; COVERING PLASTICS; ELECTRODE POTENTIALS; MATERIAL SELECTIONS; MATERIAL SEPARATION; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; RUBBER PARTICLES; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; TRIBO-CHARGING;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

AIR; DENSITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SYNTHETIC RUBBER; VELOCITY;

EID: 61449128570     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01614940802286040     Document Type: Article

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