Cylinder cyclone (LARCODEMS) density media separation of plastic wastes

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1819-1827

  Gent, Malcolm Richard ^a   Menendez, Mario ^a   Toraño, Javier ^a   Isidro, Diego ^a   Torno, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; FEED RATES; FINE PARTICLES; HIGH DENSITIES; HYDROSCOPIC; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LOW DENSITIES; PARTICLE SHAPES; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; PLASTIC WASTES; SEPARATION MEDIAS; WASTE PLASTICS;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMERS;

SIZE SEPARATION;

PLASTIC;

CALCITE; CYLINDER; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTIC; SEPARATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CYCLONE SEPARATOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; PLASTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 63149175750     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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