Robust corona-electrostatic separation method for solid waste recycling

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 423-435

  Dascalescu, Lucian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Corona discharge; Electrostatic separation; Experimental design; Relative humidity; RH; Robustness; Solid wastes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTROSTATICS; METAL RECOVERY; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHODIUM; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); ROLLS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SEPARATION; SOLID WASTES; STATISTICS;

CORONA DISCHARGES; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION PROCESS; HIGH VOLTAGE LEVEL; OPERATING CONDITION; PROCESSED MATERIALS; REGRESSION MODEL; SOLID WASTE RECYCLING;

ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS;

EID: 64349110129     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2008.021783     Document Type: Article

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