Roll-type versus free-fall electrostatic separation of tribocharged plastic particles

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1564-1569

  Tilmatine, Amar ^a   Medles, Karim ^a   Younes, Mohamed ^a   Bendaoud, Abdelber ^a   Dascalescu, Lucian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIDI BEL ABBES   (Algeria)

^b PPRIME Institute   (France)

Author keywords

Electrostatic separation; granular plastics; insulating materials; tribocharging

Indexed keywords

COARSE GRANULE; COULOMB FORCES; ELECTROSTATIC FIELD; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; GRANULAR PLASTICS; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PARTICLE SORTING; PLASTIC PARTICLE; ROTATING TUBES; TRIBOCHARGING; VERTICAL PLATE; WALL COLLISION;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INSULATING MATERIALS; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SCREENING; THERMOPLASTICS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 77954875516     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2049553     Document Type: Article

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