Recovery of materials from waste printed circuit boards by vacuum pyrolysis and vacuum centrifugal separation

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2299-2304

  Zhou, Yihui ^a   Wu, Wenbiao ^a   Qiu, Keqiang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; AVERAGE MASS; BASE PLATES; CELLULOSE PAPERS; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATION; CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS; GLASS FIBER-REINFORCED EPOXY; INORGANIC MATERIALS; MOLTEN SOLDERS; PYROLYSIS OIL; PYROLYSIS RESIDUE; ROTATING DRUMS; TWO-STEP PROCESS; VACUUM CONDITION; VACUUM PYROLYSIS; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

CENTRIFUGATION; EPOXY RESINS; GLASS FIBERS; LEAD REFINING; METAL RECOVERY; PETROLEUM REFINING; PHENOLIC RESINS; PHENOLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; RESINS; SPINNING (FIBERS); TIN; TIN REFINING; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; VACUUM; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

EPOXY RESIN; FUEL; GLASS FIBER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL; OIL;

LEAD; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; TIN; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS WASTE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; MATERIAL STATE; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PYROLYSIS; REACTOR OPERATION; RECYCLING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; VACUUM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

CENTRIFUGATION; COMPUTERS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; PHENOLS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VACUUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957748837     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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