Environmental friendly automated line for recovering the cabinet of waste refrigerator

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2319-2326

  Ruan, Jujun ^a   Xu, Zhenming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CFC 11; Environmental friendly production line; Recovery of waste refrigerator cabinet

Indexed keywords

AIR CURRENTS; AUTOMATED LINES; CFC-11; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; LOW COSTS; MASS BALANCE; OPERATING PARAMETERS; POLICY MAKING; PRODUCTION LINE; RECOVERED MATERIALS; RECOVERY RATE; RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY; REFRIGERATOR CABINET; SHEARING PROCESS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; RECOVERY; WASTE TREATMENT;

REFRIGERATORS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; POLYURETHAN; TRICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE;

CFC; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MASS BALANCE; SEPARATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INCINERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRIGERATOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 80052383659     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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