Improving aluminum recycling: A survey of sorting and impurity removal technologies

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 79-87

  Gaustad, Gabrielle ^a   Olivetti, Elsa ^b   Kirchain, Randolph ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Impurity accumulation; Recycling; Upgrading technologies

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM RECYCLING; ALUMINUM SCRAPS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENERGY AND COST; ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS; IMPURITIES IN; IMPURITY REMOVAL; MELT PROCESS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; RECYCLED MATERIALS; RECYCLING RATE; SECONDARY MATERIALS; TRAMP ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; IMPURITIES; LEAD; MANGANESE; RECYCLING; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

REMOVAL;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MITIGATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; TRADE-OFF; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

AIR SEPARATION; CALCULATION; COLOR SORTING; EDDY CURRENT SEPARATION; ELECTROLYSIS; FILTRATION; FLOTATION; HOT CRUSH; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; PHYSICAL SEPARATION; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SINK FLOAT SEPARATION; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 81255164756     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.10.010     Document Type: Review

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