Processing of electronic waste in a counter current teeter-bed separator

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-51

  Dey, Sujit Kumar ^a   Ari, Vidyadhar ^a   Das, Avimanyu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Electronic waste; Floatex Density Separator; Hindered settling; Liquid fluidization; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FLOW OF WATER; FLUIDIZATION; METAL RECOVERY; WASTES;

BED PRESSURES; COUNTER CURRENT; ELECTRONICS WASTES; FEEDRATE; FLOATEX DENSITY SEPARATOR; HINDERED SETTLING; LIQUID FLUIDIZATION; METAL CONTENT; OPTIMISATIONS; WATER RATES;

SEPARATORS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FLUIDIZATION; METAL; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; BED PRESSURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COUNTERCURRENT SYSTEM; DEVICES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FEED RATE; FLOATEX DENSITY SEPARATOR; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZATION; METAL EXTRACTION; PARAMETERS; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TEETER BED SEPARATOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84860653327     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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