Metal Enrichment of Finely Ground Electronic Waste using Eddy Current Separation

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1777-1784

  Roy, Subrata ^a,b   Ari, Vidyadhar ^a   Konar, Jayanta ^a   Das, Avimanyu ^a  

^a NATIONAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b Aditya Birla SandT Co Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Eddy Current Separator; electronic waste; horizontal deflection; metal recovery; optimization

Indexed keywords

CONVEYER BELTS; EDDY-CURRENT SEPARATOR; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FEED-RATES; HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS; HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; METAL ENRICHMENT; METAL VALUES; METALLIC PARTICLES; OPERATING VARIABLES; PARTICLE SHAPE; RELATED VARIABLES; ROTOR SPEED; SINGLE STAGE; SIZE RANGES; YIELD INCREASE;

ANCHORAGES (FOUNDATIONS); BELT CONVEYORS; EDDY CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL RECOVERY; OPTIMIZATION; SEPARATION;

WASTES;

EID: 84864656233     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2012.658486     Document Type: Article

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