Recovering metallic fractions from waste electrical and electronic equipment by a novel vibration system

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 722-729

  Habib, Muddasar ^a   Miles, Nicholas J ^b   Hall, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Dry particle separator; Micron sized particle mixtures; PCB; Vertical vibration; WEEE

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; MICRON-SIZED PARTICLES; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCB); PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; VERTICAL VIBRATIONS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WEEE;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; SEPARATION;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; VIBRATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; METAL RECOVERY; MICROCOMPUTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VIBRATION;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METALS; PARTICLE SIZE; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; VIBRATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875242183     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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