Computer simulation of the pneumatic separator in the pneumatic- electrostatic separation system for recycling waste printed circuit boards with electronic components

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4598-4604

  Xue, Mianqiang ^a   Xu, Zhenming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; MATERIAL FLOW CONTROL; MATERIAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; MATERIALS; MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECYCLING; SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE;

PNEUMATICS;

SILICON;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; SILICON; SIMULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMATIC ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION SYSTEM; RECYCLING; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84877614378     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400154g     Document Type: Article

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