Aluminium recovery vs. hydrogen production as resource recovery options for fine MSWI bottom ash fraction

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1174-1181

  Biganzoli, Laura ^a   Ilyas, Aamir ^b   Praagh, Martijn van ^b   Persson, Kenneth M ^b,c   Grosso, Mario ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Sydvatten AB R and D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aluminium recovery; Bottom ash; Hydrogen production

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM CONCENTRATION; ALUMINIUM CONTENT; BOTTOM ASH; EDDY CURRENT SEPARATIONS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; MATERIAL RECOVERY; RESOURCE RECOVERY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ASH HANDLING; ASHES; CRUSHING; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; RECOVERY; WASTE INCINERATION;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; HYDROGEN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER;

ALUMINUM; BOTTOM ASH; HYDROGEN; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; ASH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ALUMINUM; COAL ASH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCINERATION; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 84877629444     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.01.037     Document Type: Article

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