PET and PVC separation with hyperspectral imagery

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 2205-2227

  Moroni, Monica ^a   Mei, Alessandro ^b   Leonardi, Alessandra ^a   Lupo, Emanuela ^a   La Marca, Floriana ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hyperspectral imaging; NIR; PET; Plastic polymers; PVC; Recycling

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIFE CYCLE; PLASTIC BOTTLES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; RAW MATERIALS; RECYCLING; REFLECTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGERIES; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; NIR; PLASTIC POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC);

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

EID: 84921757151     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s150102205     Document Type: Article

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