Separation of covering plastics from particulate copper in cable wastes by induction electrostatic separation
A plate-type induction-electrostatic separator unit has been designed and assembled to study the removal of particulate copper from cable scrap which contains plastics for recycling. From test results, a copper rejection of 99.95% and plastics recovery of 98.8% could be successfully achieved under c...
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| author | Park, C. Subasinghe, Nimal Jeon, H. |
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| description | A plate-type induction-electrostatic separator unit has been designed and assembled to study the removal of particulate copper from cable scrap which contains plastics for recycling. From test results, a copper rejection of 99.95% and plastics recovery of 98.8% could be successfully achieved under conditions of over an 437.5 V/cm electric field, relative humidity of less than 35%, and a splitter position of 4 cm horizontal distance and 25 cm vertical distance. A relationship to predict the recovery of plastics has been developed through regression analysis based on factors identified by analyzing free falling trajectories of particles under gravity and electrostatic attractions. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-367372017-09-13T15:20:55Z Separation of covering plastics from particulate copper in cable wastes by induction electrostatic separation Park, C. Subasinghe, Nimal Jeon, H. A plate-type induction-electrostatic separator unit has been designed and assembled to study the removal of particulate copper from cable scrap which contains plastics for recycling. From test results, a copper rejection of 99.95% and plastics recovery of 98.8% could be successfully achieved under conditions of over an 437.5 V/cm electric field, relative humidity of less than 35%, and a splitter position of 4 cm horizontal distance and 25 cm vertical distance. A relationship to predict the recovery of plastics has been developed through regression analysis based on factors identified by analyzing free falling trajectories of particles under gravity and electrostatic attractions. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36737 10.2320/matertrans.M2015138 Japan Institute of Metals (JIM) unknown |
| spellingShingle | Park, C. Subasinghe, Nimal Jeon, H. Separation of covering plastics from particulate copper in cable wastes by induction electrostatic separation |
| title | Separation of covering plastics from particulate copper in cable wastes by induction electrostatic separation |
| title_full | Separation of covering plastics from particulate copper in cable wastes by induction electrostatic separation |
| title_fullStr | Separation of covering plastics from particulate copper in cable wastes by induction electrostatic separation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Separation of covering plastics from particulate copper in cable wastes by induction electrostatic separation |
| title_short | Separation of covering plastics from particulate copper in cable wastes by induction electrostatic separation |
| title_sort | separation of covering plastics from particulate copper in cable wastes by induction electrostatic separation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36737 |