Recycling oriented vertical vibratory separation of copper and polypropylene particles
Vibration has been employed in various engineering processes for material handling. The famous Brazil nut effect, large particles tend to rise to the top under vibration, initiates various research about vibration induced particle segregation. Particle size and density are two determining factors fo...
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| author | Wang, Zheng Miles, Nicholas J. Wu, Tao Gu, Fu Hall, Philip |
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| description | Vibration has been employed in various engineering processes for material handling. The famous Brazil nut effect, large particles tend to rise to the top under vibration, initiates various research about vibration induced particle segregation. Particle size and density are two determining factors for their behaviour under vibration. Previous research in University of Nottingham proves vertical vibratory separation to be a promising environmental friendly mechanical separation method for recycling metallic fraction from shredded Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) stream. A pilot scale thin cell vibratory separator has been developed to investigate the potential for WEEE recycling applications. Shredded copper and polypropylene particles have been chosen to mimic metallic and non-metallic fractions in WEEE. Vibratory separation experiment with controlled environment and addition of solid lubricant are presented in this paper. The result demonstrates the effect of relative humidity and solid lubricant on improving flowability of granular system hence successful vibratory separation. The proposed mechanisms for the presence of moisture and solid lubricant are lubricant effect and elimination of static electricity. |
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| spelling | nottingham-504072020-05-04T18:19:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50407/ Recycling oriented vertical vibratory separation of copper and polypropylene particles Wang, Zheng Miles, Nicholas J. Wu, Tao Gu, Fu Hall, Philip Vibration has been employed in various engineering processes for material handling. The famous Brazil nut effect, large particles tend to rise to the top under vibration, initiates various research about vibration induced particle segregation. Particle size and density are two determining factors for their behaviour under vibration. Previous research in University of Nottingham proves vertical vibratory separation to be a promising environmental friendly mechanical separation method for recycling metallic fraction from shredded Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) stream. A pilot scale thin cell vibratory separator has been developed to investigate the potential for WEEE recycling applications. Shredded copper and polypropylene particles have been chosen to mimic metallic and non-metallic fractions in WEEE. Vibratory separation experiment with controlled environment and addition of solid lubricant are presented in this paper. The result demonstrates the effect of relative humidity and solid lubricant on improving flowability of granular system hence successful vibratory separation. The proposed mechanisms for the presence of moisture and solid lubricant are lubricant effect and elimination of static electricity. Elsevier 2016-11-30 Article PeerReviewed Wang, Zheng, Miles, Nicholas J., Wu, Tao, Gu, Fu and Hall, Philip (2016) Recycling oriented vertical vibratory separation of copper and polypropylene particles. Powder Technology, 301 . pp. 694-700. ISSN 0032-5910 vibratory separation WEEE particle separation particle flowability humidity https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032591016303308?via%3Dihub doi:10.1016/j.powtec.2016.06.003 doi:10.1016/j.powtec.2016.06.003 |
| spellingShingle | vibratory separation WEEE particle separation particle flowability humidity Wang, Zheng Miles, Nicholas J. Wu, Tao Gu, Fu Hall, Philip Recycling oriented vertical vibratory separation of copper and polypropylene particles |
| title | Recycling oriented vertical vibratory separation of copper and polypropylene particles |
| title_full | Recycling oriented vertical vibratory separation of copper and polypropylene particles |
| title_fullStr | Recycling oriented vertical vibratory separation of copper and polypropylene particles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recycling oriented vertical vibratory separation of copper and polypropylene particles |
| title_short | Recycling oriented vertical vibratory separation of copper and polypropylene particles |
| title_sort | recycling oriented vertical vibratory separation of copper and polypropylene particles |
| topic | vibratory separation WEEE particle separation particle flowability humidity |
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