Tribo-electrification system for electrostatic separation of plastics

Author

Inculet, I.I. ; Castle, G.S.P. ; Brown, J.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

2-6 Oct 1994

Firstpage

1397

Abstract

The authors describe a novel tribo-electrification system developed at the Applied Electrostatic Research Centre of the University of Western Ontario for various mixtures of waste plastics. The system consists of: a single (or a battery of) specially designed rotating (long tubes) cylinders made out of selected metals which have been shown to achieve excellent selective tribo-electrification of the individual components in the processed mixtures, a HV Separation tower, and collecting trays (or conveyors) for the separated fractions. To show the performance of the cylinder, results are presented for separation experiments involving feeding four chosen tribo-electrified mixtures of two components of waste plastics obtained from processing industries in the form of flakes or granules of: polystyrene, polypropylene, and high density polyethylene

Keywords

electrostatic devices; polymers; triboelectricity; Applied Electrostatic Research Centre; HV Separation tower; Western Ontario University; collecting trays; electrostatic separation; flakes; granules; high density polyethylene; polypropylene; polystyrene; processing industries; tribo-electrification system; waste plastics; Batteries; Biodegradable materials; Copper; Electrostatics; Engine cylinders; Fluidization; Plastics; Poles and towers; Power generation economics; Waste materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 1994., Conference Record of the 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1993-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1994.377605

Filename

377605