DocumentCode
2920424
Title
Understanding technology: new concepts for air classification in waste processing and resource recovery
Author
Peirce, J. Jeffrey
Author_Institution
Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
fYear
1991
fDate
21-24 Sep 1991
Firstpage
325
Lastpage
328
Abstract
It is noted that mechanical separation of municipal solid waste for resource recovery or waste-to-energy production, while viewed with great optimism in the early 1970s, has failed to receive widespread application in the 1990s. Using mechanical separation as a focus, it has been possible at Duke University to educate engineers to be more effective in addressing solid waste management problems in particular and problems in science, engineering, and technology in general
Keywords
waste disposal; waste-to-energy power plants; Duke University; air classification; mechanical separation; municipal solid waste; resource recovery; waste processing; waste-to-energy production; Aluminum; Costs; Design engineering; Fuels; Glass; Job design; Plastics; Raw materials; Solids; Waste management;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1991. Twenty-First Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education in a New World Order.' Proceedings.
Conference_Location
West Lafayette, IN
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0222-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.1991.187498
Filename
187498
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