A review of particle shape effects on material properties for various engineering applications: from macro to nanoscale

U Ulusoy - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
It is well known that most particle technology studies attempting to predict secondary
properties based on primary properties such as size and shape begin with particle …

[HTML][HTML] Separation of plastic wastes using froth flotation–an overview

O Kökkılıç, S Mohammadi-Jam, P Chu, C Marion… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite various initiatives and efforts, plastic solid waste (PSW) has become a major global
problem due to decades of relentless use of plastics. Since non-biodegradable plastics can …

Recovery of copper from printed circuit boards scraps by mechanical processing and electrometallurgy

HM Veit, AM Bernardes, JZ Ferreira… - Journal of hazardous …, 2006 - Elsevier
The constant growth in generation of solid wastes stimulates studies of recycling processes.
The electronic scrap is part of this universe of obsolete and/or defective materials that need …

Separation of plastics by froth flotation. The role of size, shape and density of the particles

F Pita, A Castilho - Waste Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last few years, new methods for plastic separation in mining have been developed.
Froth flotation is one of these techniques, which is based on hydrophobicity differences …

Using mechanical processing in recycling printed wiring boards

HM Veit, CC de Pereira, AM Bernardes - Jom, 2002 - Springer
Abstract tAs the number of electronic products in use increases, so does the need to dispose
of defective and obsolete equipment, including printed circuit boards. The utilization of …

Recycling of plastic waste by density separation: prospects for optimization

MR Gent, M Menendez, J Toraño… - Waste management & …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
A review of existing industrial processing and results of alternative processing investigations
for separating solid mixtures and specifically recycling plastic waste by density separation is …

Progress in separating plastic materials for recycling

G Dodbiba, T Fujita - Physical Separation in Science and …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
In order to deal with the problems facing the plastics processing industry research, work is
focused primarily on designing, developing and testing a variety of separation and sorting …

Prediction of wear and its effect on the multiphase flow and separation performance of dense medium cyclone

KW Chu, SB Kuang, AB Yu, A Vince, GD Barnett… - Minerals …, 2014 - Elsevier
Dense medium cyclone (DMC) is a high-tonnage device that is widely used to upgrade run-
of-mine coal in modern coal preparation plants. It is known that wear is one of the problems …

Sink–float density separation of post-consumer plastics for feedstock recycling

M Bauer, M Lehner, D Schwabl, H Flachberger… - Journal of material …, 2018 - Springer
The paper focuses on current mechanical waste processing technologies and out-of-the-box
processes linked to the processing of coal and mineral resources, to ensure high-quality …

Influence of shape and size of the particles on jigging separation of plastics mixture

F Pita, A Castilho - Waste management, 2016 - Elsevier
Plastics are popular for numerous applications due to their high versatility and favourable
properties such as endurance, lightness and cheapness. Therefore the generation of plastic …