Print Email Facebook Twitter Magnetic fluid equipment for sorting of secondary polyolefins from waste Title Magnetic fluid equipment for sorting of secondary polyolefins from waste Author Rem, P.C. Di Maio, F. Hu, B. Houzeaux, G. Baltes, L. Tierean, M. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Structural Engineering Date 2012-10-25 Abstract The paper presents the researches made on the FP7 project Magnetic Sorting and Ultrasound Sensor Technologies for Production of High Purity Secondary Polyolefins from Waste” in order to develop a magnetic fluid equipment for sorting of polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) from polymers mixed waste streams. Because both PP and PE float in water, it is difficult to separate one from the other. The paper presents the principles of inverse magnetic density separation process and the results obtained in developing of lab scale equipment for high grade separation of polyolefins from different kinds of polymers mixtures in a single step. The evolution of the equipment design is also described, based on the simulation of polyolefins dynamic flow inside magnetic fluid in the magnetic field. The researches made on lab scale equipment show fruitful results that encourage the researches for the next step. The consortium of projects is still working on scaling up this equipment for industrial application, which will be installed in Romania in 2013. Subject magnetic density separationpolyolefinrecyclingsolid waste To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:91c60b4b-8fff-43f8-ae98-9dbee9da4c81 Source Ecoimpuls 2012: International Conference of Environmental Research and Technology, Timisoara, Romania, 25-26 October 2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2012 The Author(s) Files PDF 291728.pdf 1.91 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:91c60b4b-8fff-43f8-ae98-9dbee9da4c81/datastream/OBJ/view