Continuous operation of a fluidized-bed disk-type electrostatic separator for micronized plastic waste.

The objective of this work is to highlight the peculiarities of the continuous operating regime of a new tribo-aero-electrostatic separator for the recycling of plastics contained in micronized waste electrical and electronic equipment. The experiments were carried out with an ABS/PS mixture. The particles are charged by triboelectric effect in a fluidized bed in the presence of an electric field created between two disk electrodes connected to high voltage supplies of opposite polarities.