Set‐point identification of a free‐fall triboelectrostatic separation process for plastic particles

Identification of the optimal operating conditions and evaluation of their sensibility to changes in certain critical factors are critical issues for the industrial application of electrostatic separation techniques. The aim of this paper is to validate an experimental procedure for optimising the selective sorting of non‐conductive constituents of granular industrial plastic wastes using a free‐fall triboelectrostatic separator.

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