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TEST OF AN EDDY CURRENT SEPARATOR FOR THE RECOVERY OF ALUMINUM FROM MUNICIPAL WASTE. TEST NO. 5.01, RECOVERY 1, NEW ORLEANS
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TEST OF AN EDDY CURRENT SEPARATOR FOR THE RECOVERY OF ALUMINUM FROM MUNICIPAL WASTE. TEST NO. 5.01, RECOVERY 1, NEW ORLEANS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-81/117.
Description:
The report documents three series of test runs (collectively, Test No. 5.01) of the eddy current separator that recovers principally aluminum cans from a processed portion of municipal refuse at the New Orleans Resource Recovery Project (Recovery 1). The objectives were to measure differences in efficiency and product rate which accompany an acceleration in AlMag throughput, i.e., test points of 2, 3, and 4 tph, respectively. The output streams of the eddy current separator from each test run were analyzed for aluminum-can content in three can-shape categories; the product stream was also analyzed for four categories of contamination. The efficiency of the eddy current separator in recovering each shape category of aluminum cans, as well as product purity, was determined for each test run and averaged for each test point.