Electrostatic separator comprising: an
electrification device (2) for moving a separation target material (11) containing a plurality of types of separation target particles (11a, 11b) to electrify each separation target particle (11a, 11b), the plurality of types of separation target particles (11a, 11b) having different
electrification properties; an
electric field generator (4, 5, 6) for applying the
electric field to each separation target particle (11a, 11b) electrified by the
electrification device (2) and causing each separation target particle (11a, 11b) to fall into a position corresponding to an electrified state of each separation target particle (11a, 11b); a collecting container (7) for collecting each separation target particle (11a, 11b) that has fallen from the
electric field generator (4, 5, 6); a separating element (8, 9) which is movable in a predetermined direction in the collecting container (7), wherein the separating element (8, 9) divides the collecting container (7) into a plurality of collecting chambers (7a, 7b, 7c); and a controller (10) for controlling a position of the separation element (8, 9) in the predetermined direction, wherein the controller (10) samples a part of the separation target material (11) and measures a composition ratio between the plurality of types of separation target particles (11a, 11b), analyzes a change tendency of the composition ratio from a previously measured composition ratio and a currently measured composition ratio and controls the position of the separating element (8, 9) on the basis of an analysis result of the change tendency, wherein the controller (10) comprises: a measuring unit (20) for taking samples from a part of the separation target material (11) and measuring the composition ratio, a
time series data generation unit (32) for arranging the previously measured composition ratio and the composition ratio currently measured by the measuring unit (20) in the order of measurement to generate
time series data on the composition ratio, a
time series data analysis unit (33) for analyzing the change tendency of the composition ratio from the time
series data and estimating a current composition ratio estimate based on the analysis result of the change tendency, and a
position control unit (40) for controlling the position of the separating element (8, 9) in the predetermined direction based on the current composition ratio estimated by the
time series data analysis unit (33).