Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece.
Bianatt S.A., Greece.
Waste Manag Res. 2021 Oct;39(10):1270-1276. doi: 10.1177/0734242X21991906. Epub 2021 Feb 17.
The biggest challenge for our society, in order to foster the sustainable circular economy, is the efficient recycling of wastes from industrial, commercial, domestic and other streams. The transition to a circular economy is the goal of the European Commission's Circular Economy Action, which was first launched in 2015. In 2020 the above action plan announced initiatives along the entire life cycle of the product, with the aim to make sustainable products the norm in the EU. Therefore, it is anticipated that the above action will result in an increase in Europe's economic competitiveness, sustainability, resource efficiency and resource security. Within this context, the suitability of ferroalumina as a raw material in the blast furnace is investigated. Ferroalumina is the product of the high-pressure filter press dewatering process of the Greek red mud generated during the production of alumina by means of the Bayer cycle. Ferroalumina is a low-cost raw material and its possible charging in the blast furnace and/or steelmaking aggregates is a step towards industrial symbiosis, where the wastes, namely by-products, of an industry or an industrial process, become the raw materials for another. In the present work the effect of ferroalumina addition as a raw material was examined by smelting ferroalumina, blast furnace-slag, lime and scrap at 1550°C in a graphite crucible and a constant slag basicity. The increase of the alumina content in the slag improves the desulfurization capacity. Moreover, the silicon exchange between slag and metal was examined. The results indicate that the alkalis' capacity of the slag increases with the addition of ferroalumina. The analysis of the finally obtained slag suggests that it could be suitable for utilization in slag-cement production.
为了促进可持续的循环经济,我们的社会面临的最大挑战是有效回收工业、商业、家庭和其他来源的废物。向循环经济的转变是欧盟委员会循环经济行动的目标,该行动于 2015 年首次启动。2020 年,上述行动计划宣布了沿产品整个生命周期的举措,旨在使可持续产品成为欧盟的规范。因此,预计上述行动将提高欧洲的经济竞争力、可持续性、资源效率和资源安全性。在此背景下,研究了铁铝酸钙作为高炉原料的适宜性。铁铝酸钙是希腊红泥高压压滤脱水过程的产物,希腊红泥是拜耳法生产氧化铝过程中产生的。铁铝酸钙是一种低成本的原料,其在高炉和/或炼钢骨料中的可能装料是朝着工业共生迈进的一步,其中一个行业或工业过程的废物,即副产品,成为另一个行业的原材料。在本工作中,通过在石墨坩埚中以 1550°C 熔融铁铝酸钙、高炉渣、石灰和废钢,并保持恒定的渣碱度,研究了铁铝酸钙作为原料添加的效果。渣中氧化铝含量的增加提高了脱硫能力。此外,还研究了渣和金属之间的硅交换。结果表明,随着铁铝酸钙的添加,渣中的碱容量增加。对最终获得的炉渣的分析表明,它可能适合用于渣水泥生产。