The sustainability of valuable metals—recycling of residues from stainless steel production

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摘要 TheEuropeanstainlesssteelproducersgenerate20-30kgdustpertonofproducedstainlesssteel.ThedustformedduringvariousstagesoftheproductionprocesscontainsvaluablemetalssuchasCr,NiandMo.Ingeneralthisdustisconsideredasahazardouswaste.Ifnottakencareofthedustwillbeanenvironmentalriskcausingpotentialproblemssuchasleachingofheavymetalsintogroundwaterandpollutionoflandandair.Byapplyingtechniquesforrecyclingthedusttheproblemisminimizedandvaluablemetalsarerecoveredandre-usedasrawmaterialinthesteelmakingprocess,leadingtoasignificantreductionoftheconsumptionofnaturalresourcestodeceleratetheclimatechangeandensureasustainabledevelopment.OneofthebusinesssegmentsofBefesaZincS.L.U.,asubsidiarycompanyofAbengoa,istherecyclingofdustsandotherresiduescontainingnickel,chromiumandmolybdenumfromthestainlesssteelindustry.Thetechnologiesappliedaresubmergedarcreductionsmelting(BefesaValeraS.A.S.,Gravelines,France)andplasmareductionsmelting(BefesaScanDustAB,Landskrona,Sweden).Stainlesssteelplantdusts,millscaleandotherresiduesaredeliveredinclosedcontainersandbigbagsbyship,railortruckandstored.Afterapreparationoftheresiduesandchargingintothepyrometallurgicalfurnace,themetalcompoundscontainedinthechargearereducedtometalsinthepresenceofthecarbonadded.AtBefesaScanDust,theregularlytappedliquidmetaliscastintheformofgranulesviatheGranshot?granulationprocess.Thegranulatedproducthasmanyadvantagessuchasexcellentpreheatingpropertiesandfastmeltingwhenaddedtoametallurgicalprocess.Thegranulessizeandshapealsomakesitverysuitabletohandlewithmostrawmaterialhandlingsystems.Bygranulatingtheso-calledalloyedpigiron(API)ahighmetallicyieldisachievedensuringmaximumrecoveryofmetalandlessnewdustgenerationcomparedtoacrushedmaterial.Thegranulesareredeliveredtothestainlesss
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出版日期 2010年07月05日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)