| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L96158/01 |
| Title: |
THE PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL RECLAMATION & RECYCLING OF ELEMENTS FROM BLACK & WHITE ALUMINIUM FURNACE RESIDUES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Rowson, Professor N |
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Chemical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
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| Starts: |
01 October 1998 |
Ends: |
30 September 2001 |
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113,625
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The cost of landfilling waste arising from primary and secondary aluminum processes is 50 million each year. This waste contains valuable materials such as aluminum, and harmful heavy metal elements which can leach into the groundwater. It is proposed that a physical and chemical process should be developed to economically recover and recycle the waste products, thus reducing environmental pollution with a cost benefit to the aluminum industry. The university will initially characterise the waste via x-ray diffraction, x-ray fluorescence and chemical analysis etc. State of the art rare earth magnet technology will be utilised to recover the metallic iron, high tension electrostatic drum and plate separators, fluidised bed separator and enhanced gravity separation will then be used to recover aluminum particles. A novel eddy current separator will also be designed which will recover fine particle (<3mm) aluminum and will have p9otential applications in other metal markets.
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http://www.bham.ac.uk |