2015-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2015 Volume 3: Takano Intl. Symp. / Metals & Alloys Processing
| Editors: | Kongoli F, Noldin JH, Mourao MB, Tschiptschin AP, D'Abreu JC |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2015 |
| Pages: | 550 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-987820-26-3 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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Environmental Management and Recycling of Spent Refractories: Past, Present and Future
Guilherme Lenz e Silva1; Rafael G. de Sa2;1UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2TECHMINERALS LTD - INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CONSULTANCY, Belo Horizonte, Brazil;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 303
Topic: 3
Abstract:
Sustainable development is widely regarded as a major social, economic and technical driver, and a key consideration in assessing the relative value and quality of any development. Spent refractories generation, disposal and recycling technologies are key points of environmental management systems of metallurgical and refractories industries. The demands from increasingly environmental regulations, improving working conditions, spiraling landfilling costs and future liability concerns are driving both producers and consumers of refractories towards a sustainable business model, where the increase in performance, thus decrease in consumption, and suitable treatment of any waste is paramount. To meet this need and provide a proper disposal of spent refractory material producers and refractories users must invest in more sustainable technology research and develop innovative methods of management, logistic and process. This study evaluated the main spent refractories recycling routes and technologies, focusing the evolution and the future of refractories recycling management, from local and global point of view.