About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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REWAS 2022: Recovering the Unrecoverable
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| Presentation Title |
BlueMetals Technology – Experience from Commissioning E-Scrap Recycling Plants |
| Author(s) |
Timm Lux, Markus Reuter, Rolf Degel, Frank Kaussen, Nikolaus Borowski |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Timm Lux |
| Abstract Scope |
With the commissioning of the latest BlueMetals plants SMS group has provided to its customers tailor made solutions for the metals recovery from E-scrap. The central component of SMS group’s recycling technology is either the BlueSmelter and/or the Top Blown Rotary Converter (TBRC). Compared, the BlueSmelter can also handle lower grade WEEE with higher organic contents
Lately a TBRC based recycling plant was commissioned near Moscow in Russia. This plant is processing about 6,000 tons of printed circuit boards every year to LME/LBMA grade metals, such as copper, nickel, silver, gold, and platinum. For future expansion, the installation of a BlueSmelter or second TBRC is considered to increase the overall plant capacity. In this paper best practice approaches for the metal recovery from E-Scrap, based on running references are described. The experience from the commissioning is also allowing to fine-tune the digital twins used to model the metallurgical process. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Pyrometallurgy, Recycling and Secondary Recovery, Copper / Nickel / Cobalt |