| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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REWAS 2025: Automation and Digitalization in Recycling Processes
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| Presentation Title |
Thermodynamic-based process simulation coupled to life cycle analysis: exploring pyrometallurgical processes to recycle end-of-life products |
| Author(s) |
Jean-Philippe Harvey |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Jean-Philippe Harvey |
| Abstract Scope |
Process simulation based on computational thermochemistry exploits the power of thermodynamics to predict complex phase equilibria. It allows to solve mass and energy balances while accounting for all the potential chemical reactions that may occur in a chemical system. In pyrometallurgical applications, the energetic behavior of liquid phases such as slag, matte and metallic solutions need to be described to model operations such as smelting, converting and refining.
Our societies are nowadays trying to intensify recycling activities of end-of-life products while minimizing their environmental impacts. Engineers and scientists have to access not only the direct emissions but also all the other indirect environmental impacts to find optimal strategies. Coupling thermodynamic-based process simulation tools to life cycle inventories allows the evaluation of the complete environmental impacts of technologies. This presentation explores the application of such a tool to determine the best processes to extract valuable metals from various end-of-life products. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Sustainability, Modeling and Simulation, Pyrometallurgy |