Efficient One-Step Electrolytic Recycling of Low-Grade and Post-Consumer Magnesium Scrap

Technical Report · Wed Jul 18 20:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1046980· OSTI ID:1046980

Powell IV, Adam C. ^[1]

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1. Metal Oxygen Separation Technologies, Inc., Natick, MA (United States)

Metal Oxygen Separation Technologies, Inc. (abbreviated MOxST, pronounced most) and Boston University (BU) have developed a new low-cost process for recycling post-consumer co-mingled and heavily-oxidized magnesium scrap, and discovered a new chemical mechanism for magnesium separations in the process. The new process, designated MagReGen^TM, is very effective in laboratory experiments, and on scale-up promises to be the lowest-cost lowest-energy lowest-impact method for separating magnesium metal from aluminum while recovering oxidized magnesium. MagReGen^TM uses as little as one-eighth as much energy as today's methods for recycling magnesium metal from comingled scrap. As such, this technology could play a vital role in recycling automotive non-ferrous metals, particularly as motor vehicle magnesium/aluminum ratios increase in order to reduce vehicle weight and increase efficiency.

• Research Organization: Metal Oxygen Separation Technologies, Inc., Natick, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: EE0003454
• OSTI ID: 1046980
• Report Number(s): DOE/EE--0003454-3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
ALUMINIUM
Automotive Scrap
EFFICIENCY
MAGNESIUM
Magnesium
OXYGEN
Post-Consumer Scrap
RECYCLING
Recycling
SCRAP
Separations
VEHICLES