Recycling zinc by dezincing steel scrap

Conference · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:82495

Dudek, F J; Daniels, E J ^[1]; Morgan, W A ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
2. Metal Recovery Industries, Inc., East Chicago, IN (United States)

In response to the worldwide increase in consumption of galvanized steel for automobiles in the last fifteen years, and the increased cost of environmental compliance associated with remelting larger quantities of galvanized steel scrap, a process is being developed to separate and recover the steel and zinc from galvanized ferrous scrap. The zinc is dissolved from the scrap in hot caustic using anodic assistance and is recovered electrolytically as dendritic powder. The designed ferrous scrap is rinsed and used directly. The process is effective for zinc, lead, and aluminum removal on loose and baled scrap and on all types of galvanized steel. The process has been pilot tested in Hamilton, Ontario for batch treatment of 900 tonnes of mostly baled scrap. A pilot plant in East Chicago, Indiana has designed in a continuous process mode 900 tonnes of loose stamping plant scrap; this scrap typically has residual zinc below 0.1% and sodium dragout below 0.001%. This paper reviews pilot plant performance and the economics of recycling galvanized steel and recovering zinc using a caustic process.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 82495
• Report Number(s): ANL/ES/CP--82597; CONF-9505131--1; ON: DE95013469
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
40 CHEMISTRY
AUTOMOBILES
ELECTROMETALLURGY
PILOT PLANTS
RECYCLING
SCRAP METALS
STEELS
ZINC