Objetivo A) To build and demonstrate a revolutionary, energy-efficient and environmentally acceptable plant to process all kinds of aluminium scrap, ie, solid scrap, turnings, drosses and metallics.B) To provide a plant able to efficiently recycle even the lowest grades of aluminium scrap which are currently uneconomic to process by conventional means.C) To provide an alternative to rotary furnaces and to eliminate pollutant salt cake.D) To increase the overall yield of recycled aluminium by a factor of 5% plus.E) To recycle aluminium scrap using 25% of the total energy consumed by conventional methods.F) To reduce the environmental pollution created by the whole aluminium recycling industry to negligible proportions.G) To show by demonstration that the new technology should be adopted worldwide as the standard for aluminium melting.H) To aggressively sell the recycling units.The project is to build a turnkey plant to melt even the lowest grades of aluminium scrap and residues without the use of pollutant salt fluxes.To produce an energy-efficient plant with no environmental problems we commence the process with an air-locked furnace charging system of a completely new type. The air-locked charging mechanisms incorporate preheating of the metal.The equipment continues with a mechanical rather than chemical process for the breaking down and melting of the scrap. The mechanical components of the furnace are adjustable to give it the ability to process all different sizes and types of aluminium.The plant at this stage has produced liquid aluminium and fine dust only - this is totally innovative. Conventionally used recycling processes would by this time have formed by-products which are in many cases environmentally hazardous.Fume purification of an innovative design is incorporated within the plant to remove hazardous components such as dioxins, chlorine fluorines, di benzofurans, sulphur dioxide, heavy netals, organic and inorganic contaminants and any other pollutant to levels which are well within proposed new EEC regulations.To quickly cool the exhaust gases, a unique dry quenching process has been devised. This will prevent the secondary problems commonly associated with traditional water quenching and will alleviate any reformation of dioxins. This is totally new technology.To achieve all our aims by conventional means, seven or eight pieces of equipment would have to be used. Completing the whole recycling process within one computer controlled and regulated plant will achieve an amazing reduction in energy requirement. It will also achieve dramatically improved metal recoveries, metal being lost at all the different stages when recycled in traditional units. No hazardous residues such as salt cakes or slabs are produced in this process. Programa(s) ENG-THERMIE 1 - Programme (EEC) for the promotion of energy technology in Europe (THERMIE), 1990-1994 Tema(s) 2.3 - INDUSTRY Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación DEM - Demonstration contracts Coordinador J.MAC INTYRE LTD Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección NMR HOUSE ALCESTER STREET DUNKIRK NG72SF Nottingham Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
