Magnesium(Mg)alloys are widely used lightweight structural materials for automobiles and help reduce carbon emissions.However,their use increases the production of Mg alloy scrap,which is recycled at a much lower rate...Magnesium(Mg)alloys are widely used lightweight structural materials for automobiles and help reduce carbon emissions.However,their use increases the production of Mg alloy scrap,which is recycled at a much lower rate than aluminum,and its greater complexity poses challenges to existing recycling processes.Although vacuum distillation can be used to recycle Mg alloy scrap,this requires optimizing and maximizing metal recirculation,but there has been no thermodynamic analysis of this process.In this study,the feasibility and controllability of separating inclusions and 23 metal impurities were evaluated,and their distribution and removal limits were quantified.Thermodynamic analyses and experimental results showed that inclusions and impurity metals of separation coefficient lgβ_(i)≤-5,including Cu,Fe,Co,and Ni below 0.001 ppm,could be removed from the matrix.All Zn entered the recycled Mg,while impurities with-1<lgβ_(i)<-5 such as Li,Ca,and Mn severely affected the purity of the recycled Mg during the later stage of distillation.Therefore,an optimization strategy for vacuum distillation recycling:lower temperatures and higher system pressures for Zn separation in the early stage,and the early termination of the recovery process in the later stage or a continuous supply of raw melt can also prevent contamination during recycling.The alloying elements Al and Zn in Mg alloy scrap can be further recovered and purified by vacuum distillation when economically feasible,to maximize the recycling of metal resources.展开更多
Scrap metals are typically covered with surface contaminants,such as paint,dust,and rust,which can significantly affect the emission spectrum during laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy(LIBS)based sorting.In this stud...Scrap metals are typically covered with surface contaminants,such as paint,dust,and rust,which can significantly affect the emission spectrum during laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy(LIBS)based sorting.In this study,the effects of paint layers on metal surfaces during LIBS classification were investigated.LIBS spectra were collected from metal surfaces painted with black and white paints by ablation with a nanosecond pulsed laser(wavelength=1064 nm,pulse width=7 ns).For the black-painted samples,the LIBS spectra showed a broad background emission,emission lines unrelated to the target metals,large shot-to-shot variation,and a relatively low signal intensity of the target metal,causing poor classification accuracy even at high shot numbers.Cleaning the black paint layer by ablating over a wide area prior to LIBS analysis resulted in high classification accuracy with fewer shot numbers.A method to determine the number of cleaning shots necessary to obtain high classification accuracy and high throughput is proposed on the basis of the change in LIBS signal intensity during cleaning shots.For the white-painted samples,the paint peeled off the metal surface after the first shot,and strong LIBS signals were measured after the following shot,which were attributed to the nanoparticles generated by the ablation of the paint,allowing an accurate classification after only two shots.The results demonstrate that different approaches must be employed depending on the paint color to achieve high classification accuracy with fewer shot numbers.展开更多
The NdFeB scrap,as a representative solid waste of rare earths,possesses significant recyclable value.This study focused on NdFeB waste and investigated the environmental impacts of pyro-and hydro-metallurgical proces...The NdFeB scrap,as a representative solid waste of rare earths,possesses significant recyclable value.This study focused on NdFeB waste and investigated the environmental impacts of pyro-and hydro-metallurgical process(PH-M process)and its improved version,the pyro-and hydro-metallurgical improvement process(PH-Mi process).The results demonstrate that,although the PH-Mi process consumes higher amounts of energy,electricity,and chemicals compared to the PH-M process,it is more environmentally friendly and economically efficient(i.e.,net profit increased by 34.12%).To quantify and compare the environmental performance of the two scenarios,life cycle assessment methodology was applied.It is concluded that the PH-Mi process is superior to the PH-M process for eutrophication potential(EP)and the total environmental impacts.In comparison with PH-Mi process,PH-M process exhibits a certain advantage in terms of carbon footprint due to increased consumption of electricity and chemicals after the technological upgrade.展开更多
Highly efficient removal of impurity Bi element from scrap brass can facilitate the recycling process of brass.The effects of melting temperature,holding time and Mg-Ca alloy content on the removal effect of impurity ...Highly efficient removal of impurity Bi element from scrap brass can facilitate the recycling process of brass.The effects of melting temperature,holding time and Mg-Ca alloy content on the removal effect of impurity Bi element were investigated by compound-separation method.The mechanism of the compound-separation method was revealed for removing the Bi element from a thermodynamic point of view.The results showed that the Bi content was decreased from 1.95 wt.%to 0.178 wt.%at the optimum process parameters of melting temperature of 980°C,holding time of 20 min,and Mg-Ca alloy content of 6 wt.%,achieving a removal rate of 90.9%.A small amount of Ca-Bi compound remained in the brass matrix after refining.NaF flux can effectively wet and adsorb Ca-Bi compounds due to its low viscosity and the function of lowering the surface tension,which facilitate the agglomeration and flotation of Ca-Bi compounds to the melt surface,thereby ensuring the sufficient removal of Bi element.展开更多
To improve the seismic performance of unrein-forced masonry(URM)buildings in the Himalayan re-gions,including Western China,India,Nepal,and Paki-stan,a low-cost bonded scrap tire rubber isolator(BSTRI)is proposed,and ...To improve the seismic performance of unrein-forced masonry(URM)buildings in the Himalayan re-gions,including Western China,India,Nepal,and Paki-stan,a low-cost bonded scrap tire rubber isolator(BSTRI)is proposed,and a series of vertical compression and horizontal shear tests are conducted.Incremental dynamic analyses are conducted for five types of BSTRI-supported URM buildings subjected to 22 far-field and 28 near-field earthquake ground motions.The resulting fragility curves and probability of damage curves are presented and utilized to evaluate the damage states of these buildings.The results show that in the base-isolated(BI)URM buildings under seismic ground motion at a peak ground acceleration(PGA)of 1.102g,the probability of exceeding the collapse prevention threshold is less than 25%under far-field earthquake ground motions and 31%under near-field earthquake ground motions.Furthermore,the maximum average vulnerability index for the BI-URM buildings,which are designed to withstand rare earthquakes with 9°(PGA=0.632g),is 40.87%for far-field earthquake ground motions and 41.83%for near-field earthquake ground motions.Therefore,the adoption of BSTRIs can significantly reduce the collapse probability of URM buildings.展开更多
Massive waste aluminum scraps produced from the spent aluminum products have high electron capacity and can be recycled as an attractive alternative to materials based on zerovalent iron(Fe^(0))for the removal of oxid...Massive waste aluminum scraps produced from the spent aluminum products have high electron capacity and can be recycled as an attractive alternative to materials based on zerovalent iron(Fe^(0))for the removal of oxidative contaminants from wastewater.This study thus proposed an approach to fabricate micron-sized sulfidated zero-valent iron-aluminum particles(S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0))with high reactivity,electron selectivity and capacity using recycled waste aluminum scraps.S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0)with a three-layer structure contained zero-valent aluminum(Al^(0))core,Fe^(0) middle layer and iron sulfide(FeS)shell.The rates of chromate(Cr(Ⅵ))removal by S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0)at pH 5.0-9.0 were 1.6-5.9 times greater than that by sulfidated zero-valent iron(S-Fe^(0)).The Cr(Ⅵ)removal capacity of S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0)was 8.2-,11.3-and 46.9-fold greater than those of S-Fe0,zero-valent iron-aluminum(Al^(0)-Fe^(0))and Fe^(0),respectively.The chemical cost of S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0) for the equivalent Cr(Ⅵ)removal was 78.5%lower than that of S-Fe^(0).Negligible release of soluble aluminum during the Cr(Ⅵ)removal was observed.The significant enhancement in the reactivity and capacity of S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0)was partially ascribed to the higher reactivity and electron density of the Al0core than Fe^(0).More importantly,S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0) served as an electric cell to harness the persistent and selective electron transfer from the Al^(0)-Fe^(0) core to Cr(Ⅵ)at the surface via coupling Fe^(0)-Fe^(2+)-Fe^(3+)redox cycles,resulting in a higher electron utilization efficiency.Therefore,S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0) fabricated using recycled waste aluminum scraps can be a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly alternative to S-Fe^(0) for the enhanced removal of oxidative contaminants in industrial wastewater.展开更多
To reveal the intricate mechanisms underlying the melting and dissolution processes of scraps in the iron ladle,the melting characteristics of three carbon steels with different C concentrations at the bath temperatur...To reveal the intricate mechanisms underlying the melting and dissolution processes of scraps in the iron ladle,the melting characteristics of three carbon steels with different C concentrations at the bath temperatures of 1623 and 1723 K were studied.Upon immersing scraps into the molten metal,the liquid metal immediately froze around the submerged parts of scrap cylinders.Whereafter,the solid shell completely melted at both bath temperatures after the immersion time of 5 s.The maximum thickness of solidified steel shells significantly decreased with increasing the bath temperature.The findings also suggested that the melting rate of scrap cylinder exhibited a positive correlation with the C concentration in the scrap and the bath temperature.Quantitatively,the mass transfer coefficients of C for the low carbon(0.18 wt.%),medium carbon(0.32 wt.%),and high carbon(0.61 wt.%)concentrations in the scrap cylinders at 1723 K were determined by a kinetic model,which were 8.78×10^(-5),9.57×10^(-5)and 10.00×10^(-5)m s^(-1),respectively,and those corresponding values decreased to 3.87×10^(-5),4.49×10^(-5)and 3.54×10^(-5)m s^(-1)at 1623 K.However,there was little difference observed among the heat transfer coefficients of hot metal for the three carbon steels,which were estimated to have an average value of 16.36 and 18.82 kW m^(-2)K^(-1)at the experimental temperatures of 1623 and 1723 K,respectively.The results from the experiments and mathematical models showed good consistency at both bath temperatures,providing feasible guidance for efficient melting of steel scraps in the iron ladle.展开更多
Magnesium(Mg)alloy is widely used in aerospace and automotive industries as an excellent lightweight metal material to reduce carbon emissions.The expansion of Mg alloy applications and the increasing demands for thes...Magnesium(Mg)alloy is widely used in aerospace and automotive industries as an excellent lightweight metal material to reduce carbon emissions.The expansion of Mg alloy applications and the increasing demands for these materials have significantly facilitated the generation of Mg alloy scrap.The recycling of Mg resources is crucial for promoting both environmental sustainability and economic viability.However,current recycling effect is unsatisfactory.Therefore,this paper provides a comprehensive review of the entire recycling process,including scrap classification,separation and sorting,pre-treatment,and recycling.This paper explores the generation of Mg alloy scrap and its reincorporation into industrial products.This review outlines various Mg scrap recycling technologies based on different phase states.These include liquid-state recycling(such as flux refining,impurity removal additives,fluxless refining,compound treatment,and direct remelting),solid-state recycling(involving hot extrusion,equal-channel angular pressing(ECAP),friction stir extrusion(FSE),and spark plasma sintering(SPS)),vapor-state recycling(comprising vacuum distillation and sublimation),electrochemical recycling(solid oxide membrane(SOM)electrolysis,RE-12TMelectrorefining,and non-aqueous solution electrorefining),and Mg secondary alloy development.The advantages and existing challenges associated with each method are compared and discussed,and the current obstacles to the future recycling of complex scrap are examined.展开更多
The aim of this study was to determine the quality of rebar produced from recycled scrap metal collected throughout the country,and imported rebar sold in the Republic of Guinea.To do this,the samples were subjected t...The aim of this study was to determine the quality of rebar produced from recycled scrap metal collected throughout the country,and imported rebar sold in the Republic of Guinea.To do this,the samples were subjected to various mechanical tests involving traction,bending and microscopic analysis.In the Lambanyi and Casse Sonfonia samples,all the tensile strength values for diameters 12,14 and 16 were above 550 MPa.Conversely,the iron samples from Baillobaye and the 10 mm diameters of the samples from Casse Sonfonio and Lambanyi have less appreciable values.The limits of elasticity were determined.The various values found vary more or less from the conventional yield strength of the NF A35-016 reference supplied by CBITEC,which is 500 MPa.Microscopic analysis gives us an insight into the internal structure of the iron samples used.This study may provide the company and the vendors with an alternative for their improvements.展开更多
Scrap leather fibers(SLFs) modified with active silane containing epoxide groups were incorporated into poly(lactic acid)(PLA) modified by vinyl trimethoxysilane,i.e.,the PLA/SLF composites were prepared for bio-compo...Scrap leather fibers(SLFs) modified with active silane containing epoxide groups were incorporated into poly(lactic acid)(PLA) modified by vinyl trimethoxysilane,i.e.,the PLA/SLF composites were prepared for bio-composites by solvent compounding technology in this article.The effects of silane coupling agents on the structures of PLA and SLF molecules were examined,and the mechanical properties and thermal stability of PLA/SLF composites were also measured.The results of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR) had proved that silane had been incorporated successfully to PLA and SLF molecules by means of the solvent technology.Scanning electric microscopy(SEM) was used to investigate both the changes in shapes between the pristine SLFs and the treated SLFs and the microscopic structures of composites.According to SEM results,it was shown that there were some significant differences between the untreated and treated SLFs,and a double continuous phase structure had occurred in PLA/SLF composites due to the excellent dispersion of SLFs in matrix.The addition of the treated SLFs into PLA resulted in a distinct improvement of the impact and tensile strengths.When the mass fraction of the treated SLFs was 15%,the notched impact strength and tensile strength of PLA/SLF bio-composites were improved by 34.4%and 21.2%compared with the pristine PLA,respectively. Additionally,with the increase of the modified SLFs content,the thermal stability of PLA/SLF bi-composites was apparently improved.The macroscopic properties of bio-composites were found to be strongly dependent on their components,concentration,dispersion and resulted morphological structures.展开更多
Scrap tires were pyrolyzed in a continuously stirred batch reactor in the presence and absence of catalysts. The maximum yield of derived oil was up to 55.65 wt%at the optimum temperature, 500 °C. The catalytic p...Scrap tires were pyrolyzed in a continuously stirred batch reactor in the presence and absence of catalysts. The maximum yield of derived oil was up to 55.65 wt%at the optimum temperature, 500 °C. The catalytic pyrolysis was performed using 1.0 wt%（on a scrap tire weight basis） of catalysts based on ZSM‐5, USY,β, SAPO‐11, and ZSM‐22. The oil products were characterized using simula‐tion distillation, elemental analysis, and gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry. The results show that using a catalyst can increase the conversion of scrap tires to gas and decrease char by‐products;the yield of derived oil remains unchanged or a little lower. The oils derived from catalytic pyrolysis had H/C ratios of 1.55–1.65 and contained approximately 70–75 wt%light oil, 0.3–0.58 wt%S and 0.78–1.0 wt%N. Catalysts with high acid strengths and appropriate pore sizes, such as ZSM‐5, USY,β, and SAPO‐11, increased the amount of single‐ring aromatics in the light‐middle‐fraction oil to 45 wt%. The derived oil can therefore be used as a petrochemical feedstock for producing high‐value‐added chemical products or fuel oil.展开更多
This work was devoted to the study of the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 on calcined and hydrothermal treated cerium loaded zeolite catalysts.The parent faujasite zeolite Na-F(Si/Al=1.32 and SBET=749 m^2/g...This work was devoted to the study of the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 on calcined and hydrothermal treated cerium loaded zeolite catalysts.The parent faujasite zeolite Na-F(Si/Al=1.32 and SBET=749 m^2/g) used as support for the preparation of the catalysts was obtained from industrial sodium metasilicate and aluminum scraps.As expected,the NO conversion increases with increasing the percentage of cerium in the structure of the faujasite zeolite.Total NO conversion into N2 is reached at 400℃at a space velocity of 250 000 h^-1.The high conversion is due to the redox shift between Ce^3+/Ce^4+and the strong acid sites related to the rare earth present in the framework that is the key in SCR of NO process.Moreover,the highest loaded cerium catalyst retains almost its activity after hydrothermal treatment at 850℃.This higher loading is desirable for both activity and stability provided that two stages of preparation are used to put the Ce ions in the sodalite cages.展开更多
The Fe reduction,microstructure evolution and corrosion susceptibility of Mg−Mn alloys made from magnesium scrap refining with Mn addition were investigated.The results show that significant Fe content change occurs d...The Fe reduction,microstructure evolution and corrosion susceptibility of Mg−Mn alloys made from magnesium scrap refining with Mn addition were investigated.The results show that significant Fe content change occurs during near-solid-melt treatment(NSMT)process even in the absence of Mn,because of the high saturation of Fe in the melt.Furthermore,in the NSMT process,even a small amount of Mn addition can lead to a sharp deposition of Mn atoms.The NSMT process can increase the growth rate of the Fe-rich particles,and then accelerate their sinking movement.Nevertheless,the addition of Mn hinders the coarsening process of Fe-rich particles.Besides,the corrosion susceptibility of the alloys is mainly affected by the solubility of Fe,which can be significantly reduced by Mn addition.Moreover,the presence of more Fe-rich particles does not necessarily increase the corrosion susceptibility of the alloy.Consequently,in the refining process of Mg−Mn alloys made from magnesium scrap,on the basis of NSMT process and adding an appropriate Mn content(about 0.5 wt.%),the purity of the melt can be improved,thereby obtaining an alloy with excellent corrosion resistance.展开更多
The reduction diffusion method was performed for the sludge scrap of Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets with adding Ca metal to recover the oxidized Nd-Fe-B phase. After washing the resultant powders to remove Ca metal componen...The reduction diffusion method was performed for the sludge scrap of Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets with adding Ca metal to recover the oxidized Nd-Fe-B phase. After washing the resultant powders to remove Ca metal component, the powders obtained were recycled as an isotropic magnetic powder by the melt spinning method. The magnetic properties of powders as recycled were inferior, especially for the coercivity value, due to the deletion of rare earth metals during the washing process. The adjustment of metal composition, i.e., the addition of Nd metal, at the melt spinning process improved the magnetic properties to be B r=～0.75 T, H cj=～0.93 mA·m -1, and (BH) max=～91 kJ·m -3. The magnetic properties of the bonded magnets prepared from the composition-adjusted powders were B r=～0.66 T, H cj=～0.92 mA·m -1, and (BH) max=～70 kJ·m -3, which are approximately comparable to the commercially available MQPB boned one (B r=～0.73 T, H cj=～0.79 mA·m -1, and (BH) max=～86 kJ·m -3).展开更多
The reuse of RE and cobalt in Co-based magnetic scraps was studied.The optimized feat lixiviated condition was:200 mesh,sulfuric acid dosage was of 1.4 times theoretic dosage,temperature was 80 oC and leaching time 1 ...The reuse of RE and cobalt in Co-based magnetic scraps was studied.The optimized feat lixiviated condition was:200 mesh,sulfuric acid dosage was of 1.4 times theoretic dosage,temperature was 80 oC and leaching time 1 h.The optimum technology conditions was:Na2S2O8 dosage was of 8 times theoretic dosage,oxidation temperature 80 oC,oxidation time 2 h and pH=4.5.Rare earth was precipitated by saturated(NH4)2C2O4 solution,after roasting of rare earth oxalate,rare earth oxide was received.Cobalt-iron residue was soaked by hydrochloric acid,the Fe(OH)3 was preferential solution,pH was adjusted to 1.4 by hydrochloric acid,Co(OH)3 did not dissolve,cobalt and iron were separated,after roasting of Co(OH)3,cobalt oxide was received.The total recovery of cobalt was found to be 97% and rare earths was 96%.展开更多
A 3D model applying temperature-and carbon concentration-dependent material properties was developed to describe the scrap melting behavior and carbon diffusion under natural convection.Simulated results agreed reason...A 3D model applying temperature-and carbon concentration-dependent material properties was developed to describe the scrap melting behavior and carbon diffusion under natural convection.Simulated results agreed reasonably well with experimental ones.Scrap melting was subdivided into four stages:formation of a solidified layer,rapid melting of the solidified layer,carburization,and carburization+normal melting.The carburization stage could not be ignored at low temperature because the carburization time for the sample investigated was 214 s at 1573 K compared to 12 s at 1723 K.The thickness of the boundary layer with significant concentration difference at 1573 K increased from 130μm at 5 s to 140μm at 60 s.The maximum velocity caused by natural convection decreased from 0.029 m·s^(−1)at 5 s to 0.009 m·s^(−1)at 634 s because the differences in temperature and density between the molten metal and scrap decreased with time.展开更多
A method for recycling AZ91D magnesium alloy scraps directly by hot extrusion was studied.Various microstructural analyses were performed using the techniques of optical microscopy,scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and...A method for recycling AZ91D magnesium alloy scraps directly by hot extrusion was studied.Various microstructural analyses were performed using the techniques of optical microscopy,scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS).Microstructural observations revealed that all the recycled specimens consisted of fine grains due to the dynamic recrystallization.The main strengthening mechanism of the recycled specimen was grain refinement strengthening and homogeneous distribution of oxide precipitates.The interfaces of individual scraps of extruded materials were not identified when the scraps were extruded with the extrusion ratio of 40-1.Oxidation layers of the scraps were broken into pieces by high compressive and shear forces under the extrusion ratio of 40-1.The ultimate tensile strength and elongation to failure increased with increasing the extrusion ratio.Recycled specimens with the extrusion ratio of 40:1 showed higher ultimate tensile strength of 342.61 MPa and higher elongation to failure of 11.32%,compared with those of the cast specimen.展开更多
Carbon nanotubes（CNTs） were successfully synthesized through chemical vapor deposition（CVD） method over cobalt catalysts using scrap tyre rubber as carbon source.The CNTs as produced were investigated by means of ...Carbon nanotubes（CNTs） were successfully synthesized through chemical vapor deposition（CVD） method over cobalt catalysts using scrap tyre rubber as carbon source.The CNTs as produced were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis,scanning electron microscope,transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectrum techniques.It was found that the obtained carbon material mainly existed in the form of CNTs.展开更多
Several typical methods for the recovery of Ni-Cd batteries are described in detail. Based on the comparison between the hydrometallurgical process and the pyrometallurgical process, the latter is selected as the suit...Several typical methods for the recovery of Ni-Cd batteries are described in detail. Based on the comparison between the hydrometallurgical process and the pyrometallurgical process, the latter is selected as the suitable method for recycling Ni-Cd batteries in China.展开更多
The crushing performance of printed circuit board (PCB) was studied on several crushers. The results show that PCB is a material which is difficult to crush. The crushing performance of PCB with disk crusher, especial...The crushing performance of printed circuit board (PCB) was studied on several crushers. The results show that PCB is a material which is difficult to crush. The crushing performance of PCB with disk crusher, especially vibration grinding, which has cut or impact action, excels that of jaw crusher or roller crusher. The PCB scrap is worthwhile to recycle using variety of modern characterization methods. When compared with natural resources, this material stream remains a rich precious metal and nonferrous metals. In PCB scrap, metals account for 47% of the total material composition, in which there exists 19.66% copper, 11.47% iron, 3.93% lead, 300 g/t gold and 510 kg/t silver, etc. In addition, the PCB scrap contains 27% of plastics and 26% of refractory oxides.展开更多
文摘Magnesium(Mg)alloys are widely used lightweight structural materials for automobiles and help reduce carbon emissions.However,their use increases the production of Mg alloy scrap,which is recycled at a much lower rate than aluminum,and its greater complexity poses challenges to existing recycling processes.Although vacuum distillation can be used to recycle Mg alloy scrap,this requires optimizing and maximizing metal recirculation,but there has been no thermodynamic analysis of this process.In this study,the feasibility and controllability of separating inclusions and 23 metal impurities were evaluated,and their distribution and removal limits were quantified.Thermodynamic analyses and experimental results showed that inclusions and impurity metals of separation coefficient lgβ_(i)≤-5,including Cu,Fe,Co,and Ni below 0.001 ppm,could be removed from the matrix.All Zn entered the recycled Mg,while impurities with-1<lgβ_(i)<-5 such as Li,Ca,and Mn severely affected the purity of the recycled Mg during the later stage of distillation.Therefore,an optimization strategy for vacuum distillation recycling:lower temperatures and higher system pressures for Zn separation in the early stage,and the early termination of the recovery process in the later stage or a continuous supply of raw melt can also prevent contamination during recycling.The alloying elements Al and Zn in Mg alloy scrap can be further recovered and purified by vacuum distillation when economically feasible,to maximize the recycling of metal resources.
基金supported by the R&D Center for Valuable Recycling (Global-Top R&D Program)of the Ministry of Environment (No.2016002250003)。
文摘Scrap metals are typically covered with surface contaminants,such as paint,dust,and rust,which can significantly affect the emission spectrum during laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy(LIBS)based sorting.In this study,the effects of paint layers on metal surfaces during LIBS classification were investigated.LIBS spectra were collected from metal surfaces painted with black and white paints by ablation with a nanosecond pulsed laser(wavelength=1064 nm,pulse width=7 ns).For the black-painted samples,the LIBS spectra showed a broad background emission,emission lines unrelated to the target metals,large shot-to-shot variation,and a relatively low signal intensity of the target metal,causing poor classification accuracy even at high shot numbers.Cleaning the black paint layer by ablating over a wide area prior to LIBS analysis resulted in high classification accuracy with fewer shot numbers.A method to determine the number of cleaning shots necessary to obtain high classification accuracy and high throughput is proposed on the basis of the change in LIBS signal intensity during cleaning shots.For the white-painted samples,the paint peeled off the metal surface after the first shot,and strong LIBS signals were measured after the following shot,which were attributed to the nanoparticles generated by the ablation of the paint,allowing an accurate classification after only two shots.The results demonstrate that different approaches must be employed depending on the paint color to achieve high classification accuracy with fewer shot numbers.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFC1909005).
文摘The NdFeB scrap,as a representative solid waste of rare earths,possesses significant recyclable value.This study focused on NdFeB waste and investigated the environmental impacts of pyro-and hydro-metallurgical process(PH-M process)and its improved version,the pyro-and hydro-metallurgical improvement process(PH-Mi process).The results demonstrate that,although the PH-Mi process consumes higher amounts of energy,electricity,and chemicals compared to the PH-M process,it is more environmentally friendly and economically efficient(i.e.,net profit increased by 34.12%).To quantify and compare the environmental performance of the two scenarios,life cycle assessment methodology was applied.It is concluded that the PH-Mi process is superior to the PH-M process for eutrophication potential(EP)and the total environmental impacts.In comparison with PH-Mi process,PH-M process exhibits a certain advantage in terms of carbon footprint due to increased consumption of electricity and chemicals after the technological upgrade.
基金the financial supplies supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.U2202255,52371038)the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province,China(No.2023RC1019)。
文摘Highly efficient removal of impurity Bi element from scrap brass can facilitate the recycling process of brass.The effects of melting temperature,holding time and Mg-Ca alloy content on the removal effect of impurity Bi element were investigated by compound-separation method.The mechanism of the compound-separation method was revealed for removing the Bi element from a thermodynamic point of view.The results showed that the Bi content was decreased from 1.95 wt.%to 0.178 wt.%at the optimum process parameters of melting temperature of 980°C,holding time of 20 min,and Mg-Ca alloy content of 6 wt.%,achieving a removal rate of 90.9%.A small amount of Ca-Bi compound remained in the brass matrix after refining.NaF flux can effectively wet and adsorb Ca-Bi compounds due to its low viscosity and the function of lowering the surface tension,which facilitate the agglomeration and flotation of Ca-Bi compounds to the melt surface,thereby ensuring the sufficient removal of Bi element.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52208195)the Independent Subject of State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering of Tongji University(No.SLDRCE19-A-10).
文摘To improve the seismic performance of unrein-forced masonry(URM)buildings in the Himalayan re-gions,including Western China,India,Nepal,and Paki-stan,a low-cost bonded scrap tire rubber isolator(BSTRI)is proposed,and a series of vertical compression and horizontal shear tests are conducted.Incremental dynamic analyses are conducted for five types of BSTRI-supported URM buildings subjected to 22 far-field and 28 near-field earthquake ground motions.The resulting fragility curves and probability of damage curves are presented and utilized to evaluate the damage states of these buildings.The results show that in the base-isolated(BI)URM buildings under seismic ground motion at a peak ground acceleration(PGA)of 1.102g,the probability of exceeding the collapse prevention threshold is less than 25%under far-field earthquake ground motions and 31%under near-field earthquake ground motions.Furthermore,the maximum average vulnerability index for the BI-URM buildings,which are designed to withstand rare earthquakes with 9°(PGA=0.632g),is 40.87%for far-field earthquake ground motions and 41.83%for near-field earthquake ground motions.Therefore,the adoption of BSTRIs can significantly reduce the collapse probability of URM buildings.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42177358)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(No.2023A1515011232)。
文摘Massive waste aluminum scraps produced from the spent aluminum products have high electron capacity and can be recycled as an attractive alternative to materials based on zerovalent iron(Fe^(0))for the removal of oxidative contaminants from wastewater.This study thus proposed an approach to fabricate micron-sized sulfidated zero-valent iron-aluminum particles(S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0))with high reactivity,electron selectivity and capacity using recycled waste aluminum scraps.S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0)with a three-layer structure contained zero-valent aluminum(Al^(0))core,Fe^(0) middle layer and iron sulfide(FeS)shell.The rates of chromate(Cr(Ⅵ))removal by S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0)at pH 5.0-9.0 were 1.6-5.9 times greater than that by sulfidated zero-valent iron(S-Fe^(0)).The Cr(Ⅵ)removal capacity of S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0)was 8.2-,11.3-and 46.9-fold greater than those of S-Fe0,zero-valent iron-aluminum(Al^(0)-Fe^(0))and Fe^(0),respectively.The chemical cost of S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0) for the equivalent Cr(Ⅵ)removal was 78.5%lower than that of S-Fe^(0).Negligible release of soluble aluminum during the Cr(Ⅵ)removal was observed.The significant enhancement in the reactivity and capacity of S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0)was partially ascribed to the higher reactivity and electron density of the Al0core than Fe^(0).More importantly,S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0) served as an electric cell to harness the persistent and selective electron transfer from the Al^(0)-Fe^(0) core to Cr(Ⅵ)at the surface via coupling Fe^(0)-Fe^(2+)-Fe^(3+)redox cycles,resulting in a higher electron utilization efficiency.Therefore,S-Al^(0)@Fe^(0) fabricated using recycled waste aluminum scraps can be a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly alternative to S-Fe^(0) for the enhanced removal of oxidative contaminants in industrial wastewater.
基金The present study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.52074198,52374342,U21A20113)supported by the Department of Science and Technology of Hubei Province(Grant Nos.2023AFB603,2023DJC140).
文摘To reveal the intricate mechanisms underlying the melting and dissolution processes of scraps in the iron ladle,the melting characteristics of three carbon steels with different C concentrations at the bath temperatures of 1623 and 1723 K were studied.Upon immersing scraps into the molten metal,the liquid metal immediately froze around the submerged parts of scrap cylinders.Whereafter,the solid shell completely melted at both bath temperatures after the immersion time of 5 s.The maximum thickness of solidified steel shells significantly decreased with increasing the bath temperature.The findings also suggested that the melting rate of scrap cylinder exhibited a positive correlation with the C concentration in the scrap and the bath temperature.Quantitatively,the mass transfer coefficients of C for the low carbon(0.18 wt.%),medium carbon(0.32 wt.%),and high carbon(0.61 wt.%)concentrations in the scrap cylinders at 1723 K were determined by a kinetic model,which were 8.78×10^(-5),9.57×10^(-5)and 10.00×10^(-5)m s^(-1),respectively,and those corresponding values decreased to 3.87×10^(-5),4.49×10^(-5)and 3.54×10^(-5)m s^(-1)at 1623 K.However,there was little difference observed among the heat transfer coefficients of hot metal for the three carbon steels,which were estimated to have an average value of 16.36 and 18.82 kW m^(-2)K^(-1)at the experimental temperatures of 1623 and 1723 K,respectively.The results from the experiments and mathematical models showed good consistency at both bath temperatures,providing feasible guidance for efficient melting of steel scraps in the iron ladle.
基金supported by the Yunnan Province Nonferrous Metal Vacuum Metallurgy Top Team[grant number 202305AS350012]the Yunnan Province Yang Bin Scientist Workshop。
文摘Magnesium(Mg)alloy is widely used in aerospace and automotive industries as an excellent lightweight metal material to reduce carbon emissions.The expansion of Mg alloy applications and the increasing demands for these materials have significantly facilitated the generation of Mg alloy scrap.The recycling of Mg resources is crucial for promoting both environmental sustainability and economic viability.However,current recycling effect is unsatisfactory.Therefore,this paper provides a comprehensive review of the entire recycling process,including scrap classification,separation and sorting,pre-treatment,and recycling.This paper explores the generation of Mg alloy scrap and its reincorporation into industrial products.This review outlines various Mg scrap recycling technologies based on different phase states.These include liquid-state recycling(such as flux refining,impurity removal additives,fluxless refining,compound treatment,and direct remelting),solid-state recycling(involving hot extrusion,equal-channel angular pressing(ECAP),friction stir extrusion(FSE),and spark plasma sintering(SPS)),vapor-state recycling(comprising vacuum distillation and sublimation),electrochemical recycling(solid oxide membrane(SOM)electrolysis,RE-12TMelectrorefining,and non-aqueous solution electrorefining),and Mg secondary alloy development.The advantages and existing challenges associated with each method are compared and discussed,and the current obstacles to the future recycling of complex scrap are examined.
文摘The aim of this study was to determine the quality of rebar produced from recycled scrap metal collected throughout the country,and imported rebar sold in the Republic of Guinea.To do this,the samples were subjected to various mechanical tests involving traction,bending and microscopic analysis.In the Lambanyi and Casse Sonfonia samples,all the tensile strength values for diameters 12,14 and 16 were above 550 MPa.Conversely,the iron samples from Baillobaye and the 10 mm diameters of the samples from Casse Sonfonio and Lambanyi have less appreciable values.The limits of elasticity were determined.The various values found vary more or less from the conventional yield strength of the NF A35-016 reference supplied by CBITEC,which is 500 MPa.Microscopic analysis gives us an insight into the internal structure of the iron samples used.This study may provide the company and the vendors with an alternative for their improvements.
基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.20100470755)the Financial Supports of Department of Education of Zhejiang Province (No.Z20119661)
文摘Scrap leather fibers(SLFs) modified with active silane containing epoxide groups were incorporated into poly(lactic acid)(PLA) modified by vinyl trimethoxysilane,i.e.,the PLA/SLF composites were prepared for bio-composites by solvent compounding technology in this article.The effects of silane coupling agents on the structures of PLA and SLF molecules were examined,and the mechanical properties and thermal stability of PLA/SLF composites were also measured.The results of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR) had proved that silane had been incorporated successfully to PLA and SLF molecules by means of the solvent technology.Scanning electric microscopy(SEM) was used to investigate both the changes in shapes between the pristine SLFs and the treated SLFs and the microscopic structures of composites.According to SEM results,it was shown that there were some significant differences between the untreated and treated SLFs,and a double continuous phase structure had occurred in PLA/SLF composites due to the excellent dispersion of SLFs in matrix.The addition of the treated SLFs into PLA resulted in a distinct improvement of the impact and tensile strengths.When the mass fraction of the treated SLFs was 15%,the notched impact strength and tensile strength of PLA/SLF bio-composites were improved by 34.4%and 21.2%compared with the pristine PLA,respectively. Additionally,with the increase of the modified SLFs content,the thermal stability of PLA/SLF bi-composites was apparently improved.The macroscopic properties of bio-composites were found to be strongly dependent on their components,concentration,dispersion and resulted morphological structures.
基金supported by the Basic Research Program of VCC Technology(ycsy2014ky-A-14)~~
文摘Scrap tires were pyrolyzed in a continuously stirred batch reactor in the presence and absence of catalysts. The maximum yield of derived oil was up to 55.65 wt%at the optimum temperature, 500 °C. The catalytic pyrolysis was performed using 1.0 wt%（on a scrap tire weight basis） of catalysts based on ZSM‐5, USY,β, SAPO‐11, and ZSM‐22. The oil products were characterized using simula‐tion distillation, elemental analysis, and gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry. The results show that using a catalyst can increase the conversion of scrap tires to gas and decrease char by‐products;the yield of derived oil remains unchanged or a little lower. The oils derived from catalytic pyrolysis had H/C ratios of 1.55–1.65 and contained approximately 70–75 wt%light oil, 0.3–0.58 wt%S and 0.78–1.0 wt%N. Catalysts with high acid strengths and appropriate pore sizes, such as ZSM‐5, USY,β, and SAPO‐11, increased the amount of single‐ring aromatics in the light‐middle‐fraction oil to 45 wt%. The derived oil can therefore be used as a petrochemical feedstock for producing high‐value‐added chemical products or fuel oil.
文摘This work was devoted to the study of the selective catalytic reduction of NO by NH3 on calcined and hydrothermal treated cerium loaded zeolite catalysts.The parent faujasite zeolite Na-F(Si/Al=1.32 and SBET=749 m^2/g) used as support for the preparation of the catalysts was obtained from industrial sodium metasilicate and aluminum scraps.As expected,the NO conversion increases with increasing the percentage of cerium in the structure of the faujasite zeolite.Total NO conversion into N2 is reached at 400℃at a space velocity of 250 000 h^-1.The high conversion is due to the redox shift between Ce^3+/Ce^4+and the strong acid sites related to the rare earth present in the framework that is the key in SCR of NO process.Moreover,the highest loaded cerium catalyst retains almost its activity after hydrothermal treatment at 850℃.This higher loading is desirable for both activity and stability provided that two stages of preparation are used to put the Ce ions in the sodalite cages.
基金Project(2016YFB0301100)supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of ChinaProject(2018CDJDCD0001)supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China。
文摘The Fe reduction,microstructure evolution and corrosion susceptibility of Mg−Mn alloys made from magnesium scrap refining with Mn addition were investigated.The results show that significant Fe content change occurs during near-solid-melt treatment(NSMT)process even in the absence of Mn,because of the high saturation of Fe in the melt.Furthermore,in the NSMT process,even a small amount of Mn addition can lead to a sharp deposition of Mn atoms.The NSMT process can increase the growth rate of the Fe-rich particles,and then accelerate their sinking movement.Nevertheless,the addition of Mn hinders the coarsening process of Fe-rich particles.Besides,the corrosion susceptibility of the alloys is mainly affected by the solubility of Fe,which can be significantly reduced by Mn addition.Moreover,the presence of more Fe-rich particles does not necessarily increase the corrosion susceptibility of the alloy.Consequently,in the refining process of Mg−Mn alloys made from magnesium scrap,on the basis of NSMT process and adding an appropriate Mn content(about 0.5 wt.%),the purity of the melt can be improved,thereby obtaining an alloy with excellent corrosion resistance.
基金ProjectsupportedbyaGrant in AidfortheCreationofinnovationsthroughBusiness Academic PublicSectorCooperation
文摘The reduction diffusion method was performed for the sludge scrap of Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets with adding Ca metal to recover the oxidized Nd-Fe-B phase. After washing the resultant powders to remove Ca metal component, the powders obtained were recycled as an isotropic magnetic powder by the melt spinning method. The magnetic properties of powders as recycled were inferior, especially for the coercivity value, due to the deletion of rare earth metals during the washing process. The adjustment of metal composition, i.e., the addition of Nd metal, at the melt spinning process improved the magnetic properties to be B r=～0.75 T, H cj=～0.93 mA·m -1, and (BH) max=～91 kJ·m -3. The magnetic properties of the bonded magnets prepared from the composition-adjusted powders were B r=～0.66 T, H cj=～0.92 mA·m -1, and (BH) max=～70 kJ·m -3, which are approximately comparable to the commercially available MQPB boned one (B r=～0.73 T, H cj=～0.79 mA·m -1, and (BH) max=～86 kJ·m -3).
文摘The reuse of RE and cobalt in Co-based magnetic scraps was studied.The optimized feat lixiviated condition was:200 mesh,sulfuric acid dosage was of 1.4 times theoretic dosage,temperature was 80 oC and leaching time 1 h.The optimum technology conditions was:Na2S2O8 dosage was of 8 times theoretic dosage,oxidation temperature 80 oC,oxidation time 2 h and pH=4.5.Rare earth was precipitated by saturated(NH4)2C2O4 solution,after roasting of rare earth oxalate,rare earth oxide was received.Cobalt-iron residue was soaked by hydrochloric acid,the Fe(OH)3 was preferential solution,pH was adjusted to 1.4 by hydrochloric acid,Co(OH)3 did not dissolve,cobalt and iron were separated,after roasting of Co(OH)3,cobalt oxide was received.The total recovery of cobalt was found to be 97% and rare earths was 96%.
基金the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2019YFC1905701)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51674022,51734003)the Key projects of NSFC(No.U1960201).
文摘A 3D model applying temperature-and carbon concentration-dependent material properties was developed to describe the scrap melting behavior and carbon diffusion under natural convection.Simulated results agreed reasonably well with experimental ones.Scrap melting was subdivided into four stages:formation of a solidified layer,rapid melting of the solidified layer,carburization,and carburization+normal melting.The carburization stage could not be ignored at low temperature because the carburization time for the sample investigated was 214 s at 1573 K compared to 12 s at 1723 K.The thickness of the boundary layer with significant concentration difference at 1573 K increased from 130μm at 5 s to 140μm at 60 s.The maximum velocity caused by natural convection decreased from 0.029 m·s^(−1)at 5 s to 0.009 m·s^(−1)at 634 s because the differences in temperature and density between the molten metal and scrap decreased with time.
基金Projects(50674038, 50974048) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(200802140004) supported by Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China
文摘A method for recycling AZ91D magnesium alloy scraps directly by hot extrusion was studied.Various microstructural analyses were performed using the techniques of optical microscopy,scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and energy dispersive spectroscopy(EDS).Microstructural observations revealed that all the recycled specimens consisted of fine grains due to the dynamic recrystallization.The main strengthening mechanism of the recycled specimen was grain refinement strengthening and homogeneous distribution of oxide precipitates.The interfaces of individual scraps of extruded materials were not identified when the scraps were extruded with the extrusion ratio of 40-1.Oxidation layers of the scraps were broken into pieces by high compressive and shear forces under the extrusion ratio of 40-1.The ultimate tensile strength and elongation to failure increased with increasing the extrusion ratio.Recycled specimens with the extrusion ratio of 40:1 showed higher ultimate tensile strength of 342.61 MPa and higher elongation to failure of 11.32%,compared with those of the cast specimen.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,No2011CB201202) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No2010SCU22010)
文摘Carbon nanotubes（CNTs） were successfully synthesized through chemical vapor deposition（CVD） method over cobalt catalysts using scrap tyre rubber as carbon source.The CNTs as produced were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis,scanning electron microscope,transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectrum techniques.It was found that the obtained carbon material mainly existed in the form of CNTs.
文摘Several typical methods for the recovery of Ni-Cd batteries are described in detail. Based on the comparison between the hydrometallurgical process and the pyrometallurgical process, the latter is selected as the suitable method for recycling Ni-Cd batteries in China.
文摘The crushing performance of printed circuit board (PCB) was studied on several crushers. The results show that PCB is a material which is difficult to crush. The crushing performance of PCB with disk crusher, especially vibration grinding, which has cut or impact action, excels that of jaw crusher or roller crusher. The PCB scrap is worthwhile to recycle using variety of modern characterization methods. When compared with natural resources, this material stream remains a rich precious metal and nonferrous metals. In PCB scrap, metals account for 47% of the total material composition, in which there exists 19.66% copper, 11.47% iron, 3.93% lead, 300 g/t gold and 510 kg/t silver, etc. In addition, the PCB scrap contains 27% of plastics and 26% of refractory oxides.
