Recycling rubber tyres and waste plastics in EAF steelmaking

Steel Research International

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 566-572

  Sahajwalla, V ^a   Zaharia, M ^a   Rahman, M ^a   Khanna, R ^a   Saha Chaudhury, N ^a   O'Kane, P ^b   Dicker, J ^b   Skidmore, C ^b   Knights, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b OneSteel   (Australia)

Author keywords

EAF steelmaking; gas generation; Slag foaming; waste plastics; waste rubber

Indexed keywords

EAF STEELMAKING; GAS GENERATION; SLAG FOAMING; WASTE PLASTIC; WASTE RUBBER;

BLOWING AGENTS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FURNACES; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS GENERATORS; GREENHOUSE GASES; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; IRON OXIDES; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; METALLURGICAL COKE; PLANT LAYOUT; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER BLENDS; RUBBER; SLAGS; STEELMAKING; WASTE INCINERATION;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 79955612112     PISSN: 16113683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/srin.201100047     Document Type: Article

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