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Steel Authority of India Limited, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai 490 001
Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg 491 002
Introduction
Steel is an exceptionally recyclable material
because steel products and by-products are excellent
in terms of the reduce, reuse and recycle principle.
On proper refining, the recycled products compete
favorably with natural materials, improve recycling
and preserve non-renewable resources1. Indian steel
industry is yet to reach the high standards achieved by
its counterparts in developed world in the arena of
waste minimizations and recycling. However, the
Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), Bhilai has taken some very
bold steps in this area and very encouraging results
are being obtained. One such attempt was the use of
mixed pond ash for manufacturing superior quality
bricks2. In continuation of the task, an attempt was
made to recycle the sludge obtained from the gas
cleaning plant of basic oxygen furnace (BOF) more
popularly known as LD converter.
This research has particularly targeted the slurry
from BOF for its recycling. In all major steel
producing countries, this slurry, which contains zinc
content too high to directly recycle, is put into a
settling tank and the water is pressed out of the slurry.
The remaining fraction is either stockpiled or
landfilled. Steel companies are prospecting for the
processes to economically retrieve the zinc and iron
units3. This paper describes a breakthrough achieved
which portents great savings economically and
environmentally.
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Experimental Details
Process Description
AGRAWAL & PANDEY: RECYCLING OF BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE SLUDGE STEEL PLANT
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Fig. 1Schematic diagram of basic oxygen furnace (LD Converter) and gas cleaning plant (GCP)
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