Abstract
Complex residues such as filter dusts, sludges and special slags are nowadays an important raw material for the production of various metals. Environmental considerations as well as rising metal prices force the recycling industry to accept such residues more and more as an important secondary resource. Though the complex structure and different problematic impurities of these materials form a challenge for the industry and the research and development in this area. In January 2011 the Christian Doppler Laboratory (CDL) for Optimization and Biomass Utilization in Heavy Metal Recycling started its operation with the companies voestalpine, RHI, Befesa and Aurubis as partners. Its aim is to investigate various methods of characterizing complex residues, recover simultaneously valuable metals, replace fossil reducing agents by pyrolyzed biomass and increase the product quality to enable a most economical an decological recycling process. The paper describes the scientific achievements of the CDL after one year in operation as well as future aims in research and development.
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