Handbook of Aluminium Recycling

The Handbook has proven to be helpful to plant designers and operators for engineering and production of aluminium recycling plants. The book deals with aluminium as material and its recovery from bauxite, the various process steps and procedures, melting and casting plants, metal treatment facilities, provisions and equipment for environmental control and workforce safety, cold and hot recycling of aluminium including scrap preparation and remelting, operation and plant management. Due to more and more stringent regulations for environmental control and fuel efficiency as well as quality requirements sections about salt slag recycling, oxy-fuel heating and heat treatment processes are now incorporated in the new edition. The reader is thus provided with a detailed overview of the technology of aluminium recycling.Contents:Part I - Fundamentals1. Introduction2. Sources for the production of aluminium3. Alumina refinery4. Aluminium reduction5. Secondary aluminium6. Material Basis for RecyclingPart II - Mechanical preparation1. General2. Material storage3. Cutting and baling4. Comminution5. Classification6. Sorting7. Process lines for mechanical preparationPart III - Metallurgical processing1. Melting process2. Overview of melting technologies3. Furnace technology4. Casting technologies5. Metal treatment6. Heat treatment7. Environment control8. Process control 9. Quality assurance10. SafetyPart IV - Plant design1. Plant design2. Plant implementation3. Detail engineering4. Construction5. Project management6. Final remarks