NUST MISIS 791 0 Kommentare The World's First Metallurgical Furnace For Man-made Waste Recycling Launched in Russia

MOSCOW, December 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

The pilot installation of the world's only metallurgical furnace capable of processing iron-containing industrial waste as well as solid waste, simultaneously smelting up to 16,000 tons of metal per year, producing electricity and not harming the environment was launched on December 18, 2018 in Mtsensk, Oryol Region. The furnace has been designed and built by the scientific NUST MISIS group together with the industrial partner Vtoraluminprodukt company.

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According to the latest research, more than 130 billion tons of waste have been accumulated in Russia - it equals 800 tons or 20 full cars per person. Moreover, more than 5 million tons of iron-containing industrial waste annually are being added to them in ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, chemical industry. They are stored at landfills and are not being recycled since it is technologically or economically impossible and environmentally dangerous.

The scientific team of NUST MISIS leaded by the director of the Innovative Metallurgical Technology Scientific and Educational Center, Ph.D. Gennadiy Podgorodetskiy, together with the industrial partner of the university, Vtoraluminprodukt company, have built and launched a pilot plant bubbling reactor (based on the gas flushing principle), which has no analogues in the world, to fully process industrial waste, slags and sludge, as well as carbon-containing wastes, including MSW and efficient and environmentally friendly production of iron and concentrate non-ferrous metals.

Nikolay Shenchenko, member of the Expert Mining Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation for industry and innovation, CEO of "Resmet":

"The advantage of this technology is that it is non-waste and allows for simple, reliable and environmentally friendly purifying of the exhaust gases. And it also allows to combine the processing of metallurgical waste, coal preparation factories and municipal waste of enterprises or settlements that are heated with coal. So, it is a sort of a universal technology."

As noted by specialists, this furnace can become the new Kalashnikov Gun for Russia - i.e., a unique technology that has no analogues abroad and will be exported worldwide.