PRODUCTION OF COMPOSITE PELLETS FROM WASTE COFFEE GROUNDS, MILL SCALE AND WASTE PRIMARY BATTERY TO PRODUCE FERROMANGANESE; A ZERO WASTE APPROACH


Yeşiltepe S., Şeşen M. K.

ACTA METALLURGICA SLOVACA, cilt.26, sa.2, ss.45-48, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.36547/ams.26.2.540
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA METALLURGICA SLOVACA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.45-48
  • İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study was aimed to produce ferromanganese by using waste battery as manganese source, mill scale as iron source and waste coffee ground as reduction agent and carbon source. Waste batteries were collected from waste battery collection bins. Mill scale was collected from hot rolling workshop. Waste coffee grounds were household used coffee. All starting materials were characterized. Weighted raw materials blended with addition of bentonite as a binder. Pelletizing equipment was used to produce composite pellets. Produced pellets were dried then used for reduction experiments. Reduction experiments were conducted in Argon purged tube furnace for 1250 degrees C, 1300 degrees C and 1400 degrees C according to thermodynamic background. Produced ferromanganese samples were characterized for chemical compositions and metallization rate.