SBIR/STTR Research Award
RECOVERY OF CONTAMINANT METALS TO PERMIT RECYCLING OF DUSTS FROM ELECTRIC ARC FURNACES.
Award amount
$49,022Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Branch
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- Recipient company
- Cato Research Corpon
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE DUST IS LISTED AS A HAZARDOUS WASTE. TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THIS DUST IS ESTIMATED TO BE 500,000 TONS AT SOME 77 LOCATION RANGING IN SCALE FORM LESS THAN 1,000 TONS TO OVER 20,000 TONS PER YEAR. A PROCESS IS PROPOSED WHICH MAY PERMIT ON-SITE, SIMPLE RECOVERY OF CONTAMINANT METALS IN THE DUST. THE PROCESS RECYCLES RECYCLES CHEMICAL REAGENTS AND AQUEOUS LEACH , MINIMIZIN COST AND AVOIDING POLLUTION. THE PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO CAN, THEREFORE, BE SERVED AS WELL AS LARGE PRODUCERS.
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