Recent Advances in Green Metallurgy
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 3397
Special Issue Editors
Interests: resource utilization of metallurgical by-products; recycling of steelmaking slag; hot metal dephosphorization; phosphate recovery
Interests: utilization of industrial solid wastes; green steelmaking process; life cycle assessment of environmental materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
BOF steelmaking slag is the major by-product of the converter steelmaking process and contains large quantiles of valuable components. Currently, the global production of BOF steelmaking slag has exceeded 150 million tons annually. BOF steelmaking slag is primarily used in road construction, civil engineering, and landfill, but its potential value has not been fully developed, resulting in a huge waste of resources. With the depletion of natural resources and the deterioration of the environment, the recovery of valuable elements and heat from BOF steelmaking slag is attracting more and more attention. The comprehensive utilization of BOF steelmaking slag has become an urgent problem that must be solved for a low-carbon and sustainable steelmaking process.
In recent years, promising technologies for utilizing BOF steelmaking slag have been studied and developed, such as heat recovery from molten slag, phosphorus recovery, recycling as flux agents, slag fertilizer, and the rehabilitation of coastal environments.
In this Special Issue, we welcome articles that focus on the current state-of-the-art ideas, methods, technologies, equipment, and theories for the efficient utilization of BOF steelmaking slag. It is aimed to promote the development of a circular economy and improve resource utilization efficiency in steel plants.
Dr. Chuanming Du
Dr. Ningning Lv
Dr. Xiao Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- valuable elements recovery
- comprehensive utilization
- recycling
- slag treatment and modification
- thermodynamics
- physicochemical properties
- heat recovery
- sustainable metallurgy
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