Masters Theses
Abstract
"In some industries, typically steelmaking, waste streams contain very fine particles, which exhibit a magnetic character and are often characterized as toxic. Regulations concerning environmental problems are becoming more stringent day by day, and the U.S. steel industry has encountered a severe problem with the use and or disposal of dusts and sludges resulting from steelmaking operations. In the past, such materials have been landfilled or stored in lagoons, although limited recycling for the recovery of metal values has been practiced. One of the major problems associated with the processing of these slurries is the separation of solids and liquids. This research deals with a novel, sequential, multi-stage, multi-force dewatering technique, which utilizes the synergistic application of magnetic, chemical and gravitational forces to slurries produced by the steel industry.
The results have illustrated that this technique, using a magnetic field, and a chemical flocculant with gravitational and vacuum forces, is capable of producing cakes containing 65-70% solids by weight from sludges with a pulp density of around 10% solids. In addition a very clean liquid can be produced, which may represent up to 90% of the original sludge volume. The flocculant dose rate and type, and magnetic field orientation, have been found to affect the dewatering process and an optimum set of process conditions have been determined. The technique has only been demonstrated on a small, batch, benchtop scale, but the results are very encouraging. Thus the dewatering process has considerable potential for the treatment of steelmaking sludges to permit more efficient disposal, storage or recycling"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Watson, John L.
Committee Member(s)
Kohser, Ronald A.
Findley, Marshall E., 1927-1991
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
Fall 1989
Pagination
xii, 63 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-62).
Rights
© 1989 Gautam Kumar Basu, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Thesis Number
T 5951
Print OCLC #
21260807
Link to Catalog Record
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http://merlin.lib.umsystem.edu/record=b2232551~S5Recommended Citation
Basu, Gautam Kumar, "Multi-force synergistic dewatering of steelmaking sludges" (1989). Masters Theses. 804.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/804
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Comments
The author wishes to thank the University of Missouri--Rolla and Missouri Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute for their financial support which made the research possible.