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  • Nickel alloy powder recycling and carbon footprint reduction [Elektronski vir]
    Naglič, Jure ...
    Abstract:Background: In accordance with the circular economy principles (reduce, reuse and recycle), the company Ekstera d.o.o. started to develop a unified process with which it introduced two ... parallel work processes. In addition to the company's primary production activity, where "waste," which should be handed over to authorized waste collectors as hazardous waste is generated, parallel production was introduced. Using %waste,% the company thus made raw material suitable for immediate use as input material for steelworks andfoundries.Methods:A bigger problem than the technical development of the final product (Nickel alloy powder briquettes), which lasted less than two years, proved to be the legal inclusion of this procedure due to strict and vague environmental regulations and conditions arising from them.Through experiments, we led the process of recycling Nickel alloy powder to the final technological solution (a machine capable of producing up to 80 kg of briquettes per hour fully automatically), and with thecorrect legal formulations, we managed to include the procedure into the framework of environmental regulations and conditions, without the additional new environmental permit.Results:In the final phase, recycling (pelleting) also significantly reducedthe CO2footprint and greatly contributed to reducing emissions in the environment.
    Source: IOSR journal of engineering. - ISSN 2250-3021 (Vol. 11, issue 4, apr. 2021, p. 1-8)
    Type of material - e-article
    Publish date - 2021
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 60049923