TY - JOUR A1 - Jovičević-Klug, Matic A1 - Souza Filho, Isnaldi R. A1 - Springer, Hauke A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Raabe, Dierk T1 - Green steel from red mud through climate-neutral hydrogen plasma reduction N2 - AbstractRed mud is the waste of bauxite refinement into alumina, the feedstock for aluminium production1. With about 180 million tonnes produced per year1, red mud has amassed to one of the largest environmentally hazardous waste products, with the staggering amount of 4 billion tonnes accumulated on a global scale1. Here we present how this red mud can be turned into valuable and sustainable feedstock for ironmaking using fossil-free hydrogen-plasma-based reduction, thus mitigating a part of the steel-related carbon dioxide emissions by making it available for the production of several hundred million tonnes of green steel. The process proceeds through rapid liquid-state reduction, chemical partitioning, as well as density-driven and viscosity-driven separation between metal and oxides. We show the underlying chemical reactions, pH-neutralization processes and phase transformations during this surprisingly simple and fast reduction method. The approach establishes a sustainable toxic-waste treatment from aluminium production through using red mud as feedstock to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from steelmaking. KW - Multidisciplinary PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-594424 DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06901-z SN - 0028-0836 VL - 625 IS - 7996 SP - 703 EP - 709 PB - Springer Science and Business Media LLC AN - OPUS4-59442 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Re-use of secondary phosphates as fertilizers - harmonization of analytical methods N2 - The number of different secondary raw materials used for fertilizer production is expected to increase in the future due to newly developed recycling procedures. Thus, more and more different matrices have to be analyzed. Furthermore, the respective legislation and analytical methodology is nonuniform throughout Europe. Therefore, a harmonization of the the regulations and Standards is desirable. We conduct a research project to test the existing analytical methods on their applicability to a broad variety of matrices to support the harmonization process. The project is scheduled tili late spring 2017. Initial results will be presented. T2 - 15th International waste management and landfill symposium - Sardinia 2015 CY - Cagliari, Italy DA - 06.10.2015 PY - 2015 SN - 9788862650212 PB - CISA Publisher CY - Cagliari AN - OPUS4-34577 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vocks, M. A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Lesjean, B. A1 - Gnirrs, R. A1 - Kraume, M. T1 - Enhanced post-denitrification without addition of an external carbon source in membrane bioreactors N2 - This study investigates a post-denitrification process without the addition of an external carbon source combined with an enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) in a membrane bioreactor (MBR). Three trial plants, with two different process configurations, were operated on two different sites, and a variety of accompanying batch tests were conducted. It was shown that even without dosing of an external carbon source, denitrification rates (DNR) much above endogenous rates could be obtained in post-denitrification systems. Furthermore, the anaerobic reactor located ahead of the process had a positive impact on the DNR. Given these surprising results, the project team decided to identify the carbon source used by the microorganisms in the post-denitrification process. Batch tests could demonstrate that lysis products do not play a major role as a C-source for post-denitrification. The following hypothesis was proposed to explain the observations: the glycogen, internally stored by the substrate accumulating bacteria, if anaerobic conditions are followed by aerobic conditions could act as carbon source for denitrification in post-denitrification system. First exploratory batch tests, where the glycogen evolution was monitored, corroborate this assumption. KW - Post-denitrification KW - EBPR KW - Glycogen KW - MBR KW - Metabolism KW - Internal substrate KW - Denitrification rate PY - 2005 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.05.049 SN - 0043-1354 VL - 39 IS - 14 SP - 3360 EP - 3368 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-10760 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Simon, Franz-Georg A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Adamczyk, Burkart A1 - Weimann, Karin ED - White, T. ED - Ferraris, C. ED - Yu, L. ED - Halada, K. ED - Umezawa, O. T1 - Recovery of non-renewable resources from waste T2 - 7th International Conference on Ecomaterials (ICEM7); 3rd International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICMAT2005) CY - Singapore DA - 2005-07-03 PY - 2005 SN - 981-05-3611-9 VL - 1 SP - 148 EP - 155 PB - Stallion Press CY - Singapore AN - OPUS4-11831 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Adamczyk, Burkart A1 - Brenneis, Rudolf A1 - Adam, Christian A1 - Mudersbach, D. T1 - Recovery of chromium from AOD-converter slags N2 - Slags from the production of high-alloyed steel contain both chemically bound chromium (mainly as Cr2O3) in the mineral fraction and elemental chromium in the metallic remainders. Thermochemical post treatment of the slag in an electric arc furnace under reducing conditions enables the nearly complete recovery of the total amount of chromium in form of a metallic alloy. The best results were achieved by resistance melting (submerged electrodes) with addition of a reducing agent into the melt. The efficiencies of the reducing agents carbon, aluminium, silicon (as ferrosilicon) and silicon carbide were investigated and compared. As aluminium is the strongest reducing agent, it is less selective and reduces much more SiO2 than Cr2O3. While SiC shows only low reactivity because of its high thermal resistance, carbon and silicon had the highest reducing potentials: More than 97% of the chemically bound chromium can be recovered by application of these reducing agents. Due to the high temperature required for the reduction of the chromium compounds, the reduction of SiO2 as an undesired side reaction cannot be avoided. However, compared with mechanical procedures that are limited to the recovery of the metallic remainders, the total chromium recovery can be significantly increased by the described reductive melting procedure. KW - Arc furnace KW - By-product KW - Chromium recovery KW - High-alloyed steel KW - Reductive melting KW - Slag treatment KW - Slag KW - Thermochemical treatment PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.201000193 SN - 1611-3683 SN - 0177-4832 VL - 81 IS - 12 SP - 1078 EP - 1083 PB - Verl. Stahleisen CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-22898 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Case study 2 - Recovery of phosphorus from sewage sludge ashes T2 - Resources that don't cost the earth Workshop CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2011-12-01 KW - Resources KW - Phosphorus recovery PY - 2011 SP - 17 AN - OPUS4-26930 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Determination of Chemical State of Chromium in Sewage Sludge Ash based Fertilisers T2 - Synchrotron User Meeting 2012 CY - Clayton, Australia DA - 2012-11-29 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-27214 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Entsorgung von Rückständen aus der Klärschlammverbrennung T2 - Deutsch-ungarischer Workshop anlässlich der Umweltmesse ÖKOTECH CY - Budapest, Hungary DA - 2008-10-15 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-17944 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krüger, Oliver A1 - Grabner, Angela A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Complete survey of German sewage sludge ash N2 - The amount of sewage sludge produced worldwide is expected to further increase due to rising efforts in wastewater treatment. There is a growing concern against its direct use as fertilizer due to contamination of the sludge with heavy metals and organic pollutants. Incinerating the sludge degrades organic compounds almost completely and concentrates heavy metals and phosphorus. However, the sewage sludge ash (SSA) is almost completely disposed of and with it all resources are removed from the economic cycle. Comprehensive knowledge of the composition of SSA is crucial to assess the resource recovery potentials. We conducted a survey of all SSA emerging in Germany and determined the respective mass fractions of 57 elements over a period of one year. The median content of phosphorus was 7.9%, indicating an important recovery potential. Important trace elements were Zn (2.5 g/kg), Mn (1.3 g/kg), and Cu (0.9 g/kg). Mass fractions of technology metals such as V, Cr, Ga, Nb, and rare earths were comparatively low. Considering the possible use of SSA as secondary raw material for fertilizer production it should be noted that its Cd and U content (2.7 mg/kg and 4.9 mg/kg respectively) is significantly lower than that of rock phosphate based mineral fertilizers. PY - 2014 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/es502766x SN - 0013-936X SN - 1520-5851 VL - 48 IS - 20 SP - 11811 EP - 11818 PB - ACS Publ. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-32646 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Adam, Christian T1 - Phosphate fertilizer from sewage sludge and meat and bone meal by thermochemical treatment with Cldonors T2 - 3rd Sustainable Phosphorus Summit CY - Sydney, Australia DA - 2012-02-29 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-25581 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -