TY - CONF A1 - Piehl, Patrick T1 - Thermochemical Treatment of Steel Work Dusts and Sludges for the Recovery of Zinc and Iron N2 - Steel work dusts and sludges usually contain severe amounts of zinc, lead, cadmium, and other heavy metals, which hinder direct recycling and make these materials potentially hazardous for the environment. To tackle this issue, here, two thermochemical treatment methods for the reductive workup of blast furnace sludge, electric arc furnace dust, and comparable steelwork dusts are presented. In the first method, carbon contained blast furnace sludge is employed as reducing agent for the material’s metal oxides. By this, heavy metals get evaporated and a metallic iron containing residue that may be reused in electric arc furnace steelmaking is formed. Additionally, the use of hydrogen for reducing iron and heavy metal oxides in steelwork dusts is presented. Here, high evaporation rates of heavy metals can be reached, and sponge iron is formed. Investigations using thermogravimetry and equilibrium simulations provide insides into the reactions taking place. For both processes an upscaling to pilot scale is ongoing. T2 - EUROSLAG 2024 CY - Bilbao, Spain DA - 23.10.2024 KW - Electric arc furnace dust KW - Blast furnace sludge KW - Recycling KW - Ressource recovery KW - Zinc PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61499 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -