Development of efficient recycling system for steel alloying elements in end of life vehicles

Hajime Ohno, Kazuyo Matsubae, Kenichi Nakajima, Shinichiro Nakamura, Testsuya Nagasaka

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Abstract

Special steels, which have been imparted various properties by the addition of alloying elements, have become increasingly important as materials for human life in recent years. As the largest industrial consumer of special steel materials, the motor vehicle industry requires large volumes of various types of special steel for vehicle production. Scrap containing base metals and alloying elements is generated from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs). In current scrap treatment processes, alloying elements in steel materials are rarely considered, instead becoming impurities in steel recycling processes at electric arc furnaces (EAF) and losing their worth. In this study, with the aim of avoiding loss of useful steel alloying elements, we discuss effective treatment of ELVs for efficient recycling and use of steel alloying elements using waste input-output material flow analysis (WIO-MFA).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationREWAS 2013
Subtitle of host publicationEnabling Materials Resource Sustainability - Held During the TMS 2013 Annual Meeting and Exhibition
PublisherMinerals, Metals and Materials Society
Pages414-422
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9781627489348
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventREWAS 2013: Enabling Materials Resource Sustainability - TMS 2013 Annual Meeting and Exhibition - San Antonio, TX, United States
Duration: 2013 Mar 32013 Mar 7

Publication series

NameTMS Annual Meeting

Conference

ConferenceREWAS 2013: Enabling Materials Resource Sustainability - TMS 2013 Annual Meeting and Exhibition
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Antonio, TX
Period13/3/313/3/7

Keywords

  • End of life vehicles (ELVs) recycling
  • MFA
  • Steel alloying elements
  • WIO-MFA

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