Production of fine alumina from waste aluminum can

Wan Mohd, Wan Roslina and Purwanto, Hadi (2011) Production of fine alumina from waste aluminum can. In: International Renewable Energy & Environment Conference (IREEC 2011), 24-26 June 2011, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Increasing the utilization of aluminum in daily life raises waste aluminum. At present, technology to process the scrap is a conventional process which consumes high energy and caused the environmental problem. An alternative technology has been proposed to process the waste aluminum can into valuable feedstock materials without release any emission. In this process, aluminum can was treated using alkaline solution in a closed reactor. Aluminum was easily dissolved into the solution and gas was spontaneously released. The results showed that the process was mainly controlled by temperature and concentration. The higher the temperature and concentration resulted in the faster of the dissolution process. At the end of the process, solution was filtrated and calcined at desired temperature. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that the calcined filtrate contained of pure alumina. Particle size analysis results showed that calcination lead to produce finer particle of the alumina. Hydrogen gas also was produced as a main product that can be utilized as green energy source.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	5804/7995
Uncontrolled Keywords:	waste aluminum, fine alumina, zero emission, hydrogen, green technology
Subjects:	T Technology > TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy > TN600 Metallurgy
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
Depositing User:	Hadi Purwanto
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2011 15:20
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2011 15:20
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/7995

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