Increasing Energy Efficiency in the Steel and Petrochemical Industries Through Waste Recycling and Reduction (1987)

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28 NOEL JARRETT received h i s M . S . degree from the Univers i ty o f Mich i gan in chemical engineering . He worked as a sales engineer at Freedom-Valvo l ine Oil Company before joining the Aluminum Company of America, where he i s now technical director f o r chemical engineering a t the Alcoa Laboratorie s . He is a member o f the Nat ional Academy o f Engineer ing , Ame rican S ocie ty of Me tals, Ame rican Ins titute o f Chemical Engineers , Ame rican Ins t i tute of M ining, Me tal lurgical, and Petroleum Engineers , Electrochemical Socie ty, and S igma Xi . His re search intere s t s are electrochemical c e l l development, op timization of the Hal l - Heroult proce s s, coker reac tor, c e l l deve lopment o f Alcoa Sme l ting Proce s s , p o l lution control by s crubb ing o f chlorine from furnace e ffluent, and high - purity aluminum via crys tal lization. FRITZ KALHAMMER receive d his Ph.D. de gree from the University of Munich . He is Vice President, Management and Utilization Division of the Elec tric Powe r Re search Ins titute . He worked in so lid-s tate re search and deve lopment at Philco Corporation and as s enior physical chemi s t and manager of the Elec trochemis try Laboratory of SRI . His research interes ts inc lude physical chemis try, s torage, conve rsion, cons ervation and utilization of energy. ALLEN M . KOLEFF received a B . S . de gree ( chemical engineer ing ) from I l linois Ins titute of Techno logy . He is currently dire ctor of energy and environmental techno logy w i th S tone Container Corporation and p rev ious ly he ld s enior engineer ing positions with AE S taley Manufac turing Comp any . He is a member o f the Ame rican Ins titute o f Chemical Engineers, Technical As sociation o f the Pulp and Paper Indus try and the Ame ric an Paper Ins titute' s Energy Po licy Committee . His research intere s ts inc lude deve lopment and app lication of new environmental proce s s e s and equipment and new approache s to energy source p lanning. ADOLPH J. LENA received his D.S c. de gree (me tal lurgy ) from Carne gie Ins titute of Techno logy. He is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Op erations Officer of Carpenter Techno logy . He is a member of the American S ocie ty of Me tals. His research inte rests are physical me tal lurgy o f alloys and s tainl e s s s te e l s, magne tic and e lectrical alloys, and tool s te e l s . ROBERT B. ROS ENBERG earned his Ph.D . de gree ( gas techno logy ) from the I l linois Ins titute of Techno logy. He is currently S enior Vice President for Member and Indus try Re lations at the Gas Re se arch Ins titute . He is a member o f the Ame ric an Gas As sociation, the Combus tion Ins t i tute , Ame rican Ins ti tute for Chemical Engineers, Air Po llution Control As sociation and is ac tive in international R&D As sociations. His rese arch intere s t s inc lude devel opment of new equipment, consul ting, environmental s tudie s , and new natural gas supp lie s and efficient utilization of natural gas . DAVID K . SNEDIKER ho lds a Ph.D . de gree ( physic al chemis try ) from Pennsy lvania S tate Univers i ty . He is currently Vice President, Quality, for the Bat telle, Co lumbus Division . His previous emp loyment was at 

29 General Electric Company a s a phys ical chemi s t and a s re s earch chemi s t at the Nat ional Bureau o f S tandards . He i s a member o f the American As soc iat ion for the Advancement o f S c i ence , the American Chemical S o c i e ty , and the American S o c i e ty o f Lub r ication Engineers . H i s research interests inc lude ho t atom chemis try o f condensed sys tems , espec ially organome tal l ic compounds ; MOs sbauer spectroscopy ; tr ibology , espec ially fundamental s o f ro l l ing fr i c t ion ; s o l id lubricant technology ; and elas tohydrodynamics . JULIAN S ZEKELY rece ived h i s B . Sc . , Ph . D . , and D . S c . ( engineer ing ) degrees from Imperial College , Univers i ty of London , Engl and . He taught at Imperial College and at S tate Univers i ty of New York at Buffalo b e fore taking up his current pos i t ion as Pro fe s sor o f Mate rials Engineer ing at Mas s achus e t t s Ins t i tute o f Technology . He i s a member o f the Nat ional Academy of Engineer ing , Amer i c an Ins t i tute of Chemical Engineers , B r i t i sh Ins t i tute o f Chemical Engineers , and American Ins t i tute o f Mining , Me tal lurgical , and Petroleum Engineers . H i s research intere s t s inc lude materials proc e s s ing , mathemat ical and phys ical mode l ing o f proce s s ing operat ions , and energy , environmental , and s o c i e tal aspects of materials proc e s s ing operat ions . ROGER L . WHITELEY holds a B . S . degree in C ivil Engineer ing and an M . S . degree in Mechanics from Rens se laer Po lytechnic Ins t i tute . Be fore his re t irement in 1 9 84 , he was Vice Pres ident , Produc t ion Techno logy at Be thlehem S te e l Corporat ion . He i s current ly As s oc iate D irector o f the Center for Innovat ion Management S tudies located at Leh i gh Univers i ty . He is a member o f the American Ins t i tute o f Mining , Me tal lurgical , and Petro leum Engineers . H i s research background inc lude s shee t s teel me tal lurgy ,' forming and fabr icat ion o f me tal s , ins trumentat ion and automat ion o f s te e l mi l l proc e s s e s and sys tems analys i s . H i s current research intere s ts are focus ed on management p o l i c i e s and prac t ices related to the indus trial innovat i on proces s . 

IIIL IOGRAP HIC DATA 1 1. Repon No. 3. Rec ipieat • Acce •aioa No. ' SHEET NMAB-4 2 9 -2 I•· T at l e alld SabuUe 1 5. Kepon vat e Inc r ea s ing En ergy Ef f ic iency in the S t eel and P e t rochemical Au us t 1 9 8 7 _g_ Indus t r ies Through Was t e Recy c l ing and Redu c t ion 6. 7. Autboc(• ) a. PetfanDiDJ Or1aaizatioa Repc. No. "' · Comm it. t. �� on Indus t.ri.al r, .... .. .... ... . ., .. ., n,.. e 9. P rfanDia1 OrJaDizatioa Name aDd Ad drn • 10. Project/Ta• k/Work Uait No. Nat ional Mat er ials Adv is ory Board 1 1 . Coacract /Gra• No. Na t ional Res earch Counc il 2 1 0 1 Con s t itu t ion Avenu e , NW DE-AC01-84 CE4 0 6 2 5 WAAh i n a f" nn n . r. 1 0il 1 R 1 2. Spoa•ociaJ Or1uizacioa N ame ud Addre•• 1 3. T R ype of 90tt a Period Conred l'ha s e I I Depar tmen t of En ergy 5 / 03 / 84 - 6 / 03 / 8 7 Of f ic e of Procur em ent Op era t ions 1 4. For r e s tal Bu ild ing '-'· ·' " · • nn n.r ? 0 1\ A I\ 1 5. Sapplemeatary Note• 1 6. Abacra c c . Thia report addra. .a a enaraY conaarvation oppo rtunitiaa in the U . S . ataal and patrochllllli cal induatriaa . The primary focua ia on the potential for waata minimi zation and waata uti lization to improve anaraY e ffi c i ency . Araaa aapa c i ally rac ommand ad for inclua ion in ataal induatry r .. aarch and dav.lopmant proaraa. are refinement and rauaa of acrap , includin& phys i c al separation , hydraa.talluraical aaparation , and pyraa.talluraical aaparation ; tachniquaa for naar­ nat- ahapa formina , auch .. a lactromaan a tic c aatina , apray caatina , and twin roll c u tin& ; proc ••••• to produce ataala low in ni troaan and carbon in an electric arc furnace to .xpaDd the uaa of acrap ; improv.d inatrumantation and control procaduraa to eliminate dafacta in cold-rolled and hot- rollad a i�. and ahaata ; coat- affective tachnolo&i a a for the r acovary of anarsy in waata atraaa. ; and low- coat , hi&h-tamparatura metallic and carllllli c materi al• for ua a in racuparatora . The patrochllllli cal induatry alreadY followa anaray-conaarvina practice• to a hi&h daaraa ; however , a critical probl- of the induatry involve• the treatment and diapoaal of huardoua waataa . Since incinerati on ia the preferred -thod of diapoaal, and a inc a the diapoaal of huardoua wutaa i a an important probl- facina the nation aa a whole , further raaaarch on the ac ianca baaa undarlyina the inc ineration proca•• ia recommended . energy cons ervat ion indu s t r ia l energy cons ervat ion s t eel indu s t ry p etrochemical indu s t ry wa s t e heat r ecovery s t eel s c r ap recycl ing indu s t r ia l wa s t e r educ t ion po l lu t ion abat ement haz ardou s was t e d isposal 1 7b. Ideatifien /Opeo-Eaded Term• 17c. COSA Tl Field/Group 19 S ec ur it y C la .. (Tbi• e Re 11. A..,.ilability Scatemeat •. 2 1 . lifo. of Pq • s;r:):._A �cm: nm 36 I ZV• �ec arat y C ia .. (Tili• 1 22. Prace Pa�1Nc- Un l im it ed D i s t r ibu t ion r D