COTREATMENT OF SEWAGE AND STEELWORKS WASTES

摘要

PCT No. PCT/AU91/00048 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 13, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 13, 1992 PCT Filed Feb. 13, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/12210 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 22, 1991.Steelworks dusts or sludge is mixed into sewage preferably in the presence of a flocculating agent to provide a rapid separation of a clear effluent and a sludge which is dewatered and dried to form a solid material adapted to entrap harmful materials in the sewage such as heavy metals, pathogens and organic chemicals. The solid material is supplied to a smelt reduction furnace from which molten iron is recovered and a hot gas discharge is provided from which recovery of zinc and other materials may be achieved, other waste material being removed as a slag.