Framework for Solid Waste Management in Steel Fabrication | ||
| Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
| Article 5, Volume 37, 2C, May 2019, Pages 227-236 PDF (925.54 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.30684/etj.37.2C.5 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Luma A.H. Al-Kindi; Wadood K.Kh. Alghabban | ||
| Production Engineering and Metallurgy Dept. University of Technology - Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Solid Waste Management (SWM) is a term used to determine greatest energy-efficient and least-polluting ways to deal with the different components and items of community’s Solid Waste stream. The solid waste could be either in solid or liquid form. Solid waste could be defined as, ”Any material that is not required by the owner, fabricator or processor.” Solid Waste could be classified as Domestic waste, Industrial waste, Waste from oil plant, Electronic-waste, Construction waste, Agricultural waste, Food treating waste, Bio-medical waste, and Nuclear waste. Due to social and environmental significances, waste reduces, reuse, and recycle have become necessities in minimizing the environmental damage that could happen through waste disposal. Steel products may be used in various construction and industrial applications, such as machines, bridges, buildings, vessels, highways, machinery, tools, and automobiles. It is estimated that the world’s annual production of Steel is 1500 Million tons and that 85% of annual steel production is recycled worldwide. In this research, a framework for steel fabrication waste management is suggested consists of three stages; these stages are scrap classification stage, reusable scrap stage, and non-reusable scrap stage. The framework is applied in one of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil Companies; the Heavy Engineering Equipment Company, which is an important industrial company specialized in steel fabrication and construction work. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Waste management; steel fabrication; Recycling; Reuse; scrap | ||
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