Alumina & SAF
Alternative aluminum
production
Bluemetals GmbH is
a project partner of the ENSUREAL project funded by the European Community in
the course of Horizon 2020. https://ensureal.com/
The aim of the
project is to make an alternative to the Bayer process fit for the 21st century
in order to use Al2O3 production. Topics are:
- less dependent on the raw material bauxite
- more flexible use of raw materials
- more sustainable in the ecological
footprint and to become more energy efficient.
The graphic shows
the simplified process diagram. In contrast to the Bayer process, no red mud is
produced, on the contrary, it can even be processed.
Bluemetals
provides significant support in the field of pyrometallurgy, with a focus on
electric furnaces and auxiliary units, and has carried out the upscaling from several
laboratory and pilot tests to an exemplary industrial plant. The following
image shows a possible arrangement of the pyrometallurgical components with two
SAF in the center.
Ensureal Alumina SAF layout
The upscaling
describes the linked release at RAWMAT 2021. Please contact us if you are interested in more
information or an industrial solution. We will arrange the contact to our
partners also.