Montreal, Canada based waste to energy and plasma torch technology firm, Pyrogenesis, has received payment for the demonstration of its DROSRITE™ System by a “well-established waste management company,” located in the Middle East.
The company explained that the payment follows the recent conclusion of a demonstration conducted in the casting house of a major aluminium smelter of a salt-free, cost-effective, sustainable process for maximising metal recycling from dross - a waste generated in the metallurgical industry.
The DROSRITE System is claimed to avoid the costly loss of metal while reducing a smelter's carbon footprint and energy consumption, providing a signification return on investment.
Technology
The system operates on a batch process where hot dross is introduced into an argon-filled rotary tilting furnace, quenching any oxidation reaction. The furnace is rotated to separate out the metal phase from the non-metallic.
The molten metal is removed and then returned to the holding furnace, while a controlled amount of oxygen is introduced to the furnace to heat up the non-recoverable metal remaining in the residue.
Some of the residues are then discharged, but the remaining residue, along with the heat build-up from the oxidation ensures that the furnace is ready to receive the next batch.
PyroGenesis filed for an international DROSRITE™ patent in 2012 and entered into the national phase application in 2014.
"The fact that PyroGenesis' DROSRITE™ system is salt free is very significant," commented P. Peter Pascali, president and CEO of PyroGenesis. "Not only is DROSRITE the ideal technology to maximise aluminium recovery from dross, but because the residue is salt-free it is not hazardous and thus can be used commercially.”
“In fact, the residue from our recent demonstration in the Middle East is being used in an industrial application. We are looking forward to the next steps in discussing how to roll out DROSRITE within the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council)," he continued.
Pierre Carabin, chief technology officer of PyroGenesis added: "The primary aluminium industry produced over 110 million tonnes of aluminium worldwide in 2015, resulting in an estimated 2.1 million tonnes of dross.”
"It would take over 700 Drosrite systems to process all this dross, and this does not include dross from secondary and aluminium casting producers," he noted.
Eye on the East
PyroGenesis said that it has also received an unsolicited offer from the client to be the sole distributor of the DROSRITE System within the GCC.
The company said that the Middle East represents 8% of the world primary aluminium production market, which, after China, represents the largest aluminium producing region in the world.
"This successful demonstration provides PyroGenesis with additional opportunities to further expand within the Middle East, which area represents a potential market of over C$37 million from primary aluminium producers alone," commented Alex Pascali, sales manager at PyroGenesis.
According to Pascali the company has have been able to quickly leverage off of the commercial acceptance of its patented process earlier this year to penetrate the Middle Eastern market.
“We will continue to effectively identify opportunities for our DROSRITE System worldwide, and, as a res.ult, we expect to see significant growth from this business segment over the very near future," he concluded.
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