| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Recycling and Sustainability in Cast Shop Technology: Joint Session with REWAS 2025
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| Presentation Title |
Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Usage in Aluminum Cast House Equipment |
| Author(s) |
Terri-Ann Bethell, Lee Allen, Tim Hordley |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Tim Hordley |
| Abstract Scope |
Energy supplies have always been a premium commodity that greatly affect the operating viability of our plants, now more than ever our processes must reduce exposure to the ever-increasing costs associated with energy usage. This is a complicated scenario as we also have a need to use energy more cleanly to comply with the latest environmental legislation. The cast house is no exception to optimized efficiency demands, the big question is, how do we maintain high-performance cast houses while reducing the energy we use and can this be done while respecting the need to reduce the emissions from cast house equipment. In this paper Mechatherm will share its experiences in addressing these issues, including our recent experience in replacing a traditional natural gas combustion system with a hydrogen fueled burner system. What are the challenges faced with implementing such projects? do the results meet the efficiency and environmental challenge? |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Light Metals |
| Keywords |
Recycling and Secondary Recovery, Aluminum, Sustainability |