A parametric life cycle assessment model for ductile cast iron components

Y Zhu, GA Keoleian, DR Cooper - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is widely used to evaluate product environmental impacts,
while detailed LCAs are missing that model the effect of design and manufacturing decisions …

Mechanical and thermal methods for reclamation of waste foundry sand

MM Khan, SM Mahajani, GN Jadhav… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Binder material (eg bentonite, polymeric resins) is used for producing molds and cores in
foundries. It deactivates upon exposure to the high temperature (~ 1400° C) of molten metal …

Potential for developing biocarbon briquettes for foundry industry

E Mousa, M Kazemi, M Larsson, G Karlsson… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
The foundry industry is currently facing challenges to reduce the environmental impacts from
application of fossil fuels. Replacing foundry coke with alternative renewable carbon …

[HTML][HTML] A sustainability assessment of the foundry production process in Italy

B Monteleone, E Baldereschi, N Fabbri… - Sustainable Production …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sustainability has become an essential goal for companies to preserve their
competitiveness; the metal cast industry is facing several challenges due stringent …

Preparation and Characterization of Non-Sintered Ceramsites From Alkali-Activated Foundry Dust

S Hu, X Gong, Q Li, Z Fan - International Journal of Metalcasting, 2024 - Springer
The beneficial reuse of foundry dust discharged from sand casting process has good
environmental and economic benefits. In this study, the alkali-activated foundry dust was …

Full-Scale Air Emissions Monitoring and Casting Quality Demonstration of a Hybrid Hydrolyzed Collagen–Alkali Silicate Core Binder

JF Allen, FS Cannon, C Nieto-Delgado… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
When comparing a novel collagen and alkali silicate core binder system to a conventional
phenolic urethane binder system during full-scale trials, the phenolic urethane incurred a …

Raw material recovery from hydraulic fracturing residual solid waste with implications for sustainability and radioactive waste disposal

MA Ajemigbitse, FS Cannon, MS Klima… - … Science: Processes & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Unconventional oil and gas residual solid wastes are generally disposed in municipal waste
landfills (RCRA Subtitle D), but they contain valuable raw materials such as proppant sands …

Industrial Ecotechnological Assessment of Lime as a Sustainable Substitute for Desulfurization of Cast Iron

I Adhiwiguna, K Vellayadevan, Y Tekneci… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2024 - Springer
This study comprehensively assesses the ecotechnological consideration and perspective
of implementing a lime-based desulfurization process in the cast iron industry to replace the …

Anthracite briquettes with plant byproducts as an ecofriendly fuel for foundries

YD Noh, S Komarneni, FS Cannon, NR Brown… - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
Anthracite briquettes were developed using mainly waste anthracite fines, plant byproducts
of rice hulls and rice hull ash and silicon metal powder as an ecofriendly fuel and as an …

Hydrogen Peroxide-Generated Gases at Asphalt-Glass Interface: Effect on Surface Cleaning and Analysis by Nanoscale Surface Imaging Spectroscopy

XYS Zhang, MA Ajemigbitse, FS Cannon… - Environmental …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
The research herein focused on the first step of the phenomena of surface cleaning by
hydrogen peroxide and advanced oxidation treatment, namely chronicling preferential …