Lead acid battery recycling in Costa Rica: A case study
This work describes the production of secondary lead in a smelter located in Costa Rica. The only input of the plant is scrap automotive batteries. We describe the environmental management strategies used for waste minimization, including the waste characterization and minimization of gaseous emi...
| Autores Principales: | Esquivel Hernández, Germain, Bolaños - Ulloa, P., Navarro - Monge, M., Alfaro Solís, Rosa, Sibaja Brenes, J.P., Mora - Barrantes, J.C., Valdés - González, J. |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
2020
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http://hdl.handle.net/11056/18056 |
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This work describes the production of secondary lead in a smelter located in
Costa Rica. The only input of the plant is scrap automotive batteries. We
describe the environmental management strategies used for waste minimization,
including the waste characterization and minimization of gaseous emissions. The
waste characterization included the sulphidic slag containing varying quantities
of lead (total lead content and TCLP), along with the gaseous analysis (SO2, TSP
and P-Pb). Through process improvement, we reduced both the quantity of slag
produced and the lead loss to the slag, as well as the concentrations of gas
pollutants in the gaseous emissions. |
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