Red Mud from the Aluminium Industry: Production, Characteristics, and Alternative Applications in Construction Materials—A Review
| Autor: | Maysa Lorena Figueiredo Martins, Fernando G. S. Araújo, Augusto Cesar da Silva Bezerra, Nathália C. G. Silveira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Environmental effects of industries and plants
Waste management Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Process (engineering) business.industry Bayer residue aluminium Geography Planning and Development red mud TJ807-830 Chemical industry Management Monitoring Policy and Law Aluminium industry Reuse TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Red mud Environmental sciences Environmental science Production (economics) waste management GE1-350 Environmental impact assessment business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12741, p 12741 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su132212741 |
| Popis: | About 120 million tons of red mud is produced worldwide each year. Due to its high basicity and potential leaching, its storage is a critical environmental problem. This material is typically stored in dams, which demands prior care of the disposal area and includes monitoring and maintenance throughout its useful life. Consequently, it is crucial to figure out an industrial solution able to consumes large volumes of this material. At this moment, there are several studies, the majority in metallurgical procedures, building materials, and in the chemical industry, discussing how to reuse red mud. This paper provides a review of the aluminium process, including metal importance, its global production, and the environmental impact due to its manufacture process. It presents a review of the potential application of red mud showing its overall generation, some relevant characterisation results collected from the literature, and its utilisation in diverse areas of engineering. The study aimed to highlight applications where red mud characteristics may be favourable. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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