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| | EnvIRONment and Other Bath Smelting Processes for Treating Organic and Ferrous Wastes |
 | | In ferrous metallurgy, oxygen steelmaking has become the dominant technology, and, although ironmaking is still dominated by packed-bed technology (e.g., blast furnace and Midrex), a number of bath smelting technologies for producing iron have been developed on a pilot scale (e.g., the HIsmelt, DIOS, American Iron and Steel Institute-Department of Energy [AISI-DOE], and Romelt processes). |
 | | The slag produced from the process is comparable to that produced from steelmaking, albeit with far less iron content; potentially it could be used for landfill, ballast, aggregate in asphaltic concrete, and as a soil conditioner. |
 | | The superior strength properties of the composite pellets are thought to result from the excellent binding properties of the bio-solids component, with the sewage sludge being a non-rigid binder. |
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