Clean, efficient oxy-fuel melting of contaminated aluminium scrap

No one needs to be told about the effects of new environmental legislation - such as the Environmental Protection Act in UK, and similar requirements in other countries. What is helpful is to hear about new technology for melting dirty aluminium scrap - and staying within the requirements of the law. In this context a burner has been developed at The Brock Metal Company which uses the combustible contamination on the metal scrap as part of its fuel requirement. The noxious content of the contamination is pyrolised, not in an afterburner, but in the furnace itself. An exciting project to demonstrate its application has been supported by the Energy Efficiency Office of the UK's Department of the Environment and independently monitored by the Warren Spring Laboratory.