Magnesium alloys are essential to numerous applications ranging from automotive to defense. Carbon-intensive primary production of magnesium overseas makes efficient domestic recycling of magnesium scrap imperative for low-emissions economic growth. This MQP contributes to development of a Gravity-Driven Multiple Effect Thermal System (G-METS), a distillation process that converts low-grade post-consumer scrap into alloy-grade magnesium. A reusable sub-scale distillation unit is designed, built, and tested. Consistent separation of magnesium from aluminum is achieved in batch-distillation experiments. A reduced-order heat transfer model of the industrial design is developed and experimentally confirmed.

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Creator

• Langner, Cooper
• Iurkovskyi, Artem

Subject

• Energy
• Sustainability
• Industry

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 121812
• E-project-042524-161143

Mot-clé

• Vacuum Distillation
• Magnesium Recycling
• Metal Recycling
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Powell, Adam Clayton

Year

• 2024

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Date created

• 2024-04-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Source

• E-project-042524-161143

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Dernière modification

• 2024-05-08