Title:
A systems-based approach for sustainable steel manufacturing

dc.contributor.advisor Bras, Berdinus A.
dc.contributor.author Malone, Stephen
dc.contributor.committeeMember Weissburg, Marc
dc.contributor.committeeMember Linsey, Julie
dc.contributor.department Mechanical Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2017-08-17T19:01:44Z
dc.date.available 2017-08-17T19:01:44Z
dc.date.created 2017-08
dc.date.issued 2017-08-02
dc.date.submitted August 2017
dc.date.updated 2017-08-17T19:01:44Z
dc.description.abstract China is by far the largest manufacturer of crude steel, producing over half of worldwide demand. Due to this, improvements to the Chinese steel industry can have far-ranging international benefits by decreasing its environmental impact. The focus of this thesis is on developing innovative systems-based solutions at different scales to help alleviate this burden. This is first accomplished by developing system-based technology solutions at the plant scale to increase water, energy and material efficiencies. From historical configurations until the present day, the steel manufacturing process structure and flows are modeled from an ecological perspective. Next, at a higher level, the focus transitions to transforming Chinese steel manufacturing plants into eco-industrial parks by means of industrial symbiosis with other companies and assessing the associated ecological metrics. In addition, improvement of these eco-industrial parks is investigated using functional roles found throughout nature but often absent within industrial networks. The use of constructed wetlands and pyrolysis are investigated to help alleviate the burden on the water network within steel manufacturing and increase material efficiencies. This multi-scale approach in the pursuit of sustainable steel manufacturing is unique in that it has not been attempted before and is not well understood.
dc.description.degree M.S.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58739
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Industrial ecology
dc.subject Industrial symbiosis
dc.subject Steel
dc.subject Manufacturing
dc.subject Sustainability
dc.subject Modeling
dc.title A systems-based approach for sustainable steel manufacturing
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Thesis
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Bras, Berdinus A.
local.contributor.corporatename George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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thesis.degree.level Masters
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