VTZ has developed a number of technological solutions, including to eliminate the consequences of a fuel oil spill in the Black Sea, jointly with the Volga Polytechnic Institute.
Illustrative photo: VTZ.
VTZ (part of the Pipe Metallurgical Company) provided VPI with several types of industrial waste in order to develop new ways to recycle them, including finely dispersed gas purification dust containing iron particles. Based on it, VPI has created a sorption material containing magnetic particles that can be applied to the surface of water contaminated with fuel oil, and then pulled out with a magnet, thus lifting up to a ton of a mixture with petroleum products.
The method was reviewed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, and a group of representatives of the VPI research team went to eliminate an emergency oil spill in the Krasnodar Territory.
Also, various types of industrial waste from the VTZ were used in scientific and practical developments in order to obtain compositions for repairing road surfaces, restoring small architectural forms, and improving fillers of adhesive materials. The types of waste that were used in scientific research were previously located at the industrial waste landfill of the VTZ.
TMK landfills are not only modern waste management complexes, but also sites with great research potential, said Marianna Klimova, TMK's chief ecologist.
"The VPI project is not the only example. In particular, geomembrane was used for the first time as an insulating material at the VTZ landfill. This development has successfully proven itself and is included in the directory of the best available technologies. Another example is the joint project of VTZ and Bauman Moscow State Technical University "Carbon Farm" on planting and studying plants that will take root at a landfill in a steppe arid climate and ensure maximum absorption of carbon dioxide in a short time."Of the total amount of waste from the VTZ, 94% is reused in production, and is also transferred to the category of by-products and sold to third-party consumers, the remaining 6% goes to the landfill, since at the current stage of industrial development there are no alternative methods of their processing, added Sergey Chetverikov, Managing Director of the VTZ.
"However, technologies are developing, and due to this, industrial waste acquires resource value and can be used to manufacture materials and products for various purposes. The projects implemented jointly with VPI open up new perspectives for solving environmental and economic problems.
