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WELCOME AGENDA COMET GROUP COMET TRAITEMENTS PHOENIX PROCESS R&D Other developments CONCLUSION COMET GROUP COMET GROUP FIGURES 1.200.000 T/y of metal waste 2 shredders: Mons (5.2 MW) and Charleroi (2.2 MW) 350 persons

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WELCOME

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AGENDA

COMET GROUP COMET TRAITEMENTS PHOENIX PROCESS R&D – Other developments CONCLUSION

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COMET GROUP

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FIGURES

  • 1.200.000 T/y of metal waste
  • 2 shredders: Mons (5.2 MW) and

Charleroi (2.2 MW)

  • 350 persons
  • 350.000.000 € of turnover
  • Recovery rate > 95%

COMET GROUP

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COMET TRAITEMENTS

INTRODUCTION TO METAL WASTE

A MINE OF SECONDARY RAW MATERIAL

Bulk Steel Scraps… but also →

ELV WEEE (cat. 2) Ferrous % 68,5 38 Non ferrous % 8,5 28 Plastics % 16,5 19 Glass % 2,5 4 Wood %

  • 1

Fluids % 2,0

  • Other

% 2,0 10 EU

  • bjectives

% 95 (2015) 50 to 90

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OUR COMPANIES

DEPOLLUTION/DISMANTLING

  • Comet Services
  • Recycar
  • Terecoval (FR)
  • Recytire

METAL WASTE

  • Cometsambre
  • Recymet
  • Comet Gent
  • Comet Brussels
  • V&M Recycling
  • Ecofer
  • Comet Rouen (FR)
  • Comet Arles (FR)
  • RDN (FR)
  • SDFI Cornu (FR)
  • Gosselin Duriez (FR)

SHREDDER RESIDUE

  • Comet Traitements

COMMUNICATION, RH, IT COMET RECHERCHE COMET TRANSPORTS COMET FLUVIAL COMET TECHNIQUE

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Obourg Châtelet

LOCALISATION

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LOCALISATION

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CHÂTELET

INDUSTRIAL SITES

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INDUSTRIAL SITES

OBOURG

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Dismantling Sorting SHREDDER Air suction Magnetic separation Magnetic separation Fluids, tires, batteries, airbags, catalyst, etc Press-shears Heavy SR Light SR (fluff)

INTRODUCTION TO SHREDDER RESIDUE

A MINE OF SECONDARY RAW MATERIAL

SHREDDER RESIDUE METAL WASTES

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VMR / Comet Services

Collection / Depollution / Dismantling

VMR / COMET SERVICES

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Shredding / Magnetic separation → Mine of iron

COMET SAMBRE

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COMET TRAITEMENTS

Shredder residue Processing and Recovery

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COMET TRAITEMENTS

COMET TRAITEMENTS

COMPANY PROFILE

  • SME created in 2002
  • Activity: Shredder Residue processing and recovery
  • 7 production units (Post Shredder Technology)
  • Treatment capacity : 350 000 T/y
  • Châtelet (near Charleroi): 80.000 T/y of Light SR
  • Obourg (near Mons): 270.000 t/y of Heavy SR of which

85.000 T/y of plastics

  • Workers: 130
  • R&D team: 15 + 11 external researchers work on Comet projects
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77 % ferrous Heavy SR Input 100%

SHREDDERS

Light SR

Homogenous mix of non ferrous metals, rubber, plastics, inerts, etc. Heterogeneous mix of textiles, plastics, foam, wood and fines particles

INTRODUCTION TO SHREDDER RESIDUE

RECOVERY OF SHREDDER RESIDUE

300 000 T/y 100 000 T/y

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COMET TRAITEMENTS

Shredder residue: a mine of metals from 200 mm … … to less than 50 µm

ACTIVITIES

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Closing the loop : Ongoing R&D project with car producers to use these plastics in its manufacturing process

COMET TRAITEMENTS

from an heterogenous mix… … to pure fractions of PE/PP/ABS/PS Shredder residue: a mine of plastics

ACTIVITIES

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COMET TRAITEMENTS COMET TRAITEMENTS

Recovery steps Purification steps PP 3 Comet Regrind FPP 3 Comet Regrind PS 3 Comet Regrind (ABS – PS mixture) Waste s Landfill or RDF DrainaPlus

Density separation = 1

Rubbers & Thermoplastics concentrate Composition :

  • mixture of thermoplastics
  • foams & textils
  • wood,
  • metals,…

Sources :

  • ELV
  • Light iron scraps
  • WEEE
  • Hard Plastics from collectivity

Density separation = 1,08

Sinking Fraction :

  • Density > 1,08 plastics : PVC, PC,

PET, PA, PMMA,POM, PBT,…

  • Brominated plastics
  • PUR, rubbers & silicones

General Flowsheet

Plastics from Shredder Residues

PLASTICS RECOVERY

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Plastics from Shredder Residues : secondary process units

Current End Products Near Future End Products Upgraded plastics : High purity regrinds

Available from September 2020 : starting of a new Industrial Demonstration Unit

▪ Filled PP > 98 % ▪ PS > 95% ▪ ABS > 98 %

Ongoing R & D :

▪ PE(HD) > 95 % ▪ PP > 95 %

We guarantee :

  • Qualities
  • Volume
  • Fixed Price

PLASTICS RECOVERY

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COMET TRAITEMENTS

Shredder residue: a mine of sand Production of purified sand… … recovered as building material

ACTIVITIES

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COMET TRAITEMENTS

Shredder residue: a mine of iron From rust… … to byproduct ore

ACTIVITIES

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COMET TRAITEMENTS 16,3 % MATERIAL recovery

1,2% Ferrous metals 3,8% Non-ferrous metals 3,8% Plastics 5,2% Mineral fractions 2,3% Iron oxides

77,0 % MATERIAL recovery

Ferrous metals (magnetic fraction)

Shredder Residue INPUT 100% (ELV, metal waste,…) Final residue = 2,2 % SHREDDERS PHOENIX Organic residue (OSR)

(plastic films, textiles, foam, wood, rubber)

4,5 % ENERGY recovery

Hydrocarbon, carbon residue, (non)-ferrous metals

TOTAL Recovery = 97,8 %

EU legislation : 95% recovery rate for ELV from 2015 (European directive 2000/53/CE)

RECOVERY PROCESS

SR mainly landfilled until the 90’s R & D efforts since end of 80’s Recovery rate ~98 %

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PHOENIX PROCESS

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Catalytic cracking

Integrated process allowing the conversion of organic shredder residue into:

  • liquid fuel recoverable into cogeneration engine and
  • carbon recoverable as reducing agent for the steel industry.

PHOENIX Process

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FLOWSHEET PHOENIX

Catalytic conversion CHAR treatment CHAR

Ashes

CHAR Polymetallic concentrate Electricity Heat e-, T° Hydrocarbons Cogeneration Raw material preparation Fluff e-, T° OSR « Water » Purification Distillation Hydrocarbons

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SILOXANES

Organic Synthetic Molecules Subgroup of silicones Contraction of Silicon, Oxygen, and Alkane Used in the manufacture of many commercial products including: makeup, tooth paste, shampoo, lubricant, paint, glue, insulation, mastic, gel, etc Yearly consumption growth from 5 to 10% Thermal degradation above 200°C in small volatiles molecules

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SILOXANES

Combustion of SILOXANES→ CO2,gaz + H20vap + SiO2,sol SiO2 = main ingredient in sand SiO2 stays in the engine

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SILOXANES

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SILOXANES

PROCESS FOR REMOVING SILOXANE-BASED DERIVATIVES FROM A LIQUID ORGANIC PHASE

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PILOT PLANT

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Material balance: Energy balance: 66% recovery

1 Ton of shredder residue = 22 GJ = 50% energy density of crude oil CnHm Carbon

(+ ashes)

Water Metals Electricity Carbon Heat Phoenix process

  • 2. PHOENIX – PHOEBUS Projects

BALANCES

34% 12% 20% 34% 8% 34% 44% 14%

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FUTURE PROJECTIONS Future Projections

  • 1. Expected industrialization from 2022
  • First industrial plant located in Belgium
  • Treatment capacity:

35 000 T/y

  • Liquid fuel production:

11 000 000 liters/y

  • Gaseous fuel production:

4 000 000 m³/y of gas

  • Net electricity production:

5 MWh/h

  • Investment:

42 M€

  • Job creations:

75 persons

  • 2. Technology licensing for construction of others plants
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R&D

Other developments

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COMET TRAITEMENTS

R&D REVERSE METALLURGY - BIOLIX

Bio-leaching of polymetallic concentrates to produce copper cathodes

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R&D

2020 : First demonstration plant (4000 T/y)

REVERSE METALLURGY – BIOLIX

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R&D REVERSE METALLURGY - PICKIT

Automated sorting of metal alloys

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COMET TRAITEMENTS

R&D DIVERSIFICATION

  • Recycling of electrical and hybrid ELVs
  • Recycling of PV panels
  • Direct reduction of ferrous co-products
  • To be continued…
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CONCLUSION

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COMET TRAITEMENTS

CONCLUSION

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Thank you for your attention