NCHU Circular Economy Team Wins Second Place in Net Zero Tech International Contest
2024-08-26
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The "2024 Net Zero Tech International Contest," co-organized by the TECO Technology Foundation and National Taiwan University, held its finals and awards ceremony on the 21st. This year, a total of 141 teams registered for the main competition, with 20 teams advancing to the finals. The circular economy team from National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) stood out in the fierce competition and won second place with their project titled "High-Value Reuse of Hazardous Waste."
The NCHU team was led by Distinguished Professor Weite Wu, Assistant recovering Professor Chi-Ming Lin, Assistant Professor Fan-Wei Liu, and Assistant Professor Jia-Yin Lin from the Academy of Circular Economy. The team consisted of master's and doctoral students.
The team explained that their award-winning project, "High-Value Reuse of Hazardous Waste," was developed collaboratively by the four professors. Professor Weite Wu was responsible for market research and characteristic analysis of aluminum dross, while Assistant Professor Fan-Wei Liu focused on finding low-cost methods for recovering high-metal aluminum materials. Assistant Professor Chi-Ming Lin conducted electric furnace trials and optimized slag-forming agents, and Assistant Professor Jia-Yin Lin completed the capture and analysis of harmful gases produced during the trials.
The team noted that the current cost of industrial aluminum dross treatment in Taiwan is high, and there are no low-cost, high-efficiency techniques or channels for its disposal. As a result, aluminum dross is often illegally buried or stored, posing environmental hazards. The team utilized high-temperature treatment to convert waste aluminum dross into valuable oxides, which can reduce aluminum dross treatment costs by 72%, lower electricity costs by 22.4%, decrease carbon emissions by 38.5%, and reduce the annual volume of aluminum dross processed by 145%, thereby enhancing industrial benefits.
The team believes that this technology reduces resource consumption and waste generation, and it can further integrate with industry, demonstrating that NCHU is progressively implementing circular economy principles and making continuous efforts toward the goal of net-zero carbon emissions.
The NCHU team was led by Distinguished Professor Weite Wu, Assistant recovering Professor Chi-Ming Lin, Assistant Professor Fan-Wei Liu, and Assistant Professor Jia-Yin Lin from the Academy of Circular Economy. The team consisted of master's and doctoral students.
The team explained that their award-winning project, "High-Value Reuse of Hazardous Waste," was developed collaboratively by the four professors. Professor Weite Wu was responsible for market research and characteristic analysis of aluminum dross, while Assistant Professor Fan-Wei Liu focused on finding low-cost methods for recovering high-metal aluminum materials. Assistant Professor Chi-Ming Lin conducted electric furnace trials and optimized slag-forming agents, and Assistant Professor Jia-Yin Lin completed the capture and analysis of harmful gases produced during the trials.
The team noted that the current cost of industrial aluminum dross treatment in Taiwan is high, and there are no low-cost, high-efficiency techniques or channels for its disposal. As a result, aluminum dross is often illegally buried or stored, posing environmental hazards. The team utilized high-temperature treatment to convert waste aluminum dross into valuable oxides, which can reduce aluminum dross treatment costs by 72%, lower electricity costs by 22.4%, decrease carbon emissions by 38.5%, and reduce the annual volume of aluminum dross processed by 145%, thereby enhancing industrial benefits.
The team believes that this technology reduces resource consumption and waste generation, and it can further integrate with industry, demonstrating that NCHU is progressively implementing circular economy principles and making continuous efforts toward the goal of net-zero carbon emissions.
NCHU Circular Economy Team Wins Second Place in Net Zero Tech International Contest
NCHU Circular Economy Team Wins Second Place in Net Zero Tech International Contest
