Midwest Launches High-Tech Fridge Graveyard, Hloov Cov Khoom Siv Qub rau hauv Cov Khoom Tshiab
GREENWOOD, Ind. (Lub Kaum Hli . 26, 2023) - Tsis nco qab cov khoom pov tseg uas tau muab tso rau hauv lub tub yees txias. Ib qho chaw tshiab hauv Central Indiana tau muab lub freezers thiab fridges siab tshaj - thev xa tawm - tawm, rov qab cov hlau txaus txhua hnub los tsim peb lub Eiffel Towers - thiab ua nws yam tsis muaj tshuaj lom neeg.
Ua haujlwm los ntawm Midwest EcoRecycle Solutions (MERS), $ 22 lab cog tau qhib hnub Tuesday ua ib qho ntawm North America cov khoom siv rov ua dua tshiab tshaj plaws. Nws zais cia? Cov txheej txheem sib sib zog nqus- khov kho uas muaj kev nyab xeeb ua cov tshuaj txaus ntshai uas nyob hauv ntau xyoo lawm- rwb thaiv tsev qub.
Vim Li Cas Nws Tseem Ceeb:
Cov tub yees qub yog ib puag ncig lub sij hawm foob pob. Lawv cov rwb thaiv tsev ua npuas dej feem ntau muaj cov ozone txwv tsis pub{1}} noj tshuaj (CFCs/HCFCs), thaum cov kab coolant tuav cov pa roj tsev cog khoom muaj zog. Cov tsoos shredding tso tawm cov co toxins. MERS txoj kev daws teeb meem? Cryogenics.
Sab hauv Frosty Disassembly Line:
Robotic Surgeons: Custom arms clamp onto each unit, puncturing coolant lines under vacuum to suck out >99% ntawm cov pa roj thiab roj - xa mus rau EPA- pom zoo incineration.
Nitrogen Deep Freeze: Cov chav nkag mus -200℃F chav uas cov kua nitrogen hloov ua npuas ncauj nkig. Cov neeg ua hauj lwm piav txog lub suab "crackling" faint li rwb thaiv tsev puas huv si.
Ntse Shredding: Cov khoom siv khov khov ua rau cov khoom tawg. Tsis zoo li cov txheej txheem ib txwm siv, cov txheej txheem cryo- tiv thaiv cov huab cua lom hauv huab cua, ntes ozone- depleting cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv cov npuas matrix.
Sorting kub maj: hlau nplaum tuav steel carcasses; eddy tam sim no tawm ntawm tooj liab thaiv; cua dav hlau cais ABS yas drawers los ntawm polypropylene liner. Txawm tias cov iav rhawv tawm tsis zoo txaus rau rov siv dua.
Michael Chen, MERS Operations VP, tau hais tias "Kev cog qoob loo no zoo li cheb cov tshuaj lom hauv qab daim ntaub," hais tias Michael Chen, MERS Operations VP, thaum lub caij nyuaj - lub kaus mom. Nws gestured mus rau ib tug swirling loj ntawm shredded steel. "Cov pawg ntawd? Nag hmo nws yog 500 lub qhov rooj fridge. Tag kis nws yuav yog rebar. Peb cov cryo-cov kauj ruam slashes emissions los ntawm cuab dab tsi lwm tus ua tsis tau."
Kev cuam tshuam hauv zos:
Cov nroj tsuag muaj 15-acre chaw ua haujlwm hauv Johnson County, tsim 38 txoj haujlwm puv sijhawm. Nws twb ua units los ntawm:
Cov khoom siv hluav taws xob hauv nruab nrab sab hnub poob (khoom siv yuav-cov haujlwm rov qab)
Loj-cov khw muag khoom hauv lub thawv (thawj-cov kev pabcuam deb)
Municipal dump transfer stations
Tsis yog txhua yam tau rov qab zoo kawg nkaus - qee cov khoom siv sib xyaw tseem mus rau cov cement kiln ua roj - tab sis tag nrho, MERS tau hloov ntau dua 95% ntawm cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm qhov chaw pov tseg. Rov qab cov hlau taub hau rau cov mills nyob ze hauv Gary thiab Cleveland; plastics tau pelletized rau tsheb qhov chaw thiab cov kav dej.
Tom ntej no:
Nrog EPA cov cai nruj ntawm ozone- tshem tawm cov tshuaj, MERS lees paub cov phiaj xwm nthuav dav:
40% muaj peev xwm txhawb nqa los ntawm Q2 2025
Pilot kev sib tham rau qhov chaw zoo sib xws ze Toledo, Ohio
R & D kuaj ntawm kev lag luam AC unit recycling
Cov chaw saib xyuas huab cua nyob ib puag ncig ib puag ncig qhia tsis pom ODS emissions txij thaum pib - ib qho kev thov ob peb tus neeg sib tw tuaj yeem sib tw. Txog tam sim no, Indiana txoj kab rov ua dua tshiab zoo li yuav ua rau muaj kev pheej hmoo ib puag ncig hauv siab.
