Gopher Resource Gets Green Light to Continue Computer Modeling of Recycling Reverb Furnaces

The Department of Energy awarded Gopher Resource a grant to continue Phase II of its collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on computer modeling of secondary lead furnaces. The goal of the project is to advance the sustainable nature of recycling by improving energy efficiency.

Announced in 2019, Phase I of the Reverb Furnace Productivity Project focused on building sophisticated computer models of the company’s battery recycling furnaces at its plant in Tampa, Florida. Phase I was successful in developing a multiphysics model of full furnace operation that included combustion, solid material loading, and the melting and smelting processes.

In Phase II, Gopher Resource and the team at Oak Ridge will build on this success and work to further improve multiphysics modeling of secondary lead furnaces to improve thermal efficiency, increase energy savings and reduce carbon emissions.

With a robust multi-disciplinary internal research and development team, Gopher Resource is committed to finding new ways to maximize the efficiency and productivity of lead battery recycling. Projects such as this have the potential to help significantly reduce energy dependency and greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in a more sustainable future for us all.  

To learn more, read the full article from BEST magazine.