Government Polytechnic Nashik

(An Autonomous Institute of Government of Maharashtra)

Certificate
This

is

to

certify

that

the

seminar

entitled

Vehicle

Recycling submitted by Dabriya Yogeshwar Rameshwarji

(09813) is the bonfied work completed under my supervision and
guidance in partial fulfillment of award of Diploma in Automobile
Engineering of Govt. Polytechnic, Nashik.

Place:
Date:

Guide
(Department of Automobile Engineering)

Head of Department
Principal
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(Department of Automobile Engineering)

Nashik)

(Govt. Polytechnic,

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
During the entire period of this seminar, my seminar would not
have been materialized without the help of many people, who made
my work so easier.
It gives me proud privilege to complete this seminar working
Vehicle Recycling under valuable guidance of Prof. P. C. Lad
I am Also Thankful to Prof. R.M Nafde, Head of Automobile
Engineering Department & all staff members for providing all
facilities and every help for smooth progress of seminar work.
I would also like to thanks to all staff member of Automobile
Department and not but the least my friends for timely help and
encouragement of fulfillment of seminar work.

Dabriya Yogeshwar R.

FINAL YEAR AUTOMOBILE ENGG.

CONTENTS
Title

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Certificate

Acknowledgment

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List of Figures

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List of Tables

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List of Graphs

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Abstract

Introduction
1.1 Introduction to Vehicle Recycling
1.2 The Automobile Industry
1.3 The Metal Recycling Industry
1.4 Methods of Disposal of Shredder
Residue
Literature Review
2.1 End of Life Vehicles (ELVs)
2.2 ELV as a source of New Material
2.3 Overview of ELV Treatment Process

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Vehicle Recycling
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Process of Vehicle Recycling
3.3 Recovery and disposal of individual
components

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Advantages And Disadvantages

4.1 Advantages
4.2 Disadvantages
4.3 Application

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Conclusion
5.1 Conclusion
5.2 Future Scope

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Reference

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LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE NO.

TITLE

2.1
2.2

Recycling use of ELVs

Material Content in ELV

2.3

Treatment Flow Chart of ELVs

3.1

Process of Vehicle Recycling

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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NO.
1.1

TITLE
Automotive Industry Materials Use in

1.2
1.3

1999
Selected Automotive Statistics for 1999
Growth in the Number of Motor

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2

Vehicles (cars, buses, and trucks) in the

World
Weight Distribution of Vehicle Tyre

3.1

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LIST OF GRAPHS
GRAPH

TITLE

NO.
1.1

No. of Vehicles Worldwide

1.2

Weight of Plastic in Vehicle in

Percentage

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ABSTRACT
Each year, more than 50 million vehicles reach the end of their
service life throughout the world. More than 95% of these vehicles
enter a comprehensive recycling infrastructure that includes auto parts
recyclers/dismantlers,

remanufacturers,

and

material

recyclers

(shredders). Today, about 75% of automotive materials are profitably

recycled via,
(1) Parts reuse and parts and components remanufacturing, and
(2) Ultimately by the scrap processing (shredding) industry.
The process by which the scrap processors recover metal scrap
from automobiles involves shredding the obsolete automobiles, along
with other obsolete metal-containing products (such as white goods,
industrial scrap, and demolition debris), and recovering the metals
from the shredded material. The single largest source of recycled
ferrous scrap for the iron and steel industry is obsolete automobiles.
The non-metallic fraction that remains after the metals are recovered
from the shredded materials (about 25% of the weight of the vehicle)
commonly called shredder residue is disposed of in landfills.
Over the past 10 to 15 years, a significant amount of research and
development has been undertaken to enhance the recycle rate of endof-life vehicles (ELVs), including enhancing dismantling techniques and
improving remanufacturing operations. However, most of the effort has
focused on developing technology to recover materials, such as
polymers, from shredder residue.
Vehicle Recycling is a process based on three main principle
which may be defined as follow:
1. Reuse means any operation by which components of end-of life
vehicles are used for the same purpose for which they were
conceived
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2. Recycling means the reprocessing in a production process of

the waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes
but excluding energy recovery.
3. Recovery means a suitable process for ensuring that waste is
recovered without endangering human health and without the
use of processes or methods likely to harm the environment.
Regeneration of acids is an example of a recovery operation.