The lab has adapted its process to extract rare earth elements from coal fly ash, bauxite residue and electronic waste. Photo by Jeff Fitlow. "The strategy is general for various wastes," Bing said. "We proved that the REE recovery yields were improved from coal fly ash, bauxite residue and electronic wastes by the same activation process
Viable recovery of REEs from coal and coal ash requires identifica tion of coals and ashes with the highest REE concentrations and development of workable methods for REE …
Environmental Science, Chemistry. 2016. ABSTRACT This study is mainly focused on the direct adsorption of low concentration gallium from the feed solution in pre-desilication soda-lime sintering process from coal fly ash. The adsorption…. Expand.
The effect of acid concentration on the recovery of rare earth elements from coal fly ash was investigated. Results indicated that acid concentration had a significant effect on rare earth element ...
One new study has taken alumina recovery research a step forward with some promising results; by combining a CaCl2 calcination step with H2SO4 leaching, researchers were able to obtain greater than a 95% recovery …
1. Introduction. The optimal processing method for recovering gold is determined by many factors. These factors can be summarized as follows ( Petruk, 2000, …
As of 2012, according to the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA) data, approximately 50 percent of the CCRs beneficially used on an annual basis falls into two categories: 1) fly ash used as a direct substitute for Portland cement during the production of concrete (referred to as "fly ash concrete"); and 2) FGD gypsum used as a …
We present the first data on the mode of occurrence of Au in fly ashes from the Wulantuga and Lincang power plants in China, which burn high-Ge coal. Gold occurs as fine-grained drop-like ...
Rare Earth Elements in Coal-combustion Fly Ash and Their Potential Recovery. March 2022. DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10510791.1. Authors: James C Hower. University of Kentucky. Allan Kolker. Heileen Hsu ...
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WEBIn a paper published in ACS's Environmental Science and Technology on June 23, the Georgia Tech researchers showed that by applying an ionic liquid directly to solid coal fly ash, rare-earth elements …
However, few reports on the simultaneous recovery of PGMs from SAC and the synthesis of glass–ceramic via a co-treatment process with coal fly ash (CFA) can be found in the existing literature. Coal fly ash (CFA), an industrial byproduct generated from thermal power plants, can induce serious environmental impacts via direct landfills [18,19 ...
The recovery of alumina from coal fly ash was pioneered by Grzymek in Poland in the 1950s [29], and was developed mainly because of the bauxite embargo during the Cold War. The recovery process was based on the auto-disintegration of sinter containing calcium aluminates and dicalcium silicate [30]. The sinter was mixed with …
More information: Laura Stoy et al, Preferential Recovery of Rare-Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash Using a Recyclable Ionic Liquid, Environmental Science & Technology (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est ...
Coal combustion processes generate a tremendous volume of tailings in the form of bottom ash, fly ash, and slag, which indicates a promising source for industrial recovery due to rare earths being associated with incombustible materials rather than combustible carbon materials (Seredin and Dai, 2012, Seredin and Dai, 2012b, Honaker …
The main goal of a coal fly ash waste valorization process is to extract and separate the valuable metals (such as REEs) from the coal fly ash, while recovering any …
Now, researchers in ACS' Environmental Science & Technology report a simple method for recovering these elements from …
It is well established that the chemical composition of coal fly ash depends primarily on the chemistry of the source coal and the combustion process. As ash is derived from the inorganic minerals in the coal such as quartz, feldspars, clays and metal oxides, the major elemental composition of coal ash is similar to the composition of a …
The main goal of a coal fly ash waste valorization process is to extract and separate the valuable metals (such as REEs) from the coal fly ash, while recovering any toxic metals that are leached into the acid for concentrated disposal or potentially to provide feedstocks for further processing into salable products.
The present paper gave a comprehensive description of the recovery of gallium from production of alumina from high-alumina coal fly ash with predesilication and lime-soda sinter combination process.
critical materials (CM) from coal and coal byproduct streams, such as low rank coals, coal refuse, coal ash, and acid mine drainage (AMD). Consistent with the requirements in …
reports on the simultaneous recovery of PGMs from SAC and the synthesis of glass–ceramic via a co-treatment pro-cess with coal y ash (CFA) can be found in the existing literature. Coal y ash (CFA), an industrial byproduct generated from thermal power plants, can induce serious environmen - tal impacts via direct landlls [18–20]. A great ...
Abstract. Previously, proof-of-concept studies have demonstrated that rare-earth elements (REEs) can be preferentially extracted from coal fly ash (CFA) solids …
Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash through Sequential Chemical Roasting, Water Leaching, and Acid Leaching Processes. / Pan, Jinhe; Hassas, Behzad Vaziri; Rezaee, Mohammad et al. In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 10.2020, p. 124725. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Figure 2. Summary of magnetite recovery results. The feed ash was up-graded to from 12.1% magnetic to 58.8% magnetics by spiral concentration with an overall yield of 8.1%. The spiral product was then screened to remove +100 mesh material, which further improved the grade to 68.0% magnetics.
Separation science. Abstract. Previous work found that valuable rare-earth elements (REEs: lanthanides, yttrium, and scandium) can be recovered from coal fly ash (CFA), a waste product from coal …
Recovery of REE from coal ash with recycling acid leach process. In World Coal Ash (WOCA) Conference, KY, 9–11 May 2017. Google Scholar Pietrelli, L., Bellomo, B., Fontana, D., & Montereali, M. R. (2002). ... Rare earth elements in fly ashes created during the coal burning process in certain coal-fired power plants operating in …
The graphic is a scheme depicting an ionic liquid leaching process for sustainable rare-earth element recovery from coal fly ash. Use of a recyclable ionic liquid to extract rare-earth elements fro...
A study has been made on the extraction of gallium from coal fly ash. A process which includes acid leaching, impurity removal, extraction of gallium and its purification has been suggested. The relatively moderate conditions of temperature, acid strength and time should be chosen in acid leaching to obtain the most efficient …
Sandy grade alumina is a valuable intermediate material that is mainly produced by the Bayer process and used for manufacturing primary metallic aluminum. Coal fly ash is generated in coal-fired power plants as a by-product of coal combustion that consists of submicron ash particles and is considered to be a potentially hazardous technogenic …
The majority of rare earth in coal fly ash is bond to aluminosilicate phase. • Monazite, apatite, and scheelite were proved to be rare earth carriers in coal fly ash. • The dissolution was first controlled by a chemical reaction and then inner diffusion, respectively. • Citric acid leaching was investigated and rare earth recovery is 55%. •
The process of the recovery of precious metals and other high-valued elements from coal and coal combustion products is justified and developed. The argumentation is provided for the method of ...
The best recovery of rare-earth elements by acid leaching after grinding is 79.19% at the optimal conditions. That is due to the increase of surface area, resulting in more rare-earth elements ...
During the coal combustion process, the lithium in the raw coal is secondarily enriched in the fly ash due to the melting-condensation effect. Sun, Yang et al. (2012 ) found that the lithium concentration of fly ash in the Pingshuo mining area was as high as 345 μg/g, exceeding the industrial target of 120 μg/g for lithium recovery in coal ...
Fly ash, produced during the burn ing of coal, is a fine grained solid derived from noncombustible constituents of coal, such as clay minerals and quartz. When coal is burned, REEs are retained and enriched in the fly ash and, as a result, fly ash has long been considered a potential resource for REEs (Goldschmidt, 1935; Seredin and Dai, …
Overall, this study shows that coal fly ash production could provide a substantial domestic supply of REEs, but the feasibility of recovery depends on the development of extraction technologies ...
The technology of gold-containing concentrates recovery from the coal combustion products of the Yerkovetskoye brown coal deposit (the Amur Region, Russia) Anatoly …
In both cases insufficient mixing will occur, resulting in a lower gold recovery. Activated carbon has a bulk density of 0.500 g/ml and a pore volume of 0.8 ml/g. If the pore volume is filled with water having a density of 1 g/ml and add the two values, the density of wet carbon is typically 1.3 g/ml. 17 | P a g e.
The recovery of REEs in the SLM configuration, which involved the impregnation of the solvent in a hydrophobic membrane, was slower than the LEM process. However, the SLM process was notably more selective for the heavy (and higher value) REEs, while the conventional extraction and LEM processes were more selective …