Re-Mining Red Mud Waste for CO2 Capture and Storage and Critical Element Recovery (RMCCS-CER)

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Program:
MINER
Award:
$1,000,000
Location:
Richland, Washington
Status:
ACTIVE
Project Term:
01/12/2023 - 02/14/2025
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Technology Description:

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will advance in-situ and ex-situ techniques to determine the solubility and thermodynamic properties of various sodium rare earth element (REE) carbonates, REE (hydroxy)carbonates, REE phosphate, and REE (oxy)hydroxides in various solutions and pressures and temperature conditions, with or without the presence of carbon dioxide (CO2). The team will use the results to construct a database for optimizing conditions that efficiently recover energy-relevant minerals in red mud waste.

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Contact

ARPA-E Program Director:
Dr. Douglas Wicks
Project Contact:
Dr. Xin Zhang
Press and General Inquiries Email:
ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov
Project Contact Email:
xin.zhang@pnnl.gov

Partners

Arizona State University

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Release Date:
02/24/2022