Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics
The work evaluates, develops and demonstrates flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials with a specific focus upon rare earth elements (REEs). The selected organic and inorganic sorbent materials (silica and MOF) demonstrated high performance for collection of trace REEs, precious and valuable metals beyond commercially available sorbents. This report details the silica and MOF sorbent uptake, percent removal, and distribution coefficient results for Nd, Eu, Dy, Y and Ce, as well as the characterization of these select sorbent materials.
The report also contains estimated costs from an in-depth technoeconomic analysis of a scaled up separation process. The estimated financial payback period for installing this equipment varies between 3.3 to 5.7 years depending on the brine flow rate of the geothermal resource.
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AB - The work evaluates, develops and demonstrates flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials with a specific focus upon rare earth elements (REEs). The selected organic and inorganic sorbent materials (silica and MOF) demonstrated high performance for collection of trace REEs, precious and valuable metals beyond commercially available sorbents. This report details the silica and MOF sorbent uptake, percent removal, and distribution coefficient results for Nd, Eu, Dy, Y and Ce, as well as the characterization of these select sorbent materials.
The report also contains estimated costs from an in-depth technoeconomic analysis of a scaled up separation process. The estimated financial payback period for installing this equipment varies between 3.3 to 5.7 years depending on the brine flow rate of the geothermal resource.
AU - Addleman, R. Shane
A2 - Chouyyok, Wilaiwan
A3 - Palo, Daniel
A4 - Dunn, Brad M.
A5 - Brann, Michelle
A6 - Billingsley, Gary
A7 - Johnson, Darren
A8 - Nell, Kara M.
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO -
KW - geothermal
KW - sorbents
KW - nano
KW - rare earth elements
KW - REEs
KW - precious metals
KW - mineral recovery
KW - green mining
KW - Inorganic sorbent removal efficiency
KW - Organic Sorbent removal efficiency
KW - composite thin film
KW - REE
LA - English
DA - 2016/09/21
PY - 2016
PB - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
T1 - Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/7043
ER -
Addleman, R. Shane, et al. Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 21 September, 2016, GDR. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/850.
Addleman, R., Chouyyok, W., Palo, D., Dunn, B., Brann, M., Billingsley, G., Johnson, D., & Nell, K. (2016). Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics. [Data set]. GDR. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/850
Addleman, R. Shane, Wilaiwan Chouyyok, Daniel Palo, Brad M. Dunn, Michelle Brann, Gary Billingsley, Darren Johnson, and Kara M. Nell. Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, September, 21, 2016. Distributed by GDR. https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/850
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_7043,
title = {Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics},
author = {Addleman, R. Shane and Chouyyok, Wilaiwan and Palo, Daniel and Dunn, Brad M. and Brann, Michelle and Billingsley, Gary and Johnson, Darren and Nell, Kara M.},
abstractNote = {The work evaluates, develops and demonstrates flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials with a specific focus upon rare earth elements (REEs). The selected organic and inorganic sorbent materials (silica and MOF) demonstrated high performance for collection of trace REEs, precious and valuable metals beyond commercially available sorbents. This report details the silica and MOF sorbent uptake, percent removal, and distribution coefficient results for Nd, Eu, Dy, Y and Ce, as well as the characterization of these select sorbent materials.
The report also contains estimated costs from an in-depth technoeconomic analysis of a scaled up separation process. The estimated financial payback period for installing this equipment varies between 3.3 to 5.7 years depending on the brine flow rate of the geothermal resource. },
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/850},
year = {2016},
howpublished = {GDR, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/850},
note = {Accessed: 2025-05-25}
}
Details
Data from Sep 21, 2016
Last updated Feb 27, 2018
Submitted Sep 21, 2016
Organization
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Contact
Pamela Kinsey
509.375.6848
Authors
Original Source
https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/850Research Areas
Keywords
geothermal, sorbents, nano, rare earth elements, REEs, precious metals, mineral recovery, green mining, Inorganic sorbent removal efficiency, Organic Sorbent removal efficiency, composite thin film, REEDOE Project Details
Project Name Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters with Advanced Sorbent Structures
Project Lead Holly Thomas
Project Number FY15 AOP 2.5.1.6
