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SEArcularMINE - SC5-09-2018-2019
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Abstract
The ancient process of saltworks involves the natural evaporation and fractionated crystallisation of seawater. This process also produces a by-product of brine that is free of calcium and includes some crucial elements at 20 to 40 times more concentrated levels than seawater does. The EU-funded SEArcularMINE project will take the brine to develop and integrate three innovative technologies within a circular procedure that will target magnesium, lithium and other trace elements belonging to the alkaline/alkaline Earth metals or transition/post-transition metals group. These innovative technologies will be based on three different processes: reactive crystallisation, selective membrane separation, and selective sorption/desorption. By adopting a multidisciplinary method, the project will improve knowledge of the processes needed to recover minerals from brines and seawater.
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- UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO - Coordinator
Budget
| Total cost: | € 5,834,016.25 |
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| Total contribution: | € 5,834,016.25 |
| PoliTo total cost: | € 106,000.00 |
| PoliTo contribution: | € 106,000.00 |