Status
Completed
Material Class
E-Scrap
specific materials
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)
Platinum Group Metals (PGMs)
19-01-RR-03
Low-Concentration Metal Recovery from Complex Streams Using Gas-Assisted Microflow Solvent Extraction
NODE
Technical Thrust
Recycling & Recovery
Mechanical Recycling Technologies for Sorting, Separating, & Liberating Materials
project Members
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
About
The objective of this project is to develop GAME for efficient and cost- effective extraction and purification of low-concentration, high-value metals from complex streams. The successful development of this technology will contribute to the production of high- purity precious metals from end-of-life PCBs of various sources. GAME uses three phases (aqueous, organic, and gas) to achieve an efficient separation in a confined microchannel.