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PVC - Valorization of P and V for Future EU Demand

This project aims to efficiently valorize and use phosphorus (P) and vanadium (V) resources to secure their future demand in the EU. By following their cycle from mineral processing to final uses, this project will develop the most efficient way to extract and utilize both P and V in the system. This will create new industries worth billions of euros and thousands of new jobs in the EU, as well as contribute to reduced CO2 emissions, decreased energy consumption, and decreased Cd flow into the biosphere.

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PVC - Valorization of P and V for Future EU Demand

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  1. SPIRE-7 SPIRE Brokerage event October 22nd 2013 SUSTAINABLE PROCESSINDUSTRY EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL COMPETTIVENESS TROUGH Resource and energyefficiency Project Idea Presentation

  2. OrganizationSwerea MEFOS • Swerea MEFOS is an independent research institute, and its business concept is applied research, technical development and consulting in process metallurgy, heating, metalworking, environmental engineering and energy efficiency mainly for the ferrous and non-ferrous industry. Research is carried out in collaborative research projects or in projects on contract basis, financed by individual companies. • Swerea MEFOS is well known worldwidefor its unique large scale pilot plant equipment in metallurgy and metalworking and its ability to perform very large research projects. • We have approx. 100 employees, 55 of which are research engineers. • Our primary research areas are: • Project management, operational and applied engineering for major EU and pilot projects. • Metallurgical process technology, including heating and machining, particularly reduction metallurgy, alloys, energy and gasification technology. • Process integration. • Measurement techniques and process analysis. • Computer modelling, simulation and calculations, particularly CFD and FEM technology. • Environmental and residual product technologies. • Swerea MEFOS is a part of the Swerea group, which in turn is part of RISE Research Institutes of Sweden.

  3. Project Idea Concept and Background PVC – Phosphorus and Vanadium CycleEfficient Valorization and Use of P and V Resources to secure future demand in EU • Recovery technologies for metals and minerals • Phosphorus: essential for plant and animal growth. There is a high risk of a global shortage of P • Vanadium has a tremendous industrial value in EU and the V-raw material is totally dependent on imported V-slag • P and V in the steel and ferroalloy industries originate mainly from ores

  4. Project Idea Concept and Background cont.PVC • The value of V in LKAB Fe-ore products: >1 billion US$. ¼ of that will well cover the EU-market • P is normally an unwished impurity in steel and Mn-alloy • P and V follow each other and are accumulated in the steel slag. • A large amount of apatite (high content of P) generated in the Swedish iron ore processing • Future metal ores will have a lower quality, some of them higher P-content (like Mn-ore) A moreefficientrecovery and useof V and P from waste and by-productswouldcontributeto a moreresourceefficientEurope

  5. Idea ImpactPVC • Efficient valorization and use of P and V resources in EU to secure their future demands • Follow P and V over a wide range of their cycle, from mineral processing to the steelmaking and final uses • By this holistic approach the most efficient way to extract and utilize both P and V in the system will be developed. • Not only steel slag and apatite, other P- and V-sources like sludge (high in P) and spent catalyst (high in V) might be included • Rare earth in apatite will also be recovered

  6. Idea Impact cont. PVC • Create V and P industries worth of billions of €, hence thousands of new jobs in EU • Create new green technology business • Capable to efficiently use lean raw materials (Fe- and Mn-ores) and secondary resources • Decreased CO2 emission • Reduced energy consumption and landfill of industry wastes • Reduced Cd flow into the biosphere (Cd in phosphate rock)

  7. Existing Project ConsortiumPVC • LKAB: P-V streams, from ore to the products, process and system optimization • SwereaMEFOS: Process development for efficient extraction of P and V; pyrometallurgy, pilot experiment, coordination • Steelmakers: Slag handling, process and system optimization, industrial tests – (under discussion) • Ferroalloy producer: Processing of high P Mn-ore for clean Mn-alloy product and efficient utilization of P (under discussion) • Non-ferrous metal producer: Using hydrometallurgy for efficient metal extraction (under discussion)

  8. Looking for partners…PVC • Chemicalindustrydealingwith P and V (users or producersof P or V-basedproducts): material characterization, P-V streams, supplyofadditional P-V sources • Vanadium producersincluding new actors: Useof semi vanadium products from the PVC processes and optimiseof the V-cycle in EU • Forest industry: useof P-products from the PVC processes and optimise the P-cycle in EU • Rare earths: looking for rare extraction from apatite

  9. Contact detailsPVC Guozhu Ye Swerea MEFOS guozhu.ye@swerea.se +46 920 20 19 09

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