A fundamental theoretical and experimental study on calcium sulphate scale formation in hydrometallurgical solutions containing various minerals was conducted. A new database for the Mixed Solvent Electrolyte (MSE) model of the OLI Systems® software was developed through fitting of existing literature data such as mean activity, heat capacity and solubility data in simple binary and ternary systems. Moreover, a number of experiments were conducted to investigate the chemistry of calcium sulphate hydrates in laterite pressure acid leach (PAL) solutions, containing Al2(SO4)3, MgSO4, NiSO4, H2SO4, and NaCl at 25–250ºC. The database developed, utilized by the MSE model, was shown to accurately predict the solubilities of all calcium sulphate hydrates (and hence, predict scaling potential) in various multicomponent hydrometallurgical solutions including neutralized zinc sulphate leach solutions, nickel sulphate–chloride solutions of the Voisey’s Bay plant, and laterite PAL solutions over a wide temperature range (25–250°C). The stability regions of CaSO4 hydrates (gypsum, hemihydrate and anhydrite) depend on solution conditions, i.e., temperature, pH and concentration of ions present. The transformation between CaSO4 hydrates is one of the common causes of scale formation. A systematic study was carried out to investigate the effect of various parameters including temperature, acidity, seeding, and presence of sulphate/chloride salts on the transformation kinetics. Based on the results obtained, a mechanism for the gypsum–anhydrite transformation below 100°C was proposed. A number of solutions for mitigating calcium sulphate scaling problems throughout the processing circuits were recommended: (1) operating autoclaves under slightly more acidic conditions (~0.3–0.5 M acid); (2) mixing recycled process solutions with seawater; and (3) mixing the recycling stream with carbonate compounds to reject calcium as calcium carbonate. Furthermore, aging process solutions, saturated with gypsum, with anhydrite seeds at moderate temperatures (~80°C) would decrease the calcium content, provided that the solution is slightly acidic.

A fundamental theoretical and experimental study on calcium sulphate scale formation in hydrometallurgical solutions containing various minerals was conducted. A new database for the Mixed Solvent Electrolyte (MSE) model of the OLI Systems® software was developed through fitting of existing literature data such as mean activity, heat capacity and solubility data in simple binary and ternary systems. Moreover, a number of experiments were conducted to investigate the chemistry of calcium sulphate hydrates in laterite pressure acid leach (PAL) solutions, containing Al2(SO4)3, MgSO4, NiSO4, H2SO4, and NaCl at 25–250ºC. The database developed, utilized by the MSE model, was shown to accurately predict the solubilities of all calcium sulphate hydrates (and hence, predict scaling potential) in various multicomponent hydrometallurgical solutions including neutralized zinc sulphate leach solutions, nickel sulphate–chloride solutions of the Voisey’s Bay plant, and laterite PAL solutions over a wide temperature range (25–250°C). The stability regions of CaSO4 hydrates (gypsum, hemihydrate and anhydrite) depend on solution conditions, i.e., temperature, pH and concentration of ions present. The transformation between CaSO4 hydrates is one of the common causes of scale formation. A systematic study was carried out to investigate the effect of various parameters including temperature, acidity, seeding, and presence of sulphate/chloride salts on the transformation kinetics. Based on the results obtained, a mechanism for the gypsum–anhydrite transformation below 100°C was proposed. A number of solutions for mitigating calcium sulphate scaling problems throughout the processing circuits were recommended: (1) operating autoclaves under slightly more acidic conditions (~0.3–0.5 M acid); (2) mixing recycled process solutions with seawater; and (3) mixing the recycling stream with carbonate compounds to reject calcium as calcium carbonate. Furthermore, aging process solutions, saturated with gypsum, with anhydrite seeds at moderate temperatures (~80°C) would decrease the calcium content, provided that the solution is slightly acidic.

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Com isso, os descartes destes equipamentos tamb?m crescem na mesma propor??o. Por ano, no mundo, estima-se que mais de 25 milh?es de toneladas de lixo eletr?nico sejam descartadas. Neste trabalho foi desenvolvido um novo m?todo hidrometal?rgico ambientalmente seguro para a extra??o seletiva de cobre, n?quel e prata provenientes de res?duos de placas de circuito impresso (PCI), empregando Sistemas Aquosos Bif?sicos (SAB) como t?cnica de extra??o. O comportamento de extra??o dos ?ons met?licos Cu (II), Ni(II), Fe(III) e Ag(I)em SAB formado por copol?mero tribloco L64 + MgSO4 + H2O foi avaliado para a otimiza??o do m?todo, verificando a influ?ncia dos seguintes par?metros experimentais sobre a extra??o dos analitos: valores de pH do SAB (3,0; 6,0; 9,0 e 11,0); natureza e concentra??o dos agentes extratores 1-(2-piridil-azo)-2-naftol (PAN) para os estudo de extra??o do Cu(II), 1-nitroso-2-naftol (1N2N) e dimetilglioxima (DMG) para a extra??o do ?on Ni(II), tiocianato (SCN) e ditizona (Dz) para a extra??o da Ag(I). A efici?ncia de recupera??o seletiva dos metais foi avaliada por meio da an?lise da porcentagem de extra??o (%E) e do fator de separa??o (S) entre os ?ons de interesse. As melhores condi??es para extra??o seletiva foram: PAN [3,5 mmol.Kg-1] em pH = 6,0 em 6 etapas consecutivas para separa??o do Cu(II), DMG [5,00 mmol.Kg-1] em pH = 9,0 para o Ni(II) e SCN[5,20 mmol.Kg-1] em pH = 9,0 para a Ag(I) . Em todas as situa??es foram obtidos valores de fator de separa??o(S) entre o analito e os concomitantes met?licos maiores que 103. As condi??es ?timas obtidas foram aplicadas ao lixiviado de PCI para a extra??o de cobre, n?quel e prata de forma sequencial, obtendo-se altos valores de S entre o analito e os concomitantes met?licos (SCu,Ni= 1,46 x 103, SCu,Fe= 1,55 x 104, SCu,Ag= 1,59 x 104, SNi,Fe= 3,27 x 104, SNi,Ag= 3,47 x 104 eSAg,Fe= 4,80 x 103).Ap?s a extra??o de cada metal foi realizado um estudo de stripping em uma ?nica etapa, onde 89,5%, 92,5% e 82,5% de Cu(II), Ni(II) e Ag(I), respectivamente foram disponibilizados para a etapa de eletrodeposi??o. Portanto o m?todo utilizando SAB se mostrou eficiente e dentro dos princ?pios da qu?mica verde, pois utiliza componentes at?xicos, biodegrad?veis e recicl?veis e de r?pida separa??o de fases sem a forma??o de emuls?es est?veis. Sendo um m?todo alternativo para a extra??o liquido ? liquido tradicional. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Qu?mica, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, [2016]. / With the exponential advancement of electronic industry, the consumption of these products is also growing wide. With this, the drops of this equipment also grow at the same rate. A year in the world, it is estimated that more than 25 million tons of electronic waste are disposed.This work developed a new environmentally safe hydrometallurgical method for the selective extraction of copper, nickel and silver from waste printed circuit board (PCB) using Aqueous Two-Phase Systems (SAB) as extraction technique. The extraction behavior of metal ions Cu (II), Ni (II), Fe (III) and Ag (I) SAB formed by tri-block copolymer L64 + MgSO4 + H2O was evaluated for the optimization of the method by checking the influence of the following experimental parameters on the extraction of analytes: the SAB pH (3.0, 6.0, 9.0 and 11.0); nature and concentration of agents extractors 1- (2-pyridyl-azo) -2-naphthol (PAN) Cu for the extraction method (II), the 1-nitroso-2-naphthol (1N2N) and dimethylglyoxime (DMG) for ion extraction Ni (II), thiocyanate (SCN) and dithizone (Dz) for the extraction of Ag (I).The selective metal recovery efficiency was evaluated by the percentage extraction analysis (% E) and separation factor (S) between the ions of interest. The best conditions for selective extractions were NAP [3,5 mmol.Kg-1] at pH 6.0 in 6 consecutive stages for separation of Cu (II) DMG [5.00 mmol.Kg-1] pH = 9.0 for Ni (II) and SCN [5,20 mmol.Kg-1] at pH = 9.0 for Ag (I). In all cases they were obtained separation factor values (S) between the analyte and the larger metal Concomitant 103. The obtained optimum conditions were applied to the PCI leached copper extraction, nickel and silver sequentially, yielding if high S values between the analyte and the metal concomitant (SCU, Ni = 1.46 x 103, SCU, Fe = 1.55 x 104, SCU, Ag = 1.59 x 104, SNI, Fe = 3.27 x 104, SNI, Ag = 3.47 x 104 and SAg, Fe = 4.80 x 103).After extraction of each metal it was made a study stripping in one step, where 89.5%, 92.5% and 82.5% Cu (II), Ni (II) and Ag (I), respectively, were available for the electroplating step. Therefore, the method using BSA was efficient and within the principles of green chemistry, because it uses non-toxic, biodegradable and recyclable and fast phase separation without the formation of stable emulsions components. As an alternative method for liquid - liquid extraction traditional.

Les accumulateurs nickel-hydrure métallique (NiMH) dominent actuellement le marché du stockage de l’énergie pour les véhicules hybrides. On estime à 1 milliard, le nombre de batteries NiMH produites chaque année. En fin de vie, le taux de recyclage de ces déchets électroniques reste faible, bien que la technologie NiMH contienne des quantités importantes de métaux onéreux et stratégiques. Deux grandes familles d’éléments chimiques coexistent sous forme de composés intermétalliques dans l’électrode négative: les métaux de transitions (TM) (Ni, Co, Mn et Fe) ainsi que les terres rares (REE) (La, Ce, Nd et Pr). Parmi les TM, le cobalt présente une criticité accrue. En effet, les minerais issus de réserves naturelles ne permettront pas de couvrir la demande croissante en cobalt liés au développement des technologies émergentes. Les REE produits à plus de 97 % en Chine sont au cœur des préoccupations de l’Union Européenne qui depuis 2010 pointe du doigt des techniques d’extractions dévastatrices pour l’environnement. C’est dans le but de répondre aux problématiques économiques et environnementales que le projet a été construit en associant l’entreprise de recyclage de batteries Recupyl® au laboratoire académique LEPMI grâce au financement du Labex CEMAM. L’objectif de ce travail est de proposer un procédé avec un faible impact environnemental pour le recyclage des métaux à partir de véritables accumulateurs NiMH. Pour cela, le remplacement de solvants volatiles organiques par des liquides ioniques, plus respectueux des principes de la ‘chimie verte’ sera étudié. En s’appuyant sur des procédés innovants d’extraction liquide-liquide et de récupération des éléments par hydrométallurgie et par électrochimie nous proposons une voie de valorisation des métaux présents dans ces batteries. / Nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries are currently dominating the market of energy storage in hybrid electric vehicles. 1 billion cells are estimated to be produced each year. In their end-of-life, these electronical wastes exhibit low recycling rates, despite the fact that NiMH batteries contain high amounts of valuable and strategic metals. Two main metal families coexist as an intermetallic compound in negative electrodes: transition metals (TM) (Ni, Co, Mn and Fe) and rare earth elements (REE) (La, Ce, Nd and Pr). Among TM, cobalt exhibits the highest criticality rate. Indeed, natural ores will not cover the increasing cobalt demand linked to emerging technologies. REE produced at more than 97 % in China are at the centre of European Union’s preoccupations. To tackle economic and environmental issues, this project, supported by the labex CEMAM is a partnership between the company Recupyl® and the academic laboratory LEPMI. It aims at investigating on low environmental impact routes for the recycling of metals present in real spent NiMH batteries. This requires the replacement of volatile organic compounds by ionic liquids, respecting the principles of ‘green chemistry’. Based on innovative extraction and recovery processes of elements by hydrometallurgy and electrochemistry, we propose a flowsheet for the valorisation of metals from those batteries.

Copper is an essential metal in today’s economy, due to its superior electrical and thermal conductivities, alloying properties, and chemical uses. Most copper is produced viamining and refining, and most copper is found in the earth’s crust as chalcopyrite, CuFeS2. Typically, chalcopyrite is concentrated and fed to a high temperature pyrometallurgical process which produces >99.99% purity copper cathodes. Recently, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. has implemented a hydrometallurgical autoclave-leaching process that takes chalcopyrite concentrate and produces copper cathodes. It is imperative that these pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical processes be modeled and compared so that the extraction industry can best decide which technology to apply in the future. This work presents transient, reduced-order models for the comparison of the two processes using exergy balances. Exergy is typically thought of as the maximum work extractable from a system as it spontaneously reacts to the state of the surrounding environment; for extractive processes, it is also helpful to think of exergy as the minimum work required to effect a concentration, e.g. of copper. Exergy balances are thus similar to first law balances, but they comment on the location and magnitude of usefulenergy flows, instead of energy flows in general. For the baseline case, this work found that the pyrometallurgical process up to 99.5% copper anode stored 54% of the fed exergy in product, lost 20% of the fed exergy, and destroyed the remaining 26%. In contrast, the hydrometallurgical process up to 30 grams-per-liter copper pregnant-leach-solution stored 5% of the fed exergy in product, lost 9% of the fed exergy, and destroyed the remaining 86%. The effects of process variations are also looked at. It is recommended that this work be incorporated in whole-plant exergy balances to more precisely examine the tradeoffs between the pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical routes of copper extraction from chalcopyrite concentrates.

The lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling industry is currently under development to improve the yields for critical metals. However, the organic components of LIBs must also be handled, which may result in harmful chemical emissions as by-products. Of particular concern are highly persistent and mobile per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that could be released during LIB recycling since some of these compounds have been linked with adverse health effects. In this work, an extensive literature review was conducted to determine the presence of fluorinated materials in state-of-the-art LIBs and the recycling conditions which could lead to the release of problematic PFAS. This information was used to develop a new analytical approach to capture the broadest range of organic and inorganic fluorine species in samples taken in different stages of the recycling process. This new method is based on a sequential extraction procedure using different solvents, followed by combustion ion chromatography (CIC) to quantify the potential emission of fluorine-containing chemicals of different polarities. The results show that organofluorine compounds are formed during recycling, particularly for the cathodes, indicating that PFAS might be present. For other samples, such as the NiMnCo salt product of recycling, only low fluorine levels were detected which implies almost complete removal. Future work should further outline the emission paths of these processes. This study highlights the necessity to further investigate the emissions related to fluorinated materials during LIB recycling and indicates that post-treatments or changes in conditions might be necessary to avoid the formation and emission of PFAS.