RECLAIM
"Reclamation of Gallium, Indium and Rare-Earth Elements from Photovoltaics, Solid-State Lighting and Electronics Waste"
| Coordinatore | NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
Organization address
address: Schoemakerstraat 97 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Netherlands [NL] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.re-claim.eu/ |
| Totale costo | 7˙072˙109 € |
| EC contributo | 4˙715˙525 € |
| Programma | FP7-NMP
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies |
| Code Call | FP7-NMP-2012-SME-6 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-TP |
| Anno di inizio | 2013 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2013-01-01 - 2016-12-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO
Organization address
address: Schoemakerstraat 97 contact info |
NL (DEN HAAG) | coordinator | 1˙188˙025.00 |
| 2 |
TECNICAS REUNIDAS SA
Organization address
address: CALLE ARAPILES 14 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 517˙000.00 |
| 3 |
TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN
Organization address
address: Karlsplatz 13 contact info |
AT (WIEN) | participant | 451˙890.00 |
| 4 |
OSTERREICHISCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUER SYSTEM- UND AUTOMATISIERUNGSTECHNIK
Organization address
address: GURKGASSE 43/2 contact info |
AT (WIEN) | participant | 402˙500.00 |
| 5 | "INDUMETAL RECYCLING, S.A." | ES | participant | 361˙750.00 |
| 6 |
RELIGHT SRL
Organization address
address: VIA LAINATE 98/100 contact info |
IT (RHO) | participant | 361˙750.00 |
| 7 |
ONDEO INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS BV
Organization address
address: Willem Barentszweg 4 contact info |
NL (VENLO) | participant | 306˙500.00 |
| 8 |
FRANCISCO ALBERO SA
Organization address
address: RAFAEL BARRADAS 19 POLIGONO contact info |
ES (HOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT) | participant | 287˙750.00 |
| 9 |
COOLREC BV
Organization address
address: FLIGHT FORUM 240 contact info |
NL (EINDHOVEN) | participant | 259˙000.00 |
| 10 |
OPTOELECTRONICA - 2001 SA
Organization address
address: ATOMISTILOR STREET 409 contact info |
RO (MAGURELE) | participant | 251˙250.00 |
| 11 |
CogVis Software und Consulting GmbH
Organization address
address: WIEDNER HAUPTSTRASSE 17 3 A contact info |
AT (WIEN) | participant | 249˙000.00 |
| 12 |
OPTISORT AB
Organization address
address: BESSEMERGATAN 2 contact info |
SE (GOTEBORG) | participant | 79˙110.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Prospective global supply and demand for gallium, indium and other key metals show an increasing discrepancy, amongst others due to the explosive growth of green technologies such as photovoltaics (PV) and solid-state lighting (SSL). While their primary production is highly controlled by a few countries, recycling systems to reclaim these materials from discarded products are not yet in place. This makes Europe susceptible for the provision of materials that are crucial for meeting policies on energy saving and renewability, as well as challenges the further development of the concerned industrial sectors. Hence there is a strong need to establish recycling systems for PV, SSL and other electronic waste and capitalise on these as yet unexploited and growing deposits of key materials. The bottlenecks are in the disconnection and sorting of the parts with the targeted materials from the waste and in the release, concentration and purification of the reclaimed metals. More in particular, the concerned materials tend to be used as compounds (gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, indium tin oxide) rather than in their elemental form and to be applied as thin layers on substrates in overall very low amounts. Objectives of the proposed project are (1) technological solutions that relieve current bottlenecks in the recycling of gallium, indium and rare-earth elements, and (2) demonstration of their application potential by means of a pilot implementation in an industrial setting. The project is to result in separation methods for electronic assemblies that reduce manual work (>80% automation) as well as in subsequent recovery methods that yield recycled materials of commercial-grade quality (>99-99.99%, depending on the element), apt to fit an industrial context and being environmentally compliant. To this end, (thermal) disconnection methods, part recognition methods and hydrometallurgical refining processes will be developed. Impact assessments will also be included.'