Environmental Aspects of the Electrochemical Recovery of Tellurium by Electrochemical Deposition-Redox Replacement (EDRR)

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A3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa

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2021

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en

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7
57-63

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Rare Metal Technology 2021, Minerals, Metals and Materials Series

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The current study investigates the energy consumption and the corresponding global warming potential (GWP) of tellurium recovery from multimetal solution by the use of a tailored electrochemical recovery approach based on electrodeposition-redox replacement (EDRR). A three-electrode cell was used to recover Te from synthetically prepared pregnant leach solution similar to the PLS of leached Doré slag (30% aqua regia, [Cu] = 3.9 g/L, [Bi] = 4.6 g/L, [Fe] = 1.4 g/L, and [Te] = 100–500 ppm). The enrichment of Te on the electrode (with 100 EDRR cycles) had a calculated global warming potential of 3.7 CO2 -eqv from a solution with 500 ppm Te based on a Finnish energy mix. In comparison, a decrease of Te concentration to 100 ppm increased the corresponding environmental impact to 16.9 CO2 -eqv. Overall, GWP was shown to be highly dependent on the geographical area, i.e. the dominating energy production methods.

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Energy efficiency, Life cycle assessment (LCA), Metals circular economy, Tellurium

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Halli, P, Rinne, M, Wilson, B P, Yliniemi, K & Lundström, M 2021, Environmental Aspects of the Electrochemical Recovery of Tellurium by Electrochemical Deposition-Redox Replacement (EDRR) . in Rare Metal Technology 2021 . Minerals, Metals and Materials Series, Springer, pp. 57-63 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65489-4_7