Bioengineering technologies for harvesting rare earth elements from waste

从废物中回收稀土元素的生物工程技术

• 批准号: IM240100006
• 负责人: Prof Caitlin Byrt
• 金额: $ 73.88万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Mid-Career Industry Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-07-01 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/IM240100006
• 关键词: Bioengineering; technologies; harvesting; rare; earth

This project aims to optimise the function of components that enable rare earth elements (REEs) to be harvested from waste. REEs are needed for building clean energy technologies and electronics. Demand for REEs exceeds supply and REEs are lost in industrial wastes. This project is expected to provide avenues for recycling the REEs that are currently lost in mining and electronic wastes. The approach involves identifying, testing and engineering selective components derived from REE-accumulating plants and microorganisms. The components will be used to advance separation technologies, enabling differential harvesting of target REEs from complex mixtures. Reuse of REEs from waste is key to energy sustainability in the future.

该项目旨在优化从废物中回收稀土元素 (REE) 的组件功能。构建清洁能源技术和电子产品需要稀土元素。对稀土元素的需求超过供应，稀土元素在工业废物中流失。该项目预计将为回收目前在采矿和电子废物中损失的稀土元素提供途径。该方法涉及识别、测试和设计源自稀土元素积累植物和微生物的选择性成分。这些组件将用于推进分离技术，从而能够从复杂的混合物中差异化地收获目标稀土元素。对废物中的稀土元素进行再利用是未来能源可持续发展的关键。