A new low energy process for recycling automotive exhaust catalysts

回收汽车尾气催化剂的新型低能耗工艺

• 批准号: 750665
• 金额: $ 0.64万
• 依托单位: ULTROMEX LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Vouchers
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=750665
• 关键词: new; low; energy; process; recycling

Every month thousands of catalytic converters are shipped outside the UK for recycling. Current smelting recovery processes can be highly detrimental to the environment & are also extremely energy intensive. Current chemical processes can be dangerous & produce chlorinated compounds that are environmentally detrimental. All current processes have a huge carbon footprint to recover a tiny amount of PGM. We have discovered new technology that could be capable of recovering these PGMs at low cost from ‘cats’. It is envisaged that we will exploit our technology directly and also license it for installation in de-centralised PGM recovery plants located close to the recycling points. It will allow more efficient recovery, using safer chemistry with lower costs, while reducing the transport carbon footprint dramatically, enhancing the economic and environmental performance of the industry. It will enable markets to retain control and enhance recovery of a precious resource.

每个月都有数以千计的催化转化器被运往英国境外进行回收。 当前的冶炼回收工艺对环境非常不利，并且能源消耗极大。 当前的化学工艺可能很危险，并且会产生对环境不利的氯化化合物。回收微量铂族金属会产生巨大的碳足迹，我们已经发现了能够以低成本从“猫”中回收这些铂族金属的新技术，预计我们将直接利用我们的技术并获得安装许可。它将在靠近回收点的分散式铂族金属回收工厂中实现更高效的回收，以更低的成本使用更安全的化学物质，同时大幅减少运输碳足迹，从而提高该行业的经济和环境绩效。保持控制并加强宝贵资源的回收。