EIT Raw Materials DISPLAY
Upscale of Material Recovery from Display Applications
and Printed Circuit Boards
Informazioni Generali
- Coordinatore:
- Responsabile:
- CUTAIA LAURA - SSPT-EC (CASACCIA)
- Ruolo ENEA:
- PARTNER
- Sito WEB:
- Sito WEB non disponibile
Programmi Europei
- Programma:
- HORIZON 2020 -> EIT - Raw Materials KIC (N/A - Non applicabile)
Descrizione e Attività
Descrizione Generale
The objective of the project proposal is to upscale and implement an innovative process cascade specified to recover raw materials from electronic display appliances and printed circuit boards (PCBs). These items are highly integrated composites of polymers (25-40 %), glass (10-40%) and metals, including critical materials like indium, gallium, germanium, etc. Due to the small size of these items they are normally not subjected to mechanical or manual separation processes and treated in smelters instead. Smelter technologies, however, do not recover materials like plastics and glass and do not focus on low concentrated critical metals.
The DISPLAY project intends to supply a technical solution for a material oriented disassembly of display appliances and PCBs by combining electrohydraulic fragmentation, spectroscopic sorting and the solvent based CreaSolv® process. This cascade of innovative and developed processes (TRL 5) will produce glass, engineering plastics like PC/ABS and metal concentrates. The latter will be provided to downstream hydrometallurgical and pyro metallurgic recovery processes, including smelters. This approach will increase the overall material recovery and the economy of the recycling process since a much higher percentage of the waste is transferred into and sold as secondary raw materials. The strategic importance of this approach is highly promising: The disassembly cascade can be operated in regional recycling centres close to the network of existing WEEE recyclers. Plastics and glass are provided for re-application in regional markets. The pre-treatment technology provides higher concentrated metal fractions for further use in existing smelter plants. In addition, however, it may open the market to specialized small scale hydrometallurgical processors (start-ups). Thus, the innovative process cascade is not a competition to existing smelters, but it will lead to a diversification of the raw material supply market. Finally, European WEEE recyclers will benefit from the development, since recoveries for sorted WEEE items will increase. The project is subdivided into 8 work packages (WPs).
Attività svolta da ENEA
L'ENEA svolge attività relative alla prima bozza dell'analisi LCC seguendo gli schemi dei processi industriali; workshop per la raccolta dati; cross-check dei costi unitari con dati provenienti dalla letteratura; risistemazione e miglioramento dell'LCC
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Con determinazione n. 15-SA/2018/SSPT è stata autorizzata l' attività 2018 e accertate ulteriori entrate per 100.000 euro a fronte di una aumento del costo e grant totale al progetto.