Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of REEs, Precious Metals and Other Valuable Metals from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics
This work evaluates, develops and demonstrates flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials with a specific focus upon rare earth elements (REEs). The selected organic and inorganic sorbent materials demonstrated high performance for collection of trace REEs, precious and valuable metals beyond commercially available sorbents. This report details the organic and inorganic sorbent uptake, performance, and collection efficiency results for La, Eu, Ho, Ag, Cu and Zn, as well as the characterization of these select sorbent materials.
The report also contains estimated costs from an in-depth techno-economic analysis of a scaled up separation process. The estimated financial payback period for installing this equipment varies between 3.3 to 5.7 years depending on the brine flow rate of the geothermal resource.
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AB - This work evaluates, develops and demonstrates flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials with a specific focus upon rare earth elements (REEs). The selected organic and inorganic sorbent materials demonstrated high performance for collection of trace REEs, precious and valuable metals beyond commercially available sorbents. This report details the organic and inorganic sorbent uptake, performance, and collection efficiency results for La, Eu, Ho, Ag, Cu and Zn, as well as the characterization of these select sorbent materials.
The report also contains estimated costs from an in-depth techno-economic analysis of a scaled up separation process. The estimated financial payback period for installing this equipment varies between 3.3 to 5.7 years depending on the brine flow rate of the geothermal resource.
AU - Addleman, Shane
A2 - Chouyyok, Wilaiwan
A3 - Palo, Daniel
A4 - Dunn, Brad M.
A5 - Brann, Michelle
A6 - Billingsley, Gary
A7 - Johnson, Darren
A8 - Nell, Kara M.
DB - Geothermal Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15121/1360763
KW - geothermal
KW - Sorbents
KW - Nano
KW - rare earth elements
KW - REEs
KW - precious metals
KW - mineral recovery
KW - green mining
KW - Inorganic sorbent removal efficiency
KW - Organic Sorbent removal efficiency
KW - composite thin film
KW - Technoeconomics
KW - Lanthanum
KW - Europium
KW - Holmium
KW - Silver
KW - Copper
KW - Zinc
LA - English
DA - 2017/05/25
PY - 2017
PB - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
T1 - Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of REEs, Precious Metals and Other Valuable Metals from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics
UR - https://doi.org/10.15121/1360763
ER -
Addleman, Shane, et al. Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of REEs, Precious Metals and Other Valuable Metals from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 25 May, 2017, Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1360763.
Addleman, S., Chouyyok, W., Palo, D., Dunn, B., Brann, M., Billingsley, G., Johnson, D., & Nell, K. (2017). Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of REEs, Precious Metals and Other Valuable Metals from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics. [Data set]. Geothermal Data Repository. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.15121/1360763
Addleman, Shane, Wilaiwan Chouyyok, Daniel Palo, Brad M. Dunn, Michelle Brann, Gary Billingsley, Darren Johnson, and Kara M. Nell. Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of REEs, Precious Metals and Other Valuable Metals from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, May, 25, 2017. Distributed by Geothermal Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15121/1360763
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title = {Advanced Sorbent Structure Recovery of REEs, Precious Metals and Other Valuable Metals from Geothermal Waters and Its Associated Technoeconomics},
author = {Addleman, Shane and Chouyyok, Wilaiwan and Palo, Daniel and Dunn, Brad M. and Brann, Michelle and Billingsley, Gary and Johnson, Darren and Nell, Kara M.},
abstractNote = {This work evaluates, develops and demonstrates flexible, scalable mineral extraction technology for geothermal brines based upon solid phase sorbent materials with a specific focus upon rare earth elements (REEs). The selected organic and inorganic sorbent materials demonstrated high performance for collection of trace REEs, precious and valuable metals beyond commercially available sorbents. This report details the organic and inorganic sorbent uptake, performance, and collection efficiency results for La, Eu, Ho, Ag, Cu and Zn, as well as the characterization of these select sorbent materials.
The report also contains estimated costs from an in-depth techno-economic analysis of a scaled up separation process. The estimated financial payback period for installing this equipment varies between 3.3 to 5.7 years depending on the brine flow rate of the geothermal resource.},
url = {https://gdr.openei.org/submissions/927},
year = {2017},
howpublished = {Geothermal Data Repository, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, https://doi.org/10.15121/1360763},
note = {Accessed: 2025-07-11},
doi = {10.15121/1360763}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15121/1360763
Details
Data from May 25, 2017
Last updated Jun 13, 2018
Submitted May 26, 2017
Organization
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Contact
Pamela Kinsey
509.375.6848
Authors
Keywords
geothermal, Sorbents, Nano, rare earth elements, REEs, precious metals, mineral recovery, green mining, Inorganic sorbent removal efficiency, Organic Sorbent removal efficiency, composite thin film, Technoeconomics, Lanthanum, Europium, Holmium, Silver, Copper, ZincDOE Project Details
Project Name Recovery of Rare Earths, Precious Metals and Other Critical Materials from Geothermal Waters with Advanced Sorbent Structures
Project Lead Holly Thomas
Project Number FY15 AOP 2516
