Sustainable Supply of Scandium for the EU Industries from Liquid Iron Chloride Based TiO<sub>2</sub> Plants

Bengi Yagmurlu; Beate Orberger; Carsten Dittrich; Georges Croisé; Robin Scharfenberg; Efthymios Balomenos; Dimitrios Panias; Eleni Mikeli; Carolin Maier; Richard Schneider; Bernd Friedrich; Philipp Dräger; Frank Baumgärtner; Martin Schmitz; Peter Letmathe; Konstantinos Sakkas; Christos Georgopoulos; Henk van den Laan

doi:10.3390/materproc2021005086

Materials Proceedings (Dec 2021)

Sustainable Supply of Scandium for the EU Industries from Liquid Iron Chloride Based TiO<sub>2</sub> Plants

Bengi Yagmurlu,
Beate Orberger,
Carsten Dittrich,
Georges Croisé,
Robin Scharfenberg,
Efthymios Balomenos,
Dimitrios Panias,
Eleni Mikeli,
Carolin Maier,
Richard Schneider,
Bernd Friedrich,
Philipp Dräger,
Frank Baumgärtner,
Martin Schmitz,
Peter Letmathe,
Konstantinos Sakkas,
Christos Georgopoulos,
Henk van den Laan

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Bengi Yagmurlu: MEAB Chemie Technik GmbH, Dennewartstr. 25, 52068 Aachen, Germany
Beate Orberger: CATURA Geoprojects, 2 rue Marie Davy, 75014 Paris, France
Carsten Dittrich: MEAB Chemie Technik GmbH, Dennewartstr. 25, 52068 Aachen, Germany
Georges Croisé: ORANO Mining, 2 Route de Lavaugrasse, 87250 Bessines-sur-Garetempe, France
Robin Scharfenberg: MEAB Chemie Technik GmbH, Dennewartstr. 25, 52068 Aachen, Germany
Efthymios Balomenos: School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 157 80 Athens, Greece
Dimitrios Panias: School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 157 80 Athens, Greece
Eleni Mikeli: School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 157 80 Athens, Greece
Carolin Maier: IME, RWTH Aachen University, Intzestr. 3, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Richard Schneider: IME, RWTH Aachen University, Intzestr. 3, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Bernd Friedrich: IME, RWTH Aachen University, Intzestr. 3, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Philipp Dräger: Management Accounting, RWTH Aachen University, Templergraben 64, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Frank Baumgärtner: Management Accounting, RWTH Aachen University, Templergraben 64, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Martin Schmitz: Management Accounting, RWTH Aachen University, Templergraben 64, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Peter Letmathe: Management Accounting, RWTH Aachen University, Templergraben 64, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Konstantinos Sakkas: ENALOS, Metamorfoseos 51, 152 34 Chalandri, Greece
Christos Georgopoulos: ENALOS, Metamorfoseos 51, 152 34 Chalandri, Greece
Henk van den Laan: Van den Laan International Consultancy BV, Keizerstrat 48, 4053 HJ Yzendoorn, The Netherlands

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2021005086
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
p. 86

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Scandium (Sc) applications in solid oxygen fuel cells, aeronautics and heat exchange systems are forecasted to increase significantly without a sufficient continuous Sc supply for Europe. ScaVanger is an EU project for upscaling Sc extraction and purification technologies from various TiO2 pigment production residues. High purity Sc2O3 and ScF3 will be produced at competitive prices for the EU market. The ScaVanger process is expected to result in a 10% higher production rate and higher product purity as processing starts with a unique cleaning process of actinides. The first plant at a major European TiO2 pigment production site will be supplying about 30 t/a of Sc2O3.

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ISSN: 2673-4605 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology: Chemical engineering
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