BIOMIMIC - Innovative biotechnological methods for effective mining of secondary material
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| Coordinator | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB - Energi och cirkulär ekonomi, Lund |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 3 278 697 |
| Project duration | March 2018 - November 2020 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
The project has successfully achieved its aims and goals. The innovative reactor design for biological sulfate reduction has been developed and scaled up. The microbial consortia for sulfate reduction have been developed and adapted to be more efficient and to be able to utilize alternative carbon sources. Selective metal precipitation has been achieved on lab scale. The goals for stakeholder involvment have been achieved, where stakeholder meetings and Advisory Board meetings have been arranged. New collaborations have been created through the project with new proposals.
Expected results and effects
The project has contributed to all the expected long term impacts. It has been shown that large amounts of unused metals are found in fly ash and constitute a valuable resource. The project has successfully developed the biological part of the process and has taken steps to further develop the metal precipitation part and has thus contributed to the effect of taking Sweden to the forefront in sustainable extraction and process technology. The ecological and economic evaluation has shown a number of potentials for improvement to make the process more sustainable.
Planned approach and implementation
The project has been successfully. Despite partner change, we have carried out the project as planned, with only minor changes. Due to Covid-19 the project was extended. Here it was mainly to get the opportunity to arrange the stakeholder meeting in Germany, which could be carried out just before the second lockdown but also the belief that Ireland would reopen so that their pilot trials could take place. However, this was not possible. For the Swedish part, implementation was not affected that extensivly, only minor interuptions in dissemination of the results.