Thesis supervisor: Helga Kovács
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Miskolci Egyetem,EMI Abbreviation of location of studies: AVK
Description of the research topic:
REEs are playing an increasingly vital role in the industry, especially in green high-technology applications namely wind turbines, hybrid cars, electric cars, batteries, etc. Thermal treatment technologies (combustion, gasification, pyrolysis) can be used to enrich valuable elements in certain base materials. Base materials can be contaminated biomass, coal, red sludge, electric wastes or other materials. The PhD research aims to investigate the thermal treatment processes and the enrichment rate of rare earth elements and noble metals by using different base materials and operation conditions.