Research Projects
Research within the Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling I/UCRC will build the basic science, generic solution strategies, and precompetitive, innovative recovery and recycling technologies for a broad spectrum of industries, products, and materials.
Current Projects
- Beneficiation of Flat Panel Functional Coatings
- Conditioning of Machined Chips
- Development of a Novel Recycling Process for Li-Ion Batteries
- Dezincing of Galvanized Steel
- Metal Recovery via Automated Sortation
- Molten Metal Compositional Sensing to Enhance Scrap Recycling
- Opportunities and Barriers to Resource Recovery and Recycling from Shredder Residue in North America
- Rare-Earth Recovery from Magnets, Catalysts, and other Secondary Resources
- Recovery of Rare Earth Metals from Phosphor Dust of Waste Fluorescent Light Fixtures
- Recovery of Value-Added Products from Red Mud and Foundry Bag House Dust
- Recovery of Zinc and Iron from EAF Dusts Including Hot Stage Slag Engineering and Energy Recovery
- Synthesis of Inorganic Polymers from Metallurgical Residues
Completed Projects
- Development of Aluminum-Dross Based Materials for Engineering Applications: Reduce land filling and energy usage to recover Al
- Physical and Chemical Beneficiation for Recycling of Photovoltaic Materials
- Recycling of Bag-House Dust from Foundry Sand through Chemical and Physical Benefication
- Recovery of Rare Earth Metals from Phosphor Dust
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