ABTOMAT
ABTOMAT (TH79020001) project - Využití alternativních primárních a druhotných surovin pro výrobu hliníku, hliníkových sloučenin, dalších kovů a produktů/UTILIZATION OF ALUMINIUM BEARING RAW MATERIALS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALUMINIUM METAL, OTHER METALS AND COMPOUNDS
Time Period: 02/2022-01/2025
Coordinator: University of Chemistry and Technology Prague (CZ)
Partners:
AV-EKO Color, s. r. o. (CZ), Bowmen Consulting, s. r. o. (CZ), Sokolovská Uhelná právní nástupce, a. s. (CZ), United Energy, a. s. (CZ)
International partners: KTH Stockholm (SE), UPNA (ES), Yeditepe University (TR), ITU (TR), ETI Aluminyum (TR), Taltech (EE)
Programme: M.ERA-NET cofund ERA-MIN3 call
ABTOMAT aims to find and assess Bauxite alternatives, considering regional characteristics in the EU and ESTA countries, focussing on the design and development of multi-products flexible metallurgical processes for Alumina, Al2O3-based compounds and Aluminium production from low-grade raw and secondary materials. The diaspore, dross, red mud, clay, dust, and topaz are analysed. The emphasis will be placed on the holistic approaches related to the circular economy, zero-waste and LCCA principles. ABTOMAT investigates the novel concepts that decrease environ. footprint of primary aluminium production through dross utilisation as raw material and red mud as bed material, oxygen carrier and catalyst in biomass gasification to promote biomass conversion and thereby efficient recovering Fe and other metals. Further, The ABTOMAT will deliver an LCCA framework, a unique data set, and a business model to establish symbiotic multi-products production systems in the EU and EFTA countries.
