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RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
Volume 170, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105588
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Spent automotive catalysts; Platinum group metals; Metals recovery; Metallurgical process; Bioleaching
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- National University of Singapore (NUS)
- Academic Research Fund of the Ministry of Education, Singapore [R-279-000-495-114]
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Metal-bearing solid wastes are important secondary sources of metals, with the recovery of metals from rich secondary sources being more economical and sustainable compared to mining from ores. Conventional recycling technologies for precious metals like platinum group metals from spent automotive catalysts have shortcomings, and bioprocesses are recognized as sustainable alternatives for metal recovery.
Metal-bearing solid wastes are an important secondary source of metals. Compared to mining from ores, the recovery of metals, especially precious metals from rich secondary sources are more economical and sustainable. Spent automotive catalyst (SAC) is a rich source of platinum group metals [PGM: platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), and rhodium (Rh)] which contains higher concentrations of PGM than found in natural ores. This paper presents a critical review of conventional recycling technologies used for the recovery of PGM from SAC, and highlights some of their shortcomings. A discussion on sample characterization, pretreatment techniques, metal mobilization, and immobilization of the soluble metal ions is presented. Bioprocesses are generally recognized as sustainable alternatives for the recovery of heavy metals. The intrinsic capability of some microorganisms to mobilize metals via processes such as bioleaching, and subsequent biosorption, bioaccumulation, bioreduction and biomineralization may provide a more sustainable pathway for the recovery of these metals.
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