2019 PROCEEDINGS - PROJECT REVIEW MEETING FOR RARE EARTH ELEMENTS RESEARCH PORTFOLIOS

Project Review Meeting for Rare Earth Elements Research Portfolios
April 10 - 12, 2019

PLENARY SESSION

Tuesday

• Welcome and Opening Remarks:
  • Angelos Kokkinos, Director, Office of Advanced Fossil Technology Systems, U.S. Department of Energy
• Technology overview:
  • Briggs White,  Crosscutting Research
  • John Rockey, Transformative Power Generation
  • David Lyons, Gasification Systems / National Energy Technology Laboratory

Wednesday

• Welcome:
  • Randall Gentry, Deputy Director & Chief Research Officer, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Keynote:
  • Steven Winberg, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

TUESDAY TRACK C: RARE EARTH ELEMENTS

SESSION C1: Small Pilot, High Purity, REE Separation Systems
Moderated by Richard Dunst

• Rare Earth Elements Program Overview
  Mary Anne Alvin, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
• Products from Coal and Coal Byproducts in the U.S. Using Advanced Separation Processes
  Steven Keim,Marshall Miller
• Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Mining Waste Materials
  William Sutterlin, Inventure Renewables

SESSION C2-1: Conventional REE Separation Systems
Moderated by Richard Dunst

• Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Mine Drainage
  Paul Ziemkiewicz, West Virginia University

SESSION C2-2: Conventional REE Separation Systems
Moderated by Charles Miller

• Investigation of Rare Earth Element Extraction from North Dakota Coal- Related Feedstocks
  Nolan Theaker, University of North Dakota
• High Yield and Economical Production of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Ash
  Prakash Joshi, Physical Sciences, Inc.
• Pilot-Scale Testing of An Integrated Circuit for the Extraction of Rare Earth Minerals and Elements from Coal and Coal By-products Using Advanced Separation Technologies
  Rick Honaker,University Kentucky

SESSION C3-1: Novel REE Separation & Advanced Sensor Development
Moderated by Anthony Zinn

• Evaluation of Novel Strategies and Processes for Separation of REE from Coal-Related Materials
  Hakim Boukhalfa, LANL

SESSION C3-2: Novel REE Separation & Advanced Sensor Development
Moderated by Anthony Zinn

• Evaluation of Laser-Based Analysis of REE in Coal-Related Materials
  George Guthrie, LANL
• New Sensing Mechanisms for REE Detection in Coal and Coal By-Products
  Yoshiko Fujita,INL-LLNL
• Application of Biosorption of REE Recovery from Coal By-Products
  Yongqin Jiao, LLNL

WEDNESDAY TRACK C: RARE EARTH ELEMENTS

SESSION C4: Transformational REE Separation
Moderated by Charles Miller

• Feasibility of Recovering Rare Earth Elements from Thickener Underflow
  Roe-Hoan Yoon, Aaron Noble, and Jerry Luttrell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
• Low Temperature Plasma Treatment for Enhanced Recovery of Highly Valued Critical REEs from Coal
  Rick Honaker, University of Kentucky
• Development of a Cost-Effective Extraction Process for the Recovery of Heavy and Critical REEs from the Clays and Shales Associated with Coal
  Aaron Noble, Virginia Polytechnic Instit

SESSION C5: Transformational REE Separation
Moderated by Anthony Zinn

• Low Cost REE Recovery from Acid Mine Drainage Sludge
  Zachary Hendren, Research Triangle Institute
• Economic Extraction and Recovery of REEs and Production of Clean Value- Added Products from Low- Rank Coal Fly Ash
  Bruce Folkedahl, University of North Dakota
• Concentrating Rare Earth Elements in Acid Mine Drainage Using Coal Combustion By-Products Through Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation
  Chi Min Cheng, The Ohio State University

SESSION C6: Transformational REE Separation
Moderated by Charles Miller

• Economic Extraction, Recovery, and Upgrading of Rare Earth Elements from Coal-Based Resources
  Michael Free, University of Utah
• Coupled Hydrothermal Extraction and Ligand- Associated Organosilica Media Recovery of REEs from Coal Fly Ash
  Timothy Dittrich, Wayne State University
• Recovery of High Purity Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from Coal Ash via a Novel Electrowinning Process
  Rick Peterson, Battelle Memorial Institute
• At-source Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Mine Drainage
  Paul Ziemkiewicz, West Virginia University

SESSION C7: Process Economics & Embedded REE Demand
Moderated by Anthony Zinn

• Sampling, Characterization and Round Robin Analyses of Domestic U.S. Coal Based Resources Containing High Rare Earth Element (REE) Concentrations
  Chris Zygarlicke,University of North Dakota−Energy & Environmental Research Center
• Rare Earth Elements (REE) from Coal and Coal By- Products - Techno-Economic & Embedded Demand Analysis
  Morgan Summers National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)