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Economic Evaluation of Rare Earth Elements Contained in Coal Ash

석탄재에 포함된 희토류의 경제성 평가

  • Kim, Youngjin (Department of Research and Development, Korea Institute of Limestone and Advanced Materials) ;
  • Kim, Seunghyun (Department of Energy & Resources Engineering, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Jaeryeong (Department of Energy & Resources Engineering, Kangwon National University)
  • 김영진 (한국석회석신소재연구소 연구개발실) ;
  • 김승현 (강원대학교 에너지.자원공학과) ;
  • 이재령 (강원대학교 에너지.자원공학과)
  • Received : 2019.10.01
  • Accepted : 2019.11.15
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

This study aims to introduce and economical review on the possibilities of rare earth elements(REEs) recovery from coal ashes and the analysis of economical evaluation factors based on the data for securing domestic rare earth elements. The cut-off grade of REEs on recovering from coal ash was confirmed to be 1,000 ppm on total rare earth oxides(TREO) basis, and while the economic value of coal ash changed with contents and specific elements of rare earth elements. This shall be resulted in the price differences of rare earth elements required by the current industry, and it probably varies depending on the future demand of rare earth components. For developing of commercial recovery technology on REEs in coal ashes, many researches have been carried out by various analyzing methods, such as evaluation of holding value of REEs in ashes, assessment between supply and demand of industry, comparison of investment and its profitability for the REEs's production from coal ashes, and so on. Although these methods have been suggested, its recovery system with economical feasibility could not been confirmed up to present. In this reason, the process design of recovering REEs from coal ash shall be researched continuously to solve the problems of the global rare earth market. And also these researches shall be conducted actively in Korea for the purpose of securing the REEs resources and their recovering technologies.

석탄재로부터 희토류 회수 가능성을 확인하기 위해 경제성 평가 요소를 분석하여 국내 희토류 확보를 위한 검토 자료로 활용하고자 하였다. 석탄재로부터 희토류 회수를 위한 가행 최저품위는 TR EO기준 1,000 ppm으로 확인되었으며, 각 희토류 성분의 함량에 따라 경제적 가치가 변화되는 특성을 보였다. 이는 현재 산업에서 요구하는 희토류 원소별 가격차이 발생에 따른 결과이며, 미래 산업에서 요구되는 희토류 성분에 따라 변동은 가능하다. 석탄재함유 희토류성분에 대해 상용화 회수공정 개발을 목적으로, 희토류 함량 및 석탄재 발생량을 이용한 평가, 산업 수요 특성을 고려한 평가, 실제 산업에서 투자비용과 수익비용의 비교평가 등 다양한 경제성 평가 방법에 대해 연구가 진행되었다. 이러한 연구로부터 확인된 석탄재에 포함된 희토류 회수 관련 기술 수준은 높지 않았으며, 이로 인해 경제성이 확보된 희토류 회수 시스템의 개발이 아직은 미흡한 것으로 확인되었다. 세계 희토류 시장의 문제점 극복을 위한 대책으로 석탄재에 포함된 희토류 회수 연구는 계속 진행될 것으로 보고되었으며, 국내에서도 자원 및 회수기술 확보를 목적으로 이와 관련된 연구가 절실히 요구된다.

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