Integrated cross-sectorial approach for environmentally sustainable and resource-efficient alumina production

Project Information

ENSUREAL

Grant agreement ID: 767533

DOI 10.3030/767533

Project closed

EC signature date 14 September 2017

Start date 1 October 2017

End date 31 March 2022

Funded under

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Advanced manufacturing and processing

Total cost € 8 991 201,25

EU contribution € 7 251 488,89

Coordinated by

SINTEF AS
Norway

Deliverables

Documents, reports (8)

ENSUREAL communication activities

ENSUREAL communication activitiesUpdates months 6 12 24 36 50

Communication Plan

Communication Plan Updates months 6 and 12

Layman report
Cluster Communication Plan

Cluster Communication PlanUpdates months 6 and 48

Report on socio-economic impact

Report on socioeconomic impact

International Communication Plan

International Communication PlanUpdates months 6 and 48

Dissemination Kit
ENSUREAL website and logo: Launching and maintenance

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan Updates months 4 and 30.

Publications

Conference proceedings (10)

Smelting reduction of bauxite residue and beneficiation by-product in view of a leachable slag and pig Iron production

Author(s): Adamantia Lazou, Casper van der Eijk, Jafar Safarian
Published in: 10th European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2019, 2019
Publisher: GDMB
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4570282

Production of Aluminium Tri-hydroxides from Secondary Bauxite Materials

Author(s): Mwase, James; Safarian, Jafar
Published in: Proceedings European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2021, 2021, Page(s) 547-558, ISBN 978-3-940276-96-4
Publisher: GDMB Verlag GmbH
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5012308

High Temperature Treatment of Selected Iron Rich Bauxite Ores to Produce Calcium Aluminate Slags

Author(s): Adamantia Lazou, Casper Van Der Eijk, Michail Vafeias, Amalia Bempelou, Efthymios Balomenos, Leiv Kolbeinsen, Dimitrios Panias, Jafar Safarian
Published in: Materials Proceedings, Issue 5, 2021
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/materproc2021005036

First industrial scale mass balance data for the reengineered pedersen process developed within the EU funded project ENSUREAL

Author(s): Konlechner, David; Vafeias, Michal; Marinos, Danai; Mwase, James
Published in: Proceedings of the 3rd International Bauxite Residue Valorisation and Best Practices Conference, 2020, Page(s) 39-, ISBN 978-618-85149-0-4
Publisher: Green2Sustain
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4288453

Simulating the Use of a Smelter Off-Gas in the Precipitation Stage of the Pedersen Process

Author(s): Andriani Manataki, James M. Mwase, Casper van der Eijk
Published in: Materials Proceedings, Issue 5, 2021, ISSN 2673-4605
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/materproc2021005053

First Industrial Scale Process Concept for the Reengineered Pedersen Process within ENSUREAL

Author(s): David Konlechner, Roland Koenig, Athina Preveniou, Panagiotis Davris, Efthymios Balomenos
Published in: Materials Proceedings, Issue 5, 2021
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/materproc2021005008

Investigating the Leaching, Desilication and Precipitation of Aluminium Tri-Hydroxides from a Bauxite Residue-Bauxite By-Product Slag

Author(s): James M. Mwase and Jafar Safarian
Published in: 38th International ICSOBA Conference, 2020
Publisher: Travaux
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4596694

From red to grey: revisiting the Pedersen process to achieve holistic bauxite ore utilisation

Author(s): Vafeias, Michail; Marinos, Danai; Panias, Dimitrios; Safarian, Jafar
Published in: Proceedings of 2nd “Bauxite Residue Valorisation and Best Practices” conference, 2018
Publisher: KU Leuven
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3235325

High temperature smelting reduction of bauxite residue and a CaCO3-rich bauxite for aluminate slag production and pig iron recovery

Author(s): Lazou, Adamantia; Van der Eijk, Casper; Balomenos, Efthymios; Kolbeinsen, Leiv; Safarian, Jafar
Published in: Proceedings of the 3rd International Bauxite Residue Valorisation and Best Practices Conference, 2020, Page(s) 77-83, ISBN 978-618-85149-0-4
Publisher: Green2Sustain
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4286238

Bayer + Pedersen the Perfect Match for the Future of Alumina Production, with Benefits

Author(s): Konlechner, David; Konlechner, Michaela; Vafeias, Michail; Marinos, Danai; Panias, Dimitros; Koenig, Roland; Preveniou, Athina; Kladis, Anastasios; Davris, Panagiotis; Balomenos, Efthymios
Published in: TRAVAUX 51, Proceedings of the 40th International ICSOBA Conference, Athens, 10 - 14 October 2022, 2022, Page(s) 279
Publisher: Icsoba
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7497855

Peer reviewed articles (13)

The Utilization of Bauxite Residue with a Calcite-Rich Bauxite Ore in the Pedersen Process for Iron and Alumina Extraction

Author(s): Adamantia Lazou, Casper Van Der Eijk, Kai Tang, Efthymios Balomenos, Leiv Kolbeinsen, Jafar Safarian
Published in: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Issue 52/3, 2021, Page(s) 1255-1266, ISSN 1073-5615
Publisher: ASM International
DOI: 10.1007/s11663-021-02086-w

Leaching kinetics and mechanism of slag produced from smelting-reduction of bauxite for alumina recovery

Author(s): Fabian Imanasa Azof, Jafar Safarian
Published in: Hydrometallurgy, Issue 195, 2020, Page(s) 105388, ISSN 0304-386X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2020.105388

Synthesis and Characterization of 12CaO·7Al 2 O 3 Slags: The Effects of Impurities and Atmospheres on the Phase Relations

Author(s): Azof, Fabian Imanasa; Tang, Kai; You, Jinglin; Safarian, Jafar
Published in: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Issue 51, 2020, Page(s) 2689-2710, ISSN 1073-5615
Publisher: ASM International
DOI: 10.1007/s11663-020-01969-8

Investigating Aluminum Tri-Hydroxide Production from Sodium Aluminate Solutions in the Pedersen Process

Author(s): James Malumbo Mwase; Michail Vafeias; Danai Marinos; Panias Dimitrios; Jafar Safarian
Published in: Processes, Issue 5, 2022, Page(s) 1370, ISSN 2227-9717
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pr10071370

Evaluation of Calcium Aluminate Slags and Pig Irons Produced from the Smelting-Reduction of Diasporic Bauxite

Author(s): Lazou Adamantia; Safarian Jafar; Kolbeinsen Leiv
Published in: Materials, Issue 9, 2021, Page(s) 7440, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma14247740

Parameters Affecting the Precipitation of Al Phases from Aluminate Solutions of the Pedersen Process: The Effect of Carbonate Content

Author(s): Danai Marinos, Michail Vafeias, Dimitris Sparis, Dimitris Kotsanis, Efthymios Balomenos, Dimitris Panias
Published in: Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, Issue 9, 2021, ISSN 2199-3831
Publisher: Springer Link
DOI: 10.1007/s40831-021-00403-w

Rheological properties of Al2O3–CaO–SiO2 slags

Author(s): Kai Tang; Casper van der Eijk; Sylvain Gouttebroze; Qiang Du; Jafar Safarian; Gabriella Tranell
Published in: Calphad, Issue 77, 2022, Page(s) 102421, ISSN 0364-5916
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.calphad.2022.102421

Circular economy and life cycle assessment of alumina production: Simulation-based comparison of Pedersen and Bayer processes

Author(s): Yan Ma; Athina Preveniou; Anastasios Kladis; Johan Berg Pettersen
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 366, 2022, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132807

On the Direct Reduction Phenomena of Bauxite Ore Using H2 Gas in a Fixed Bed Reactor

Author(s): Adamantia Lazou, Casper van der Eijk, Efthymios Balomenos, Leiv Kolbeinsen, Jafar Safarian
Published in: Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, Issue 6/2, 2020, Page(s) 227-238, ISSN 2199-3823
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s40831-020-00268-5

Carbonation of Sodium Aluminate/Sodium Carbonate Solutions for Precipitation of Alumina Hydrates—Avoiding Dawsonite Formation

Author(s): Marinos Danai, Kotsanis Dimitris, Alexandri Alexandra, Balomenos Efthymios, Panias, Dimitris
Published in: Crystals, Issue 11, 2021, Page(s) 836, ISSN 2073-4352
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/cryst11070836

Leaching characteristics and mechanism of the synthetic calcium-aluminate slags for alumina recovery

Author(s): Fabian Imanasa Azof, Yongxiang Yang, Dimitrios Panias, Leiv Kolbeinsen, Jafar Safarian
Published in: Hydrometallurgy, Issue 185, 2019, Page(s) 273-290, ISSN 0304-386X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.03.006

Desilication of Sodium Aluminate Solutions from the Alkaline Leaching of Calcium-Aluminate Slags

Author(s): Mwase, James Malumbo; Safarian, Jafar
Published in: Processes, Issue 10, 2022, Page(s) 1769, ISSN 2227-9717
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pr10091769

The leachability of a ternary CaO-Al2O3-SiO2 slag produced from smelting-reduction of low-grade bauxite for alumina recovery

Author(s): Azof, Fabian Imanasa; Vafeias, Michail; Panias, Dimitrios; Safarian, Jafar
Published in: Hydrometallurgy, Issue 191, 2020, ISSN 0304-386X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.105184