期刊
RESOURCES-BASEL
卷 6, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/resources6030039
关键词
rare earths; geothermal; brine; extraction
资金
- Dawn and Roger Crus Renewable Energy Center, College of Mines and Earth Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
The availability of rare earth elements from primary resources has come into question in the last two decades. This has sparked various government and industry initiatives to examine potential rare earth element resources apart from virgin ore bodies. Geothermal fluids are potentially significant sources of valuable minerals and metals, while co-recovery with geothermal energy production would be an attractive sustainable system. In this work, we give a brief survey of data collected on rare earth element concentrations in geothermal fluids. A survey of methods and technologies for extracting rare earth elements from geothermal is discussed along with the feasibility of recovering rare earth elements from geothermal brines. Based on the findings of this study, rare earth element extraction from geothermal fluids is technically possible, but neither economically viable nor strategically significant at this time.
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