Recycling, Waste Treatment and Extraction Laboratory

Recycling, Waste Treatment and

Extractive Metallurgy Laboratory

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São Paulo

18 million people

7.5 million cars

1/4 of the Gross Domestic Product

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Size:

11 Major Campi:

São Paulo (4), São Carlos (2), Ribeirão Preto, Piracicaba, Pirassununga,

Bauru & Lorena

Total land area: 77 km2.

Area constructed: 1.6 km2.

36 Academic Institutes

6 Specialized Institutes

4 Hospitals and associated services

4 Museums

39 Libraries (6.5 million documents)

35 thousand Microcomputers connected to the USP Network (100 Mbps)

56 thousand e-mail Users

Annual budget:

R$ 2 billion (ca. 700 million Euros, or US$ 1 Billion)

Students Enrolled

46 thousand Undergraduates (202 Majors)

25 thousand Graduate Students (220 Programs)

Undergraduate openings per year 8.550 (candidates 150+ thousand)

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University ofSão Paulo

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Politécnica

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Founded in 1893.

Incorporated to USP in 1934.

Counts on 15 Teaching and Research Departments in 141,500 m2 premises.

Human Resources

About 500 faculty members and 500 non-teaching staff.

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Undergraduate

17 courses (15 semestral and 2 quadrimestral).

Approximately 4,400 students.

Graduate

20 Master courses, with about 1,180 students.

18 Doctorate courses, with about 860 students.

Approximately 1,250 Special students, not necessarily applying for a degree.

Continued Education

250 courses, with over 7,000 students.

12 specialization and 12 MBA-like courses.

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University ofSão Paulo

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Politécnica

Dept. Chemical

Engineering

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31 faculty

60 diplomas/year

Research Areas

Electrochemistry and Corrosion

Biochemical Engineering

Food Engineering

Environmental

Process Systems Engineering

Chemical Engineering Department

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The mission of LAREX is to be a researchcenter of international excellence in its field.

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The focus of LAREX is to develop research in the areas of recycling , metal extraction and solid waste treatment. Coordination

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Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório

Full Professor

CNPq researcher 1A

More than 500 paper published

jtenorio@usp.br

Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa

Associate Professor

CNPq Researcher 1D

More than 200 papers published

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The research group is composed of over thirty research fellows among professors, technicians, undergraduate students, masters, Ph.Ds and post- doctorate.

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LAREXLAREXLAREXLARELAREXLAREXLAREXLAREXLAREXLARELAREXLAREX

LAREXLAREXLAREXLARELAREXLAREXLAREXLAREXLAREXLARELAREXLAREXLAREXLAREXLARELAREXLAREXLAREXLAREXLAREXCELENCE

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• Aluminum recycling• Recycling of WEEE • Recycling of batteries• Recycling of plastics• Biotechnology applied to metal recovery from solid

wastes• Synthesis of carbon nanotubes from combustion of

wastes

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• Recycling of tires• Treatment of steelmaking dusts and slags• Pyrolysis and combustion of plastics and other

organic wastes• Treatment of acid mine drainage• Biotechnology applied to the treatment of acid mine

drainage

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Treatment of steelmaking dusts and slags

Recovery of Mn dusts to produce Fe-MnRecovery of Cr from AOD dustsRecycling of Zn and Fe from EAF dustsUse of marble waste as a desulfurizer agent in primary and secondary steel refining Use of Fe-Mn slags to produce silicon fiberglass

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Unit operations Hydrometallurgy

• Leaching• Ion exchange resins• Solvent extraction• Precipitation• Electrodialysis• Bioleaching• Biosorption

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Unit operations High temperature processing

• Sintering• Roasting• Calcination• Reduction• Oxidation – hot corrosion• Vacuum distillation• Metal Refining

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Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical

Emission Spectrometer ICP-OES

Ionic chromatography

Scanning electron microscope

X-ray diffractometer

X-ray fluorescence spectrometer EDX

FT-IR Spectrometer

UV-VIS Spectrophotometer

ATLAS Sodium Reactors

Zeta –meter analyser

Incubation orbital shaker

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Stereoscopic microscope

Potenciostat and galvanostat

Simultaneous thermal analysis (DTA, DSC

and TGA)

Thermogravimetric analysis equipament

Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry

analyzer

Lazer particle size analyser

Mass spectrometer

Vacuum and controlled atmosphere furnace

1700C furnace

Mufles

Knives Mill

Hammer Mill

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International Cooperation

Northeastern University (USA)2000 -Prof. Yiannis Levendis

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)2001 a 2002Prof. Claude H. P. Lupis

Université de Liège2012 -Prof. Stoyan Gaydardzhiev

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International Cooperation

Universidad Politecnica de Valencia2012 -Prof. Valentín Perez Herranz

University of Utah2013 -Prof. Hong Yong Sohn

University of British Columbia2014 -Prof. David Dreisinger

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CNPq / CT–Mineral2011 a 2014UFMG – Prof. Dr. Marcelo Borges Mansur

CAPES - Rede Nanobiotec2009 a 2014PUC-RIO – Prof. Dr. Mauricio Leonardo ToremUFRGS – Profa. Dra. Andrea Moura BernardesIFES – Prof. Dr. José Roberto de Oliveira

CAPES - Pró-Engenharias2008 a 2012UFRGS – Profa. Dra. Andréa Moura BernardesFEEVALE – Prof. Dr. Daniel Bertuol

CNPq / CT–Mineral2008 a 2012UFRGS – Prof. Dr. Ivo André Homrich SchneiderFEEVALE – Prof. Dr. Daniel BertuolIFES – Prof. Dr. José Roberto de Oliveira

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CAPES - Procad2008 a 2012UFRGS – Profa. Dra. Andréa Moura BernardesFEEVALE – Prof. Dr. Daniel Bertuol

CAPES - Procad2001 a 2004UFRGS – Profa. Dra. Andréa Moura BernardesUFOP – Prof. Dr. Fernando Gabriel da Silva Araújo

FINEP - Rede de estudos em redução de minérios – REMIN/RECOPE1997 a 2002Coordenadores:PUC-RIO – Prof. Dr. Fernando Cosme Rizzo Assumção (Coord. Geral da Rede de Inovação em Metal-Mecânica)UFOP – Prof. Dr. Paulo Santos Assis (coordenador da REMIN)UFRGS – Prof. Dr. Antonio Cezar Faria VilelaUFF – Prof. Dr. Adilson Rodrigues da SilvaUFF – Prof. Dr. Alexandre José da SilvaUFMG – Prof. Dr. Paulo Pinheiro

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