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Title: Microbial recovery of metals from spent catalysts. Quarterly report, September--December 1990

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10169758· OSTI ID:10169758

This project was initiated on October 1, 1989, for the purpose of recovering metals from spent coal liquefaction catalysts. Two catalyst types are the subject of the contract. The first is a Ni-Mo catalyst supported on alumina (Shell 324) as is used in a pilot scale coal liquefaction facility at Wilsonville, Alabama. The object of the contract is to treat these spent catalysts with microorganisms, especially Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, but also other Thiobacillus sp., to leach and remove the metals (Ni and Mo) from the spent catalysts into a form which can be readily recovered by conventional techniques.

Research Organization:
Geo-Microbial Technologies, Inc., Ochelata, OK (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC22-89PC89881
OSTI ID:
10169758
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/89881-T7; ON: DE92019004
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1990]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English