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Technology Overview

High Performance Functionalised Materials for Product Purification & Metal & Organics Removal/Recovery

•   Designed & Developed from Extensive Experience working on Customer Streams across many Industries

•   Extensive Product Portfolio for Industrial Purification and Recovery Applications of Metal & their Value

•   Unique Optimised Functional Group Combinations for Cost Effective Performance, Significant Operation Benefits & Process Economics​​​​​

Product Purification

High Performance & High Purity

Meets Customer Purity Requirements

Recovery Applications

Simple, Effective Scavenger Processes

> 99% Precious Metal/Gold & Value Recovery

​​​​​​​Innovative Design of Novel Complex Functional Groups for Optimum Cost Performance

✔   High Affinity Binding, Target (Metal & Organic) removed to 1 ppm or lower

✔   High Selectivity for Target e.g. > 99.9% Precious Metals Selectivity over Base Metals, Cu, Zn, Fe etc

✔   High Capacity, up to 100 g/kg Target Loading onto Scavenger​​​​​​​​

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Multi-Functional Groups on Silica Framework

•   Good Access for Binding

•   High Temperature & Pressure Stability

•   No Pre-treatment, Ready for Use on Receipt

•   All Solvents, Organic, Aqueous, Strong Acid, Mixed Solvents

High Affinity, to 1 ppm and lower

Optimised Functional Groups

•   Strong binding to Target (Metals & Organics)

•   Target bound to Product also removed

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High Selectivity, > 99% for Target

Application Specific Scavenger & Process

•   No Customer Product Loss

•   > 99% Metal Value Recovery

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High Capacity, 40-100 g/kg

High Functional Group Loading for Target

•   High Target Loading onto Scavenger

•   Less Scavenger needed, reduced cost

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Over 20 years of Design, Manufacturing & Scale Up Experience in Functionalised Materials for Optimum Cost Performance

​​​​​​​​​​Scavenger Process Application - Simple, Low Cost Implementation & Operation

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Fixed Bed (Columns, Not Pressure Vessels)

•   Add Scavenger to Column(s)

•   No pre-treatment needed

•   Pump Stream through Column(s)

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Simple Continuous or Batch Operation

Simple Chemical Engineering

Quick to Implement

No Extra Chemicals, Reduced Waste

Lower Energy Requirements

Precious Metal Loaded Scavenger Safe to Transport

Slurry (Stirred Rectors/Tanks)

•   Add Scavenger to Stream/Vessel

•   No pre-treatment needed

•   Stir then filter

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Stream containing Target (Precious Metals, All Metals, Organics)

1 ppm to 2,000 ppm Typical Feed Range - Product, Process, Washing & Waste Streams - All Liquids

Target Removed. Precious Metals/Gold Recovered. Value Recovered.

​​​​​​​​​​Scavenger-Solution Identification & Implementation

Simple, Quick Staged Programme with Expert Support & Guidance throughout and beyond

Scavenger Process Identification

Scavenger Process Identification

Optimisation

Trial

Implementation & Operation

Product Purification. Precious Metal Recovery. Metal Removal.

​For More Information and Test Samples, contact@si-novation.com.

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