New technology for hydrogen and geopolymer composites production from post-mining waste (H2GEO)

Project no 101112386 (RFCS-2022)

PROJECT CONSORTIUM

  1. INSTYTUT TECHNIKI GÓRNICZEJ KOMAG (KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology) ? KOMAG (Poland)
  2. GŁÓWNY INSTYTUT GÓRNICTWA (Central Mining Institute) ? GIG (Poland)
  3. USTAV STAVEBNICTVA A ARCHITEKTURY SLOVENSKEJ AKADEMIE VIED v.v.i. (Institute Of Construction And Architecture, SAV) ? USTARCH (Slovakia)
  4. INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII PALIW I ENERGII (Institute of Energy and Fuel Processing Technology) ? ITPE (Poland)
  5. VSB ? TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA (VSB ? TU Ostrava) ? VSB-TUO (Czech Republic)
  6. POLITECHNIKA WROCŁAWSKA (Wrocław University of Science and Technology) ? PWR (Poland)
  7. HALDEX S.A. ? HDX (Poland)

PROJECT GOAL

Development of a comprehensive technology for the management of mine waste dumps is planned within the H2GEO project. The main idea of the project is to use the separated mineral fractions and fly ash to produce geopolymer composites. It is planned to use CO2 as a process carrier in the production of composites. Another important aspect of the project is to determine a possibility of obtaining hydrogen from the gasification of energy fractions.

High-quality raw materials for the production of geopolymers and hydrogen will be ensured by the use of an innovative mobile separator for processing of mine waste.

H2GEO project will enable the creation of environmentally friendly and economically justified installations using material from a post-mining waste landfill. Achieving the final goal will be possible thanks to the implementation of the partial goals set in the project, including the development of technologies dedicated to the production of geopolymers and hydrogen.

H2GEO Project Partners will realize their tasks within six work packages. The scheme of overall structure of the work plan in the project and collaboration is presented below.

PROJECT BUDGET

2 549 585,75 Euro

PROJECT DURATION

36 months

COORDINATOR CONTACT DETAILS

Joanna Bigda, Ph.D.
jbigda@itpe.pl
+48 32 62 16 436