Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf e.V.
03 Sep 2020
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf e.V. (HZDR) is a non-profit research organisation and a member of the German ”Helmholtz Association”. It is funded by German Federal and Saxonian Authorities. HZDR is dealing with application-oriented basic research, focused on three major research topics: matter, energy, and health. Around 1,100 people are employed at HZDR.
HZDR consists of eight institutes, of which the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF) participates in the SisAl proposal. HIF is engaged in the development of innovative technologies for the economy so that different raw materials can be made available and used more efficiently or recycled in an environmentally friendly manner. To achieve these goals HIF holds extensive knowledge and experience in the fields of exploration, mining, processing and metallurgical treatment of complex waste materials as well as in the analysis and characterisation of those materials.
In SisAl Pilot we lead WP5. Together with our WP partners we plan to demonstrate the feasibility of the sub-processes and main products developed in SisAl with respect to environmental, economic and technical (EET) performance, and benchmark towards existing technologies and supply chains also with respect to exergy; establish and maintain a database for collecting, compiling and curating the high number of analytical results and material streams expected during the development of the project with analytical support to other WPs when needed.
