Recycle and

Reuse Lithium
battery
Group 8:
Võ Văn Hiệp (component)
Bùi Khắc Tuấn Khải (component)
Đặng Huy Hoàng (reuse)
Lương Việt Long (recycle)
Reusing Lithium battery
Processes

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Reusing Lithium battery
Challenges

1.No standard for battery cells.

2.Need to characterize every cell.
3.Insufficient materials.
4.Low profit.

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References

1. https://www.takomabattery.com/can-lithium-batteries-be-100-recycled-lithium-
battery-recycling-and-reusing/#Lithium_battery_recycling_and_remanufacturing

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Recycling
Overview Mechanical Pyrometallurgy Hydrometallurgy
Mechanical recycling ● Mechanical crushing (shredding) of battery
cells and modules, if necessary small packs
(exception: direct feeding to pyrometallurgy)
● Release of the recyclable materials in the form
of shredded material containing all the
valuable substances
● Safety risks due to electrolyte residues, which
should be removed by drying or pyrolysis
before the following process steps and may
sometimes be available for a new use
● Mechanical separation of „Black Mass" (e.g.
Co, Ni, Mn, C), current-conducting foils and
separator parts by a combination of crushing,
drying, sorting, and classification processes
● Further processing of the valuable materials in
Shredded Current Black metallurgical and chemical processes
separator collectors mass
materials

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 Recycling Electrolyte evaporation
and energetic use
<300 °C

Recycling
Pyrometallurgy Melting and decomposition of
polymers and binders 700 °C

•Pyrometallurgy
Overview Mechanical Pyrometallurgy Hydrometallurgy

Melting and reduction of

● Pyrometallurgical processes can be performed 1200 -
metals 1450 °C
directly with battery modules or following
mechanical steps.
● Application of high-temperature processes enables
production of alloys and slag containing mainly the • This method is usually only Metal alloy Slag
valuable materials copper, cobalt, and nickel, as well used to recover Cu, Co, Ni, (Ni, Co, Cu, (Li, Al, Mn, Fe)
as lithium. and small amounts of Fe. Fe)
● Loss of manganese and aluminum due to high thermal metallurgy has a high
temperatures efficiency in recovering Co
rather than Li
● Fluorides, which pose challenges in further
processing, can be removed by
• Pyrometallurgy could cause
high temperatures.
the low recovery efficiency,
● Economic efficiency given with high proportions of high energy consumption
recyclables and the production of toxic
● High robustness against impurities gases (dioxins, furans, etc.)

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Recycling
Hydrometallurgy

Reaction Tank / Agitator

Filter Press
Black M ass

Solvent
Extraction
Mixer / Settler

Crystallization

Graphite Copper Gypsum Manganese Cobalt Nickel Sodium Lithium

Sulfide Carbonate Sulphate Sulphate Sulphate Carbonate