Recycling of Dried Chargeable Batteries to Recover Critical Metals (Li, Co, Ni, Mn) for Circular Economy
摘要
India's growing emphasisCritical metal recovery onRecycling clean energy andMetal electric mobility has significantly increased the demand for critical metalsMetal such as lithiumLithium (Li), cobaltCobalt (Co), nickelNickel (Ni), and manganese (Mn) as essential materials/metalsMetal for the manufacturing of lithiumLithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Present paper reports a developed process flowsheet for the recovery of Li, Co, Ni, Mn, etc., metalsMetal from dried chargeable batteries. This involves safe pretreatment process of dried chargeable batteries, comprising discharging, crushing, and physical beneficiation (wet or dry process) to liberate black mass. This black mass is leached using suitable lixiviant to get metalsMetal in solutionSolution. Precipitation or electro winning are used to recover the end products after the leach solutionSolution is processed to get pure solutionSolution metalsMetal using advanced separationSeparation processes like solvent extractionSolvent extraction (SX) or ion exchange (IX). The end products are metalsMetal or saltsSalts of Li, Co, Ni, and Mn that are adequately pure.