Development of new, innovative technologies for electric vehicle battery recycling & low carbon minerals recovery in the Tees Valley.

开发电动汽车电池回收的创新技术

• 批准号: 10075111
• 金额: $ 70.44万
• 依托单位: ALTILIUM METALS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Launchpad
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10075111
• 关键词: Development; new; innovative; technologies; electric

As the second largest market for EVs in Europe and with the sale of new petrol and diesel cars banned from 2030, the UK is at the forefront of the transition to an electrified transport sector.However, with growing demand for the critical raw materials required for the production of EV batteries and concerns over global supply chains, an industrial scale battery recycling industry is urgently needed in order to help secure a stable and sustainable domestic supply of these materials.The UK is dependent on the global market for these raw materials, which presents a number of challenges. International supply chains are complex and vulnerable to disruption from geopolitical events, while environ­mental, social, and governance (ESG) factors are also becoming a growing concern for the EV industry.With this challenge comes an opportunity---to build a sustainable and stable supply chain by developing a circular economy for critical battery minerals here in the UK.Altilium Metals has developed a hydrometallurgical process for the recycling of EOL lithium-ion batteries and gigafactory scrap. These valuable materials are recovered in a quality and format that can be directly reused in battery manufacturing in the most environmentally friendly and cost-effective way. Unlike existing pyrometallurgical processes, it can recover the lithium and manganese.The technology and its efficiency performance of over 95% recovery of cathode metals have been independently validated and proven at bench scale.A first commercial plant is expected to be operational in Teesside by 2026, with the capacity to process 50,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of lithium-ion battery black mass, equivalent to approximately 150,000 EVs per year or 10 GWh/annum. This strategic waste will be processed to make 30,000 tpa cathode active metals (CAM) to be recovered and supplied back directly into a UK EV automotive supply chain.This recycling project will enhance Teesside's role in the EV supply chain by helping to meet the demand for critical metals needed to support the UK's production of EVs.Through this partnership with the University of Teesside, Altilium Metals will explore the design of production-scaleable, flexible automated battery sorting and deep-discharge systems, to be used in the processing of EOL EV batteries and production of "black mass", prior to refining at the Teesside plant. This will enable the efficient sorting and safe deep discharge of EOL batteries on a commercial scale, capable of handling the growing volume of battery waste in a cost-effective manner.

作为欧洲第二大电动汽车市场，并且从 2030 年起禁止销售新的汽油和柴油汽车，英国处于向电气化运输行业转型的最前沿。然而，随着对电动汽车所需的关键原材料的需求不断增长由于电动汽车电池的生产以及对全球供应链的担忧，迫切需要工业规模的电池回收行业，以帮助确保这些材料的稳定和可持续的国内供应。英国依赖这些原材料的全球市场，这国际供应面临许多挑战。供应链复杂且容易受到地缘政治事件的干扰，而环境、社会和治理（ESG）因素也日益成为电动汽车行业日益关注的问题。挑战也随之而来——建立可持续、稳定的供应链通过在英国发展关键电池矿物的循环经济。Altilium Metals 开发了一种湿法冶金工艺，用于回收 EOL 锂离子电池和超级工厂废料，这些有价值的材料以可直接重复使用的质量和形式进行回收。电池制造在与现有的火法冶金工艺不同，它是最环保、最具成本效益的方法。该技术及其阴极金属回收率超过 95% 的效率性能已在实验室规模上得到独立验证和验证。预计到 2026 年，提赛德工厂将投入运营，每年可加工 5 万吨 (tpa) 锂离子电池黑料，相当于约每年 150,000 辆电动汽车或 10 GWh/年。这种战略废物将被处理，以回收每年 30,000 吨的阴极活性金属 (CAM)，并直接供应回英国电动汽车供应链。该回收项目将增强蒂赛德在该领域的作用。电动汽车供应链，帮助满足支持英国电动汽车生产所需的关键金属的需求。通过与蒂赛德大学的合作，Altilium Metals 将探索可扩展生产的灵活自动化电池分类和深度放电系统的设计，用于在提赛德工厂精炼之前处理 EOL 电动汽车电池和生产“黑色物质”。以商业规模对 EOL 电池进行高效分类和安全深度放电，能够以经济高效的方式处理不断增长的电池废物量。