Establishing feasibility for safe, sustainable transportation of end-of-life EV batteries for recycling to Cathode Active material and reuse in a battery supply chain.

建立安全、可持续运输报废电动汽车电池以回收为阴极活性材料并在电池供应链中重复使用的可行性。

• 批准号: 10077805
• 金额: $ 24.64万
• 依托单位: ALTILIUM METALS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: BEIS-Funded Programmes
• 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=10077805
• 关键词: Establishing; feasibility; safe; sustainable; transportation

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 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 is the only company in the UK recovering critical minerals from end-of-life EV battery waste. 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.Altilium's first UK 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 into a UK EV automotive supply chain.This feasibility study will see the company partner with Lunaz, the UK's fastest growing vehicle electrification and upcycling business, to develop an innovative and sustainable solution for the transportation and discharging of end-of-life EV batteries, prior to recycling at the Teesside plant.Lunaz has developed a process and technology to upcycle and electrify specialist industrial fleet vehicles to factory new standard and convert them to their proprietary electric powertrain. Every up-cycled electric vehicle produced by Lunaz saves 82% of the embedded carbon within that vehicle.The EOL battery transportation solution developed under the study will increase the sustainability of Altilium's recycling business, by ensuring that batteries are transported to our recycling facility with the lowest environmental impact and maximum social benefit, in addition to being economically efficient.

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来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，这提供了国际供应链面临诸多挑战。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。这一挑战也带来了机遇——通过开发英国关键电池矿物的循环经济。Altilium Metals 是英国唯一一家从报废电动汽车电池废料中回收关键矿物的公司。这些有价值的材料的回收质量和格式可直接在电池中重复使用。以最环保、最具成本效益的方式制造与现有的火法冶金工艺不同，它可以回收锂和锰。Altilium 在英国的第一家工厂预计将于 2026 年在提赛德投入运营，每年可加工 5 万吨 (tpa) 锂离子电池黑料。每年约 150,000 辆电动汽车或每年 10 GWh 这些战略废物将被处理以制造。每年将回收 30,000 吨阴极活性金属 (CAM) 并供应回英国电动汽车供应链。在这项可行性研究中，该公司将与英国增长最快的汽车电气化和升级改造企业 Lunaz 合作，开发创新且可持续的解决方案用于在提赛德工厂回收之前对报废电动汽车电池进行运输和放电。Lunaz 开发了一种工艺和技术，可对专业工业车队车辆进行升级改造和电气化，使其重新出厂。 Lunaz 生产的每辆升级回收电动汽车可节省 82% 的碳排放。根据该研究开发的 EOL 电池运输解决方案将确保 Altilium 回收业务的可持续性。电池在运输到我们的回收设施时不仅具有经济效率，而且对环境影响最小，社会效益最大。