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，随着新的汽油和柴油汽车从2030年开始被限制的新汽油和柴油汽车，它处于向电动运输行业过渡到电动运输领域的最前沿。取决于这些原材料的全球市场，这些原材料带来了许多挑战。 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废料。这些有价值的材料以质量和格式恢复，可以在电池制造中直接以最环保和成本效益的方式重复使用。 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在Teesside Plant进行精炼之前，用于处理EOL电动电动电池和“黑色质量”的自动电池排序和深度放电系统。这将使EOL电池在商业尺度上有效地排序和安全地排放，能够以经济高效的方式处理不断增长的电池浪费。