Sustainable Alternative to Informal Recycling of Lead-acid Batteries

Solveteq正在开发一种可持续和环保的技术，用于回收铅酸电池（实验室），同时显着减少铅对环境的影响。Solveteq的技术将使世界各地的回收公司显著降低运营成本和环境足迹。绿色过程有可能改变电池回收行业并建立下一代实践。我们的解决方案用低温、溶剂型技术取代了回收过程中最昂贵、污染和能源密集型的步骤。Solveteq的愿景是通过改变当今实验室的回收方式，为更安全、更清洁的环境做出重大贡献。Solveteq的目标是在全球范围内实施其技术。我们的工艺生产铅和氧化铅，这是可以直接用于生产新电池的商品。尽管锂离子电池的使用量明显增加，但实验室仍然是汽车行业最受欢迎的电源，因为它们用于内燃机（ICE）车辆和最先进的混合动力和电动汽车（HEV， EV）。实验室还用于新兴应用，如电网储能。因此，在不久的将来，实验室的使用预计不会减少。我们的项目旨在将伦敦帝国理工学院的学术研究转化为商业上可行的技术。我们的目标是与成熟的回收公司一起测试和实施我们的解决方案，然后将我们的技术分发给低收入和中等收入国家（LMICs）的运营商。中低收入国家非正规的回收做法造成了无法控制的铅向环境排放，使工人和当地社区暴露于铅污染之中。由于其毒性，这些地区的非正式铅回收被认为是世界上污染最严重的行业，儿童尤其受到铅中毒的影响。该项目正在解决这一人道主义、社会和经济问题。通过部署Solveteq的解决方案，我们努力提供更清洁的能源，同时为改善贫困社区的安全、健康和福祉做出贡献。该项目得到了EcoBat科技公司的支持，该公司是铅、铅合金生产和铅电池回收的全球领导者。这个为期12个月的项目将在中等规模上评估我们经过验证的实验室规模的工艺，使用一个连续操作的原型，设计用于处理和回收1kg/h的铅膏，从废弃的实验室转化为铅和铅氧化物。该项目是迈向商业化的一个重要技术里程碑，它的成功将使公司能够在合作伙伴的现场进行25kg/h的测试，代表真实的操作条件。

Solveteq is developing a sustainable and environmentally-friendly technology for recycling of lead-acid batteries (LABs), whilst significantly reducing the environmental impact of lead. Solveteq's technology will enable recycling companies worldwide to significantly reduce their operations cost and environmental footprint. The green process has the potential to transform the battery recycling industry and establish next-generation practices. Our solution replaces the most expensive, polluting and energy-intensive step in the recycling process with a low-temperature, solvent-based technology. Solveteq's vision is to significantly contribute to a safer and cleaner environment by transforming the way LABs are being recycled today. Solveteq aims to implement its technology worldwide.Our process produces lead and lead oxides, which are commodities that can be directly used in the production of new batteries. Despite the evident rise of Li-ion batteries, LABs remain the most popular power supply in the automotive industry, as they are used in both Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles and state-of-the-art Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (HEV, EV). LABs are also used in emerging applications such as grid energy storage. Therefore, use of LABs is not expected to decline in the near future.Our project aims to translate the academic research conducted at Imperial College London into a commercially-viable technology. We aim to test and implement our solution with established recycling companies followed by distribution of our technology to operators in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Informal recycling practices in LMICs are responsible for uncontrollable emissions of lead to the environment, exposing workers and local communities to lead pollution. Due to its toxicity, informal lead recycling in these regions is considered the most polluting industry in the world, with children being particularly affected by lead poisoning. The project is addressing this humanitarian, societal and economic issue. By deploying Solveteq's solution, we strive to provide access to cleaner energy while contributing to improved safety, health and wellbeing of impoverished communities. The project is supported by EcoBat Technologies, a world leader in the production of lead, lead alloys and the recycling of lead batteries.The scope of the 12-month project is to evaluate our proven lab-scale process on an intermediate-scale using a continuous-operation prototype designed to process and recycle 1kg/h of lead paste from used LABs into lead and lead oxides. This project represents a significant technology milestone towards commercialisation, and its success will allow the company to proceed to a 25kg/h for testing at partner's site, representing real-life operating conditions.