Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries: The LithoRec Way

Description

This book addresses recycling technologies for many of the valuable and scarce materials from spent lithium-ion batteries. A successful transition to electric mobility will result in large volumes of these. The book discusses engineering issues in the entire process chain from disassembly over mechanical conditioning to chemical treatment. A framework for environmental and economic evaluation is presented and recommendations for researchers as well as for potential operators are derived. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxiii Background (Sergej Rothermel, Martin Winter, Sascha Nowak)....Pages 1-31 The LithoRec Process (Jan Diekmann, Sergej Rothermel, Sascha Nowak, Arno Kwade)....Pages 33-38 Potential Dangers During the Handling of Lithium-Ion Batteries (Jan Diekmann, Martin Grützke, Thomas Loellhoeffel, Matthias Petermann, Sergej Rothermel, Martin Winter et al.)....Pages 39-51 Overdischarging Lithium-Ion Batteries (Daniel Hauck, Michael Kurrat)....Pages 53-81 Disassembly Planning and Assessment of Automation Potentials for Lithium-Ion Batteries (Felipe Cerdas, Roman Gerbers, Stefan Andrew, Jan Schmitt, Franz Dietrich, Sebastian Thiede et al.)....Pages 83-97 Safe, Flexible and Productive Human-Robot-Collaboration for Disassembly of Lithium-Ion Batteries (Roman Gerbers, Kathrin Wegener, Franz Dietrich, Klaus Dröder)....Pages 99-126 Crushing of Battery Modules and Cells (Jan Diekmann, Steffen Sander, Guido Sellin, Matthias Petermann, Arno Kwade)....Pages 127-138 Separation of the Electrolyte—Thermal Drying (Friederike Stehmann, Christian Bradtmöller, Stephan Scholl)....Pages 139-153 Separation of the Electrolyte—Solvent Extraction (Paul Haas, Stefan Pfeifer, Jannes Müller, Christian Bradtmöller, Stephan Scholl)....Pages 155-176 Electrolyte Extraction—Sub and Supercritical CO2 (Sergej Rothermel, Martin Grützke, Xaver Mönnighoff, Martin Winter, Sascha Nowak)....Pages 177-185 Off Gas Cleaning by Adsorption (Friederike Stehmann, Stephan Scholl)....Pages 187-206 Material Separation (Jan Diekmann, Steffen Sander, Guido Sellin, Arno Kwade)....Pages 207-217 Hydrometallurgical Processing and Thermal Treatment of Active Materials (Sergej Rothermel, Steffen Krüger, Martin Winter, Sascha Nowak)....Pages 219-246 Realization in a Demonstration Plant (Jan Diekmann, Thomas Loellhoeffel, Arno Kwade)....Pages 247-251 Economic Assessment of the LithoRec Process (Christian Thies, Karsten Kieckhäfer, Claas Hoyer, Thomas S. Spengler)....Pages 253-266 Environmental Aspects of the Recycling of Lithium-Ion Traction Batteries (Felipe Cerdas, Stefan Andrew, Sebastian Thiede, Christoph Herrmann)....Pages 267-288