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Study on the Development of Hybrid NMP Recovery System for Recovering the Used NMP in Lithium Ion Battery Cathode Manufacturing Process

리튬이온전지 양극제조 공정에서 사용된 NMP를 회수하기 위한 하이브리드형 NMP 회수시스템 개발에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2015.11.25
  • Accepted : 2016.02.14
  • Published : 2016.05.01
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Abstract

The availability of NMP, a solvent used in the manufacturing process of cathode material for lithium ion battery, depends on importation, and the price remains high because of the monopoly of BASF and ISP. For these reasons, most Lithium ion battery manufacturers reuse NMP after recovering it from the exhaust air in the drying process. In Korea, absorption method is mainly used for recovering NMP from the absorption tower using the hydrophilicity of NMP. However, this system has a few disadvantages, such as low purity (80％) of the recovered NMP and 100％ emission due to high water content of the treated gas. In this study, we develop a hybrid NMP recovery system by combining cooling condensation method with concentration method, by which it is possible to obtain an NMP recovery rate of 99.6％, and a high purity (96.1％) of the recovered NMP.

리튬이온전지 양극활물질 제조공정의 용제로 사용되는 NMP(N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidinone)는 전량수입에 의존하고 있으며 BASF와 ISP의 독과점에 따라 높은 가격을 유지하고 있다. 이로 인해 대부분의 리튬이온전지 제조업체들은 건조과정에서 배기되는 공기 중에서 NMP를 회수한 후 재사용하는 방식을 이용하고 있다. 국내에서는 주로 NMP의 친수성을 이용해 흡수탑에서 회수하는 흡수법을 사용한다. 이 방식으로 회수된 NMP의 순도는 80% 수준이며, 처리된 가스의 수분 함유량이 높아 100% 배기할 수밖에 없는 문제점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 냉각응축법과 농축법을 복합 구성하여 NMP 회수율이 99.6%, 회수된 NMP 순도가 96.1%인 하이브리드형 NMP 회수시스템을 개발하였다.

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