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Current Trend of EV (Electric Vehicle) Waste Battery Diagnosis and Dismantling Technologies and a Suggestion for Future R&D Strategy with Environmental Friendliness

전기차 폐배터리 진단/해체 기술 동향 및 향후 친환경적 개발 전략

  • Received : 2022.08.02
  • Accepted : 2022.08.09
  • Published : 2022.08.31
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Abstract

Owing to the increasing demand for electric vehicles (EVs), appropriate management of their waste batteries is required urgently for scrapped vehicles or for addressing battery aging. With respect to technological developments, data-driven diagnosis of waste EV batteries and management technologies have drawn increasing attention. Moreover, robot-based automatic dismantling technologies, which are seemingly interesting, require industrial verifications and linkages with future battery-related database systems. Among these, it is critical to develop and disseminate various advanced battery diagnosis and assessment techniques to improve the efficiency and safety/environment of the recirculation of waste batteries. Incorporation of lithium-related chemical substances in the public pollutant release and transfer register (PRTR) database as well as in-depth risk assessment of gas emissions in waste EV battery combustion and their relevant fire safety are some of the necessary steps. Further research and development thus are needed for optimizing the lifecycle management of waste batteries from various aspects related to data-based diagnosis/classification/disassembly processes as well as reuse/recycling and final disposal. The idea here is that the data should contribute to clean design and manufacturing to reduce the environmental burden and facilitate reuse/recycling in future production of EV batteries. Such optimization should also consider the future technological and market trends.

전기차 수요의 증가로 향후 폐차 혹은 배터리 노후화로 인한 폐배터리 배출량 급증이 예상됨에 따라 이에 대한 적정 관리가 시급한 실정이다. 기술개발 측면에서는 데이터 기반 진단 등 다양한 폐배터리 진단 및 관리 기술이 주목을 받고 있다. 또한 로봇기반 자동 해체 기술은 산업 현장에서의 Test 검증 및 향후 배터리 관련 데이터베이스와의 연동이 필요한 것으로 보인다. 특히 향후 폐배터리 순환과정에서의 효율화와 동시에 안전성/친환경성 제고를 위한 다양하고 선진적인 배터리 진단 및 평가기법 개발 및 보급이 중요하다. 또한 리튬 관련 화학물질 배출이동에 대한 데이터베이스화와 배터리 연소시 가스유출위험 및 소방안전에 관한 평가 및 대처가 중요할 것으로 보인다. 더 나아가 데이터 기반 진단/분류/해체 과정을 재활용/최종폐기와 연계된 다양한 관점에서의 폐배터리 전주기 관리 최적화 등에 향후 더 많은 연구개발이 필요하다고 판단된다. 그리고 일련의 데이터는 차후 배터리 생산 시 환경적 부담을 감소시키고 재이용/재활용이 원활하도록 청정설계 및 제조에 기여해야 한다. 또한 이러한 최적화는 전기차 배터리의 향후 기술 및 시장 변동을 감안하여 추진되어야 한다.

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본 연구는 대구녹색환경지원센터의 환경기술개발 연구과제 지원으로 수행되었다.

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