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The Enhancement of Recycling Processes Efficiency of Lithium Ion Batteries; A Review (리튬이온전지 재활용공정 효율 향상을 위한 공정개선 연구동향)

  • Kyoungkeun Yoo;Wonhwa Heo;Bumchoong Kim
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.24-36
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    • 2024
  • The lithium-ion battery recycling process has been classified into direct recycling, hydrometallurgical process, and pyrometallurgical process. The commercial process based on the hydrometallurgical process produces black mass through pretreatment processes consisting of dismantling, crushing and grinding, heat treatment, and beneficiation, and then each metal is recovered by hydrometallurgical processes. Since all lithium-ion battery recycling processes under development conducts hydrometallurgical processes such as leaching, after the pretreatment process, to produce precursor raw materials, this article suggests a classification method according to the pretreatment method of the recycling process. The processes contain sulfation roasting, carbothermic reduction roasting, and alloy manufacturing, and the economic feasibility of the lithium-ion battery recycling process can be enhanced using unused by-products in the pretreatment process.

FABRICATION OF U-10WT.%Zr-RE FUEL SLUGS BY RECYCLING OF METALLIC FUEL SCRAPS

  • KI-HWAN KIM;SEUNG-UK MUN;SEONG-JUN HA;SEOUNG-WOO KUK;JEONG-YONG PARK
    • Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
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    • v.65 no.3
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    • pp.1035-1039
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    • 2020
  • U-10wt.%Zr-5wt.%RE fuel slugs for a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) were conventionally prepared by a modified injection casting method, which had the drawback of a low fabrication yield rate of approximately 60% because of the formation of many metallic fuel scraps, such as melt residue and unsuitable fuel slug butts. Moreover, the metallic fuel scraps were classified as a radioactive waste and stored in temporary storage without recycling. It is necessary to develop a recycling process technology for scrap wastes in order to reduce the radioactive wastes of the fuel scraps and improve the fabrication yield of the fuel slugs. In this study, the additive recycling process of the metallic fuel scraps was introduced to re-fabricate the U-10wt.%Zr-5wt.%RE fuel slugs. The U-10wt.%Zr-5wt.%RE fuel scraps were cleaned on the surface impurity layers with a mechanical treatment that used an electric brush under an Ar atmosphere. The U-10wt.%Zr-5wt.%RE fuel slugs were soundly re-fabricated and examined to evaluate the feasibility of the additive process compared with the metallic fuel slugs that used pure metals.

Analysis of Reducing Characteristics of Direct Reduced Iron using Blast Furnace Dust

  • Yun, Young Min;Chu, Yong Sik;Seo, Sung Kwan;Jeong, Jae Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.53 no.4
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    • pp.444-449
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    • 2016
  • Industrial by-products generated by integrated iron and steel manufacture cause environmental pollution. The by-products contain not only iron element but also harmful substances. Therefore, in view of to waste recycling and environmental preservation, production of sponge iron using the by-product is considered an effective recycling method. In this study, reduction efficiency of pellets from blast furnace dust was measured. Metallization was found to be increased, as $C/Fe_{total}$ ratio and reaction time were increased. The pellets were formed into a globular shape, and calcined for 60 minutes at $1100^{\circ}C$ in an electric furnace. Phase changes were analyzed using an X-ray diffractometer. Microstructures of the pellets were observed by a scanning electron microscope.

Policy Suggestion for Fostering the Industry of Using End of Life EV Batteries (전기차 사용 후 배터리 재사용 산업 육성을 위한 정책 제안)

  • LEE, HEE DONG;LIM, OCK TAECK
    • Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.263-270
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    • 2021
  • In this study, we proposed the necessity of reusing the battery industry after domestic use, preparing legal arrangements by step for recycling, clarifying responsible materials by processing stage, and establishing infrastructure and screening diagnostic rating system. The purpose of this study is to establish a life cycle integrated management system for electric vehicle batteries and to find suitable ways for improving the lifespan of electric vehicle batteries, reuse, and recycling in stages to avoid other environmental pollution problems due to batteries after using electric vehicles used to reduce environmental pollution due to climate change.

Recycling of Polyurethane Scraps (폴리우레탄 스크랩의 재활용)

  • Kim, Han-Na;Lee, Dai-Soo
    • Elastomers and Composites
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.104-110
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    • 2012
  • Depending on the states of polyurethane scraps generated in the production sites of polyurethane or recycling center of polyurethane scraps, appropriate recycling technologies can be employed for the recycling of resources. In this study, recycling technologies for the polyurethane scraps were classified into physical recycling, chemical recycling, and energy recycling and reports in the literatures were discussed.

Analysis of environmental benefit of wood waste recycling processes (폐목재 자원화 방법 환경편익 분석)

  • Kim, Mi Hyung;Hong, Soo Youl;Phae, Chae Gun;Koo, Ja Kong
    • Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.15-19
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    • 2012
  • Wood wastes could be renewable resources by recycling as particleboard manufacturing or energy production. Particle board is the most common item of wood waste recycling and energy production from wood wastes has highlighted for energy recovery to reduce greenhouse gas generation in recent years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the environmental benefits of the processes for particle board manufacturing and energy production. The functional unit was one ton of wood wastes and the environmental impact was analyzed by life cycle assessment methodology. The result was that 112kg of carbon dioxide equivalent was produced from particle board manufacturing process and 382kg of carbon dioxide equivalent was produced from combined heat and power generation process. The concept of temporary biomass carbon storage was to applied to this study.