Valuable metal recovery method and recovery apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024128530-A1
Application number	US-202218277115-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 8, 2022
Priority date	Feb 17, 2021
Publication date	Apr 18, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A valuable metal recovery method includes: recovering a battery slag from lithium ion battery waste; adding an acid to the battery slag; adding a sulfur compound the leachate; filtering the first processed product to obtain a first processed filtrate; adding a sulfur compound to the first processed filtrate; filtering the second processed product to obtain a second processed filtrate; adding calcium hydroxide to the second processed filtrate; filtering the third processed product to obtain a third processed filtrate; adding sodium carbonate to the third processed filtrate; filtering the processed product; heating the fourth processed filtrate; blowing carbon dioxide or adding a carbonate; and filtering the processed product, wherein a pH of the second processed product is higher than a pH of the first processed product, and a pH of the third processed product is higher than the pH of the second processed product.

First claim

1 . A valuable metal recovery method comprising:
a screening step of screening a battery slag from lithium ion battery waste; an acid leaching step of adding an acid to the battery slag to produce a leachate; a first addition step of adding a first sulfur compound containing a Na content as a first additive to the leachate to produce a first processed product; a first filtration step of filtering the first processed product to be separated into a first processed filtrate and a first processed residue containing a Cu content; a second addition step of adding a second sulfur compound containing a Na content as a second additive to the first processed filtrate to produce a second processed product; a second filtration step of filtering the second processed product to be separated into a second processed filtrate and a second processed residue containing a Co content and/or a Ni content; a third addition step of adding calcium hydroxide as a third additive to the second processed filtrate to produce a third processed product; a third filtration step of filtering the third processed product to be separated into a third processed filtrate containing a Li content and a third processed residue; a fourth addition step of adding sodium carbonate as a fourth additive to the third processed filtrate to produce a fourth processed product; a fourth filtration step of filtering the fourth processed product to be separated into a fourth processed filtrate and a fourth processed residue containing a Ca content; a heating step of heating the fourth processed filtrate; a fifth addition step of blowing carbon dioxide into the heated fourth processed filtrate or adding a carbonate to the heated fourth processed filtrate to produce a fifth processed product; and a fifth filtration step of filtering the fifth processed product to be separated into a fifth processed filtrate containing a Na content and a fifth processed residue containing a Li content, wherein a pH of the second processed product is higher than a pH of the first processed product, and a pH of the third processed product is higher than the pH of the second processed product.

2 . The valuable metal recovery method according to claim 1 , wherein in the acid leaching step, sulfuric acid, which is the acid, and hydrogen peroxide are added to the battery slag.

3 . The valuable metal recovery method according to claim 1 comprising:
a washing step of washing the third processed residue with an alkaline aqueous solution to produce a washing product; and
a post-washing filtration step of filtering the washing product to be separated into a washing filtrate containing the Li content and a washed residue,
wherein in the fourth addition step, the fourth processed product is produced from the third processed filtrate and the washing filtrate.

4 . The valuable metal recovery method according to claim 2 ,
wherein the battery slag includes a positive-electrode active material containing Ni and/or Co and a negative-electrode active material containing graphite, the method further comprises a sintering step of sintering the battery slag and oxidizing the graphite to produce carbon dioxide, and in the acid leaching step, the sulfuric acid is added to the sintered battery slag.

5 . A valuable metal recovery apparatus comprising:
a screening device configured to recover a battery slag from lithium ion battery waste; an acid leaching device configured to add an acid to the battery slag to produce a leachate; a first addition device configured to add a first sulfur compound containing a Na content as a first additive to the leachate to produce a first processed product; a first filtration device configured to filter the first processed product to be separated into a first processed filtrate and a first processed residue containing a Cu content; a second addition device configured to add a second sulfur compound containing a Na content as a second additive to the first processed filtrate to produce a second processed product; a second filtration device configured to filter the second processed product to be separated into a second processed filtrate and a second processed residue containing a Co content and/or a Ni content; a third addition device configured to add calcium hydroxide as a third additive to the second processed filtrate to produce a third processed product; a third filtration device configured to filter the third processed product to be separated into a third processed filtrate containing a Li content and a third processed residue; a fourth addition device configured to add sodium carbonate as a fourth additive to the third processed filtrate to produce a fourth processed product; a fourth filtration device configured to filter the fourth processed product to be separated into a fourth processed filtrate and a fourth processed residue containing a Ca content; a heating device configured to heat the fourth processed filtrate; a fifth addition device configured to blow carbon dioxide into the heated fourth processed filtrate or add a carbonate to the heated fourth processed filtrate to produce a fifth processed product; and a fifth filtration device configured to filter the fifth processed product to be separated into a fifth processed filtrate containing a Na content and a fifth processed residue containing a Li content, wherein a pH of the second processed product is higher than a pH of the first processed product, and a pH of the third processed product is higher than the pH of the second processed product.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Materials Corp

Inventors

• Kuramochi Kenta
• Miyazaki Atsushi
• Muraoka Hiroki

Classifications

• C22B7/04

  Working-up slag · CPC title

• H01M10/54 Primary

  Reclaiming serviceable parts of waste accumulators · CPC title

• C22B1/16

  Sintering; Agglomerating · CPC title

• C22B1/24

  Binding; Briquetting {; Granulating} · CPC title

• C22B3/22

  by physical processes, e.g. by filtration, by magnetic means {, or by thermal decomposition} (treatment or purification of solutions by liquid-liquid extraction C22B3/26) · CPC title