How much lithium batteries are recycling?

According to the survey, the global recycling volume of used batteries in 2023 will be about 380,000,000 tons, and the increase in the number of used batteries has led to the development of the battery recycling industry. Battery recycling industry, refers to the recycling and disposal of used power batteries from discarded energy vehicles and other equipment. For example, electric vehicles, cell phones and computers and other devices, these batteries tend to be batteries with high energy density, high power density and good cycle life, and most of these batteries are lithium batteries. As they are used more and more, at the end of the battery life, these batteries will be eliminated and thus enter the recycling stage. These used batteries are recycled through lithium battery recycling equipment.

Lithium battery recycling equipment is used to recover valuable and hazardous materials from used batteries, including lithium cobalt, copper and aluminum, so that they can be recycled again. Avoiding the direct landfill or incineration of obsolete batteries also reduces the exploitation of these resources. How does lithium battery recycling equipment turn obsolete batteries into treasure?

Lithium battery recycling equipment is a kind of dry physical recycling method, the recycling process does not pass through any solvent and other media, direct recycling of waste batteries, is a kind of efficient and safe recycling method. Specific steps are: (1) First of all, the used batteries should be pre-treated, and all the batteries should be fully discharged through the lithium battery discharging equipment. (2) The discharged batteries will be sent to the crusher of the lithium battery recycling equipment to shred the batteries into small pieces. (3) The small pieces of material will pass through the low temperature drying oven to evaporate the water as well as the electrolyte. (4) Screening and sorting, lithium battery recycling equipment set up with multi-component sorting equipment, magnetic separation equipment and vibrating screen, etc., can be separated and extracted several times by batches of materials, and finally get the valuable metal. (5) Environmental protection equipment, lithium battery recycling equipment has a professional environmental protection treatment system, the recycling process produces all the exhaust gas, dust, etc. will be purified and then discharged.

With the continuous development and improvement of the industrial chain, the process of lithium battery recycling equipment will also continue to innovate, adding to the sustainable development.