Advances in repurposing and recycling of post-vehicle-application lithium-ion batteries.

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• Creators:
  Standridge, Charles R. ; Corneal, Lindsay ; Baine, Nicholas
• Corporate Creators:
  Mineta National Transit Research Consortium ; San Jose State University. College of Business
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; Grand Valley State University
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Lithium batteries
  • Recycling
  • Energy
  • Energy storage devices
  • Batteries by chemical elements
  • Simulation
  • Lithium-ion batteries
  • Recycling
  • Repurposing
  • Forecasting
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  CA-MNTRC-14-1238 ; MNTRC Report 12-55
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  San Jose (California)
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mineta National Transit Research Consortium
• Abstract:
  Increased electrification of vehicles has increased the use of lithium-ion batteries for energy storage, and raised the issue of ; what to do with post-vehicle-application batteries. Three possibilities have been identified: 1) remanufacturing for intended reuse ; in vehicles; 2) repurposing for non-vehicle, stationary storage applications; and 3) recycling, extracting the precious metals, ; chemicals and other byproducts. Advances in repurposing and recycling are presented, along with a mathematical model that ; forecasts the manufacturing capacity needed for remanufacturing, repurposing, and recycling. Results obtained by simulating ; the model show that up to a 25% reduction in the need for new batteries can be achieved through remanufacturing, that the sum ; of repurposing and remanufacturing capacity is approximately constant across various scenarios encouraging the sharing of ; resources, and that the need for recycling capacity will be significant by 2030. A repurposing demonstration shows the use of postvehicle-application ; batteries to support a semi-portable recycling platform. Energy is collected from solar panels, and dispensed ; to electrical devices as required. Recycling may be complicated: lithium-ion batteries produced by different manufacturers contain ; different active materials, particularly for the cathodes. In all cases, however, the collecting foils used in the anodes are copper, ; and in the cathodes are aluminum. A common recycling process using relatively low acid concentrations, low temperatures, and ; short time periods was developed and demonstrated.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT12-G-UTC21
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/30837/dot_30837_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 989.38 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c68e5f176931c8982d0fc736f1d73e9049c1ef592f3abfe66640e7ca2d1cd4b4