2014-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2014 Volume 4: Recycling & Secondary Battery
| Editors: | Kongoli F |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Pages: | 498 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-987820-06-5 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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The Production of PbO2 from recycled lead acid batteries as the replacement of Pb3O4
Timothy Ellis1; Jacob Hohn1;1RSR TECHNOLOGIES INC, Dallas, United States;
Type of Paper: Invited
Id Paper: 164
Topic: 12
Abstract:
Lead Acid batteries (PbA) exemplify the cutting edge in environment stewardship and resource recovery. Currently, over 98% of all end-of-life lead acid batteries are collected and successfully recycled. An analysis of the energy balance for general smelter based recycling reveals that primary Pb production requires 7,000 - 20,000 Mj/t while secondary production 5,000 - 10,000 Mj/t. Direct recycling methodologies for the active material from PbA batteries, i.e. paste, indicate that a 10 to 30% energy requirement reduction 3,500 - 4,500 Mj/t is possible. Although in early development stages this technology is a promising route to reduction of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the recycling of the world's dominant rechargeable battery technology.