EGR Discussion 2022
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I was invested here, so I would like to leave a note. It refers to Northvolt and recycling. Maybe it does not mean anything maybe it does. I'm thinking of the reservation of the land at NV for a recycling plant. Swerim is a technology and research institute. Talga is a subtenant there, which is why I came up with it.
ADVERTISEMENT April 20, 2022 Text: Swerim Photo: Swerim
- In a circular economy, nothing is wasted. We are involved in developing tomorrow's processes for recovering and reusing the metals in the batteries, says Guozhu Ye, project manager and responsible for battery research at the metal research institute Swerim.
The idea took shape in a taxi
It was a September day in 2011 that it all started. Guozhu Ye attended the inauguration of the world's first rechargeable battery recycling furnace at Umicore's factory in Hoboken, Belgium. On the way home, he shared a taxi with two other participants who were sitting in the back seat and speaking Swedish. One of them turned out to come from the Luleå area and work with battery recycling. Contact was made and the following week he visited Swerim and the first step for the institute's activities in battery recycling was taken.
Today, Swerim has a whole team of researchers in the field. Most of them are seniors and specialize in cathode and anode material recycling. Focus areas are lithium, the anode material graphite, electrolyte, pretreatment and simulation of the battery reprocessing processes, formation of hazardous gases and working environment. At the moment, three national and EU projects are underway in the area.
Sharply increased battery recycling
The ongoing projects have the same goal, to enable a sharp increase in battery recycling. At the moment, the recycling of lithium-ion batteries is high on the agenda. Today's production is based predominantly on virgin raw materials, which requires a lot of energy and produces significant carbon dioxide emissions. In a future with a sharp increase in battery use in, among other things, electric cars, efficient recycling of the batteries will be absolutely necessary.
- This area will only continue to grow, says Guozhu Ye. We focus on niching ourselves on what we are best at - innovation and the opportunity to quickly move from idea to scale up our processes. We investigate and evaluate process chains where suitable intermediate products from recycling can be handled by energy-efficient large-scale industry as early as possible. This means that recycling can be efficient and safe.
Close collaborations give good results
Xianfeng Hu, project manager and researcher at Swerim, says that thanks to close collaboration with industry, they can evaluate process chains and effectively identify which substances can be recycled with advantage.
The industrial companies Northvolt, Stena Metall, Boliden, Volvo, Talga, the research institute RISE and Luleå University of Technology are some of Swerim's partners.
- There is a great demand for safe and efficient recycling of batteries. Here we have a good collaboration with our customers where our specialist competence and our adaptable pilot facilities play a large and important role.
Part of a circular system
The goal is to show that the batteries can be recycled in a circular system. In this way, the environmental impact and extraction of virgin raw materials is reduced. When recycling, the most energy-intensive steps will be metallurgical. Because although the metallurgical industry, due to its large scale, is very efficient, sub-steps in battery recycling require specific processes for smaller volumes.
But the recycling of batteries and especially lithium-ion batteries is complex. The system must be able to handle cobalt, nickel, lithium, manganese, graphite, copper and aluminum. In total, it opens up for a recycling rate of over 80 percent and in some parts up to 99 percent. To help, Swerim has a unique simulator used to investigate the formation mechanisms of toxic and flammable gases that can be formed during the crushing and refining of lithium-ion batteries.
In the end, it is also important to map out what is energetically and environmentally, strategically and economically justified.
- We need to be flexible and look at the recycling processes from several angles. Our idea is that the experience from Sweden's unique and well-functioning collection system for, for example, alkaline batteries can be transferred to lithium-ion batteries and give our industry a time advantage over other countries, concludes Guozhu Ye."
https://www.bergsmannen.se/annonsartiklar/e/5484/batteriatervinning-blir-allt-viktigare/
"Battery recycling is becoming increasingly important
ADVERTISEMENT April 20, 2022 Text: Swerim Photo: Swerim
- In a circular economy, nothing is wasted. We are involved in developing tomorrow's processes for recovering and reusing the metals in the batteries, says Guozhu Ye, project manager and responsible for battery research at the metal research institute Swerim.
The idea took shape in a taxi
It was a September day in 2011 that it all started. Guozhu Ye attended the inauguration of the world's first rechargeable battery recycling furnace at Umicore's factory in Hoboken, Belgium. On the way home, he shared a taxi with two other participants who were sitting in the back seat and speaking Swedish. One of them turned out to come from the Luleå area and work with battery recycling. Contact was made and the following week he visited Swerim and the first step for the institute's activities in battery recycling was taken.
Today, Swerim has a whole team of researchers in the field. Most of them are seniors and specialize in cathode and anode material recycling. Focus areas are lithium, the anode material graphite, electrolyte, pretreatment and simulation of the battery reprocessing processes, formation of hazardous gases and working environment. At the moment, three national and EU projects are underway in the area.
Sharply increased battery recycling
The ongoing projects have the same goal, to enable a sharp increase in battery recycling. At the moment, the recycling of lithium-ion batteries is high on the agenda. Today's production is based predominantly on virgin raw materials, which requires a lot of energy and produces significant carbon dioxide emissions. In a future with a sharp increase in battery use in, among other things, electric cars, efficient recycling of the batteries will be absolutely necessary.
- This area will only continue to grow, says Guozhu Ye. We focus on niching ourselves on what we are best at - innovation and the opportunity to quickly move from idea to scale up our processes. We investigate and evaluate process chains where suitable intermediate products from recycling can be handled by energy-efficient large-scale industry as early as possible. This means that recycling can be efficient and safe.
Close collaborations give good results
Xianfeng Hu, project manager and researcher at Swerim, says that thanks to close collaboration with industry, they can evaluate process chains and effectively identify which substances can be recycled with advantage.
The industrial companies Northvolt, Stena Metall, Boliden, Volvo, Talga, the research institute RISE and Luleå University of Technology are some of Swerim's partners.
- There is a great demand for safe and efficient recycling of batteries. Here we have a good collaboration with our customers where our specialist competence and our adaptable pilot facilities play a large and important role.
Part of a circular system
The goal is to show that the batteries can be recycled in a circular system. In this way, the environmental impact and extraction of virgin raw materials is reduced. When recycling, the most energy-intensive steps will be metallurgical. Because although the metallurgical industry, due to its large scale, is very efficient, sub-steps in battery recycling require specific processes for smaller volumes.
But the recycling of batteries and especially lithium-ion batteries is complex. The system must be able to handle cobalt, nickel, lithium, manganese, graphite, copper and aluminum. In total, it opens up for a recycling rate of over 80 percent and in some parts up to 99 percent. To help, Swerim has a unique simulator used to investigate the formation mechanisms of toxic and flammable gases that can be formed during the crushing and refining of lithium-ion batteries.
In the end, it is also important to map out what is energetically and environmentally, strategically and economically justified.
- We need to be flexible and look at the recycling processes from several angles. Our idea is that the experience from Sweden's unique and well-functioning collection system for, for example, alkaline batteries can be transferred to lithium-ion batteries and give our industry a time advantage over other countries, concludes Guozhu Ye."
https://www.bergsmannen.se/annonsartiklar/e/5484/batteriatervinning-blir-allt-viktigare/
cosors
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No down ramping on my part, just another note on the topic above
Whether there is a chance for Ecograf in Sweden, I cannot say, because above it is about research with Swerim and here it is about Norway.
19 May 2022 at 08:55 Updated: 19 May 2022 at 09:47
The batteries began to be produced in the Northvolt Ett factory in Skellefteå during the weekdays. Production is now being scaled up gradually.
The order backlog is growing rapidly according to the company and is now up to approximately SEK 500 billion from customers such as BMW AG, Volkswagen AG, Volvo Car AB and Polestar.
Northvolt is collaborating with Hydro on recycling batteries in the company Hydrovolt, which opened its first plant in Fredriksstad, Norway, on Monday. The factory can recycle 25,000 electric car batteries per year.
However, it will be a while before Northvolt's own batteries end up in recycling.
- The first may start to come in somewhere around 2030 - but the large amount will only come later, says Northvolt's communications manager Jesper Wigardt to Dagens Industri."
https://affarerinorr.se/nyheter/2022/maj/forsta-batteriet-till-kunden/
Whether there is a chance for Ecograf in Sweden, I cannot say, because above it is about research with Swerim and here it is about Norway.
"First battery delivered to customer
SKELLEFTEÅ Northvolt has delivered its first battery to customers and became the first in Europe with commercial delivery of batteries to car manufacturers.19 May 2022 at 08:55 Updated: 19 May 2022 at 09:47
The batteries began to be produced in the Northvolt Ett factory in Skellefteå during the weekdays. Production is now being scaled up gradually.
The order backlog is growing rapidly according to the company and is now up to approximately SEK 500 billion from customers such as BMW AG, Volkswagen AG, Volvo Car AB and Polestar.
Northvolt is collaborating with Hydro on recycling batteries in the company Hydrovolt, which opened its first plant in Fredriksstad, Norway, on Monday. The factory can recycle 25,000 electric car batteries per year.
However, it will be a while before Northvolt's own batteries end up in recycling.
- The first may start to come in somewhere around 2030 - but the large amount will only come later, says Northvolt's communications manager Jesper Wigardt to Dagens Industri."
https://affarerinorr.se/nyheter/2022/maj/forsta-batteriet-till-kunden/
cosors
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The plans at Northvolt are buried.
Here at Site East, just a stone's throw from Northvolt One, which stands out at the edge of the forest, the Australian Ecograf had its land allotment, which expired at the turn of the month."
https://norran.se/bli-prenumerant/artikel/jnm9y04l
"Australian company does not use land allotment
Here at Site East, just a stone's throw from Northvolt One, which stands out at the edge of the forest, the Australian Ecograf had its land allotment, which expired at the turn of the month."
https://norran.se/bli-prenumerant/artikel/jnm9y04l
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