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.

    Keywords:

    Lead Acid Batteries, Direct Recycling, PbO2, Recycling

    Cite this article as:

    Ellis T and Hohn J. The Production of PbO2 from recycled lead acid batteries as the replacement of Pb3O4. In: Kongoli F, editors. Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2014 Volume 4: Recycling & Secondary Battery. Volume 4. Montreal(Canada): FLOGEN Star Outreach. 2014. p. 445-446.