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Desulphurisation? No thanks; there is more to battery recycling
Desulphurisation? No thanks; there is more to battery recycling
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- The lead recycling world is facing new challenges every year. Practically all lead is nowadays employed in the lead acid battery industry. Pyrometallurgical technologies are applied worldwide to recover this metal from its primary and secondary resources and these technologies are partly responsible for the environmental pollution still imputed to this metal. Regulations in all countries are thus getting more and more stringent and many companies are facing the possibility to stop the lead production for a percentage of the year. Hydrometallurgy is recognised from decades as a technology able to cut dramatically all primary and secondary pollution sources with lower CO2 emissions. The Engitec hydro process, named FAST, is capable of extracting lead from many primary and secondary sources, and producing metallic lead in a near-neutral near-room-temperature environment. Lead metal production from lead sulphate-bearing materials is discussed and the potential of this technology to be substituted for the pyrometallurgical and cost-intensive desulphurisation processes actually employed is also considered.<br />The lead recycling world is facing new challenges every year. Practically all lead is nowadays employed in the lead acid battery industry. Pyrometallurgical technologies are applied worldwide to recover this metal from its primary and secondary resources and these technologies are partly responsible for the environmental pollution still imputed to this metal. Regulations in all countries are thus getting more and more stringent and many companies are facing the possibility to stop the lead production for a percentage of the year. Hydrometallurgy is recognised from decades as a technology able to cut dramatically all primary and secondary pollution sources with lower CO2 emissions. The Engitec hydro process, named FAST, is capable of extracting lead from many primary and secondary sources, and producing metallic lead in a near-neutral near-room-temperature environment. Lead metal production from lead sulphate-bearing materials is discussed and the potential of this technology to be substituted for the pyrometallurgical and cost-intensive desulphurisation processes actually employed is also considered.
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- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.on1309284903
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource