MIXED RARE EARTH CONCENTRATE MINERAL AND SUSPENDED MINERAL PHASE TRANSFORMATION-CLEAN LEACHING SYSTEM AND USE METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20240279773A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18559248

    申请日:2023-09-08

    摘要: A mixed rare earth concentrate mineral and suspended mineral phase transformation-clean leaching system and a use method thereof are provided. The system comprises a Venturi dryer, a multi-stage separator, a suspension preheating decomposition furnace, a multi-state fluidization sealing valve, a mineral phase transformation machine, a ball mill, a multi-stage acid leaching tank, an alkali leaching tank and a neutralization tank. The use method comprises the steps: after preheating mixed rare earth concentrate mineral powder, placing the preheated mixed rare earth concentrate mineral powder in a suspension preheating decomposition furnace for preheating decomposition to enable the powder to be in the suspension state, after cyclone separation, enabling the powder to enter a mineral phase transformation machine for mineral phase transformation, after ball milling, performing acid washing, performing alkali decomposition on acid leached residues, performing acid leaching twice on acid liquor, and neutralizing leached products to obtain neutralization residues.

    Lithium ion battery scrap treatment method

    公开(公告)号:US11961980B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-16

    申请号:US16499122

    申请日:2018-03-29

    摘要: The present invention relates to a method for treating lithium ion battery scrap containing Li, Ni, Co, Mn, Al, Cu and Fe, the method comprising carrying out a calcination step, a crushing step and a sieving step in this order, and after the steps, the method comprising: a leaching step of leaching the lithium ion battery scrap by adding it to an acidic solution to leave at least a part of Cu as a solid; a Fe/Al removal step comprising allowing a leached solution obtained in the leaching step to pass through a Fe removal process for separating and removing Fe by addition of an oxidizing agent and an Al removal process for separating and removing a part of Al by neutralization in any order; an Al/Mn extraction step of extracting and removing a residue of Al and Mn from a separated solution obtained in the Fe/Al removal step by solvent extraction; a Co recovery step of extracting and back-extracting Co from a first extracted solution obtained in the Al/Mn extraction step by solvent extraction and recovering the Co by electrolytic winning; a Ni recovery step of extracting and back-extracting, by solvent extraction, a part of Ni from a second extracted solution obtained by the solvent extraction in the Co recovery step and recovering the Ni by electrolytic winning; a Li concentration step of extracting and back-extracting, by solvent extraction, a residue of Ni and Li from a third extracted solution obtained by the solvent extraction in the Ni recovery step and repeating the operations of the extracting and the back-extracting to concentrate Li; and a Li recovery step of carbonating Li in a Li concentrated solution obtained in the Li concentration step to recover the Li as lithium carbonate.

    METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240084418A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18272833

    申请日:2021-12-14

    发明人: Yu Yamashita

    摘要: A method capable of inexpensively recovering valuable metals is provided. The method for recovering a valuable metal includes: a preparation step of preparing a charge containing at least lithium (Li) and a valuable metal; an oxidation and reductive melting step of subjecting the charge to an oxidation treatment and a reductive melting treatment to produce a reduced product containing a molten alloy and a slag, the molten alloy containing the valuable metal; and a slag separation step of separating the slag from the reduced product to recover the molten alloy, in which the mole ratio of lithium (Li) to aluminum (Al) (Li/Al ratio) in the slag is 0.15 or more and less than 0.40, and the mole ratio of calcium (Ca) to aluminum (Al) (Ca/Al) in the slag is 0.15 or more.

    METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY EXTRACTING LITHIUM FROM RETIRED BATTERY AND APPLICATION OF METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20240039068A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18260236

    申请日:2022-06-06

    摘要: Disclosed are a method for selectively extracting lithium from a retired battery and an application of the method. According to the method, on the basis of an ion exchange effect between a divalent manganese ion and a lithium ion, a positive electrode material and a divalent manganese salt are mixed according to a certain proportion and prepared into a slurry, and the divalent manganese salt and the positive electrode material are fully mixed by means of a ball milling process, such that a lattice structure of the positive electrode material is effectively damaged, thereby reducing activation energy of exchange of the divalent manganese ion and the lithium ion and greatly reducing reaction energy required by a subsequence lithium extraction process. A mixed material after ball milling is roasted at a lower temperature such that the bivalent manganese in the manganese salt occupies a lithium position in a layered structure, and manganese-lithium replacement is directly performed to obtain a pure lithium-containing leaching solution. The present method greatly improves the leaching rate and selectivity of lithium. The present invention uses a mode of first performing ball-mill mixing and then performing roasting, and thus has low power consumption, high safety, good leaching rate and selectivity of lithium, and wide application prospects.

    RECYCLING METHOD FOR HEAVY RARE EARTH ELEMENT AND RECYCLING METHOD FOR RARE EARTH MAGNET

    公开(公告)号:US20230399721A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-14

    申请号:US18250499

    申请日:2021-10-14

    摘要: A method for collecting a heavy rare earth element from a heavy rare earth element-containing molten salt electrolysis residue and recycling the heavy rare earth element, the method includes: a step of mixing coarse particles of the molten salt electrolysis residue with a fluorinating material followed by firing, to fluorinate the coarse particles of the molten salt electrolysis residue; a step of pulverizing the coarse particles of the fluorinated molten salt electrolysis residue to obtain a powder of the molten salt electrolysis residue; and a step of mixing the powder of the molten salt electrolysis residue with R, an R-M alloy, or an R-M-B alloy (wherein R is one or more types of rare earth elements selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Nd, Pr, Sm, Gd, Dy, Tb, and Ho, M is a transition metal such as Fe or Co, and B is boron), heating and melting the mixture, separating a molten alloy from slag, and selectively extracting the heavy rare earth element into the molten alloy. Provided are a method for recycling a heavy rare earth element that is capable of efficiently recycling a heavy rare earth element that is rare in an alloy form similar to a product, and a method for recycling a rare earth magnet by using an alloy obtained by the recycling method.