Process for the recycling of electrical batteries, assembled printed circuit boards and electronic components
First Claim
1. A process for the recycling of electrical batteries for equipment of any chemical composition, and of assembled printed circuit boards and electronic components, the starting materials being heated and metals present in the residue being electrolytically deposited, wherein:
- (a) a pyrolysis of the unsorted mixture is carried out in a closed furnace at a temperature between 450°
C. and 650°
C.;
(b) The pyrolysis slag is treated with water or with forofluoric wash acid diluted with water and filtered;
(c) the filter cake is dissolved in borofluoric acid solution;
(d) said borofluoric acid solution is used as an electrolyte for carrying out an electrolysis of the dissolved pyrolysis slag in a low-temperature range;
(e) a separation of the anode sludge and the cathode sludge accumulating under both electrodes is carried out, and these sludges are treated for reutilization of the resulting products.
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Abstract
For the recycling of electrical batteries, in particular of a mixture of high-power batteries for equipment of any chemical composition, and also of assembled printed circuit boards and electronic components, a pyrolysis of the unsorted mixture is carried out at a temperature between 450° and 650° C., then an electrolysis of the pyrolysis slag is carried out and subsequently a separation of the electrolysis products and removal of the products accumulating at the electrodes is carried out.
In this process, which is economically profitable, no environment-polluting residues are produced and an initial sorting of material becomes unnecessary.
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13 Claims
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1. A process for the recycling of electrical batteries for equipment of any chemical composition, and of assembled printed circuit boards and electronic components, the starting materials being heated and metals present in the residue being electrolytically deposited, wherein:
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(a) a pyrolysis of the unsorted mixture is carried out in a closed furnace at a temperature between 450°
C. and 650°
C.;(b) The pyrolysis slag is treated with water or with forofluoric wash acid diluted with water and filtered; (c) the filter cake is dissolved in borofluoric acid solution; (d) said borofluoric acid solution is used as an electrolyte for carrying out an electrolysis of the dissolved pyrolysis slag in a low-temperature range; (e) a separation of the anode sludge and the cathode sludge accumulating under both electrodes is carried out, and these sludges are treated for reutilization of the resulting products. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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9. The process as claimed in claim I, wherein the anode is not directly in contact with the electrolyte but only by means of the material of the filter cake.
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