Post on 14-Jan-2022
Finland based CircularEcosystem of Battery MetalsSmart Energy Finland networking event
13.11.2019
Dr. Pyry-Mikko Hannula
Background
By 2025• New EU cars CO2 emissions reduced
to 81g/CO2 (2019 average 120g CO2/km)
• Volvo - half of new car sales come from fully electric vehicles (EV)
• 50 to 100 million EVs on the roads globally (1.4 million in 2017)
• 10-20 gigafactories in EU
• EU Battery market worth up to 250 billion EUR
Source: European Commission-Report on Raw Materials
for Battery Applications 2018
BATCircleFinland based battery metals ecosystem
Finland • One of the largest Li deposit in EU
• Rich in primary raw materials
• >10% of global Co refining
• 4% of global Ni refining
• Wide industrial infrastructure
• Terrafame, Nornickel, FreeportCobalt, Boliden, Outotec…
• Globally recognizedmetallurgical knowhow
ICBR2019, Prof. Mari Lundström, PI BATCircle,
Hydrometallurgy and Corrosion, Aalto University
BATCircle Consortium
Joint industry-academia project
• 9 large companies
• 14 SMEs
• 2 cities
• 4 universities
• 2 research centers (GTK,VTT)
• 22 M€ budget
Key topics
• Sustainable primary resources
• Value addition in metal refining
• Battery recycling
• Precursors and active materials
• Circular business ecosystems
Open Research - WPs
Sustainable primary resourcesWP1
Value addition in metals productionWP2
Recycling of batteriesWP3
Tailored precursors and active electrode materialsWP4
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WP1 Sustainable primary resources
• Potential battery mineral resources and deposit types
• Strategic approach of battery mineralsproduction in context of developing a battery ecosystem in Finland
WP 3 Recycling of batteries
• Mechanical crushing of batteries
• Leaching of crushed LIB waste
• Solution purification from impurities
• Recovery of Li, Co, Ni and Mn for re-use battery production Li-ion battery cell, battery electrode materials, crushed battery
waste, battery waste in sulphuric acid, purified cobalt
containing leachate, battery grade nickel sulphate (blue) and
cobolt sulphate (orange).
Photo:Valeria Azovskaya
Recent activities
• BATCircle Seminar 2.-3.9.2019• 80 participants from Finnish battery
industry and research community
• Finland-China LIB Recycling roundtable discussions (4.11.)
• 20 participants from FIN-CN academy and Finnish industry&stakeholders
• International Process Metallurgy Symposium 2019 (5.-6.11.2019)
• 170 participants from global metallurgy and battery field, academics and industry
International co-operation
BATCircle Advisory Board
National Stakeholders
• Valmet Automotive, Kemira, Kuusakoski
• SITRA, CLIC Innovation Oy
• Akkukierrätys Pb Oy, representing recyclers
• Metallinjalostajat ry, Association of Finnish Metal Refiners
• National Emergency Supply Agency
• Ministry of Employment and the Economy of Finland
International Partners
• Northvolt, Nikkelverk, BASF
• Varta Microbattery, Hitachi High-Technologies Europe
• EIT InnoEnergy, EIT Raw Materials
European network – BatteRIesEuropeIlkka Kojo, Mari Lundström, Pertti Kauranen
BatteRIes Europe consists of:
• Research
• Industry
• member state representatives
• EU Commission
Task: to identify and prioritise the main research and innovation needs for the whole battery value chain.
Aalto and Outotec are coordinating European Raw materials & Recycling research (International Working Group 2) in BatteRIesEurope
Business Models & Market Development
Skills & Education
Policy & Regulation
Sustainability & Societal Aspects
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Safety & Standardisation
WG1New & Emerging
BatteryTechnologies
WG2 Raw Materials and
Recycling
WG3AdvancedMaterials
WG5 Application and
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Characterisationmethods
Increased Performance
Sustainable Sourcing
Secure Raw Material Supply
Cell chemistry
Advanced materialsCharging Solutions, incl.
Fast Charging*
Pack/ System/ BMS Design
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Modelling
WG4Manufacturing &
Cell Design
Scale-up Issues
To be further developedby WG
To be further developedby WG
To be further developedby WG
To be further developedby WG
Advancedmanufacturing
To be further developedby WG
Design for Recycling-cross topic w WG4
Second Use
Battery 2030
Recycling
To be further developedby WG
Working Group Structure and topics to be addressed
National and Regional Representatives Group
Second Use
Design for Recycling
Workshop in Espoo in January and in Milan in June 2019
Participants representing 46 organizations from 12 European countries.
R&D Topics - Recycling
• Design for Recycling
• Reversed Logistics
• Dismantling of Industrial Batteries
• Metallurgical Recycling Processes
• Circular Economy Business Models
• Sustainability Assessment
• Safety Figure by Akkuser Ltd.
R&D Topics – Primary Raw Materials
• Sustainable Sourcing and Traceability
• Sustainable Processing
• Value Addition in Metal Refining
• LCA
• Securing the Supply
• Industrial Integration with Secondary Raw Materials
• Material Flow Analysis
• Precursors and Active Materials
Figure by Keliber Ltd.
Thank you!Pyry-Mikko Hannula
Aalto UniversitySherpa ETIP WG2
PI BATCircle
Dr. Pertti Kauranen
Pertti.Kauranen@aalto.fiProf. Dr. Mari Lundström
Mari.Lundstrom@aalto.fi
Project Manager
BATCircle
Chair ETIP WG2
EU-BATCircle
Ilkka.Kojo@outotec.com
Dr. Ilkka KojoDr. Pyry-Mikko Hannula
Pyry.Hannula@aalto.fiProject Manager
EU-BATCircle
ETIP WG2
https://www.batcircle.fi/