lead acid and lithium-ion recycling plant and machinery

The core production lines of lead-acid battery and lithium-ion battery recycling plants mainly include crushing and sorting, metal extraction, electrolyte treatment and material regeneration. For lead-acid batteries, the main equipment includes crushers, hydraulic sorters, smelting furnaces and lead refining equipment, which can efficiently separate lead paste, plastic and sulfuric acid electrolyte. Lithium-ion battery recycling requires discharge treatment, mechanical crushing, pyrolysis furnaces and hydrometallurgical equipment to recover valuable metals such as cobalt, nickel and lithium.

Recycling has significant economic benefits. The recovery rate of lead in lead-acid batteries can reach 98%, and the cost of recycled lead is 30% lower than that of primary lead; metals such as cobalt and nickel in lithium-ion batteries are of high value, and recycling can reduce the dependence on raw materials in the new energy industry. It is estimated that the annual profit of the black powder recycling project that processes 10,000 tons of lithium batteries per year can reach tens of millions of yuan.

Environmental protection is of great significance. If sulfuric acid and lead in lead-acid batteries and electrolytes and heavy metals in lithium batteries are discarded at will, soil and water sources will be seriously polluted. Standardized recycling can reduce environmental risks by more than 90%, while reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions from mineral mining.

In the future, equipment will develop towards intelligence and greenness. Automated sorting, efficient hydrometallurgy and AI-driven recovery rate optimization technology will become mainstream. At the same time, equipment energy consumption and pollution control standards will be further improved, helping to achieve the global circular economy goals.

Battery recycling has both economic and environmental value and is an important part of sustainable development.