WO2012011205A1 - 使用済みニッケル水素電池に含有される活物質からのニッケル、コバルトの分離方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for separating nickel, cobalt, and rare earth from positive and negative electrode active materials of nickel-metal hydride batteries, such as used scrap and scrap generated in the manufacturing process.
- Hybrid vehicles equipped with secondary batteries such as nickel metal hydride batteries are attracting attention in order to reduce the pollution caused by exhaust gas from automobiles, which is one of the causes.
- This nickel metal hydride battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrode terminal and an electrolyte as functional members, and further, as a structural member, a separator provided between the electrodes of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a case for housing these Etc.
- the positive electrode active material is nickel hydroxide containing a trace amount of additive element
- the negative electrode active material is hydrogen storage alloy containing nickel, cobalt, rare earth element (Misch metal), etc.
- the electrode substrate is nickel plate or foamed Ni plate
- nickel plating From steel plate separator is made of synthetic resin
- electrolyte is made of potassium hydroxide aqueous solution
- electrode terminal material is made of copper, iron-based metal, etc., case is made of various materials and components such as synthetic resin, steel, etc. .
- the nickel metal hydride battery As a structure of the nickel metal hydride battery, first, there are electrodes in which positive and negative electrodes are alternately stacked while sandwiching a synthetic resin as a separator between positive and negative electrodes.
- This electrode body is put in a case made of synthetic resin or steel, and an electrode terminal material made of copper or iron-based metal is connected between the electrode and the case. Filled with liquid and sealed.
- a large-capacity nickel metal hydride battery mounted on a hybrid vehicle is replaced with a new one when it deteriorates as it is used, or is removed when it is scrapped and discharged as a used nickel metal hydride battery.
- defective products generated in the manufacturing process of the nickel metal hydride battery members such as active materials and positive and negative electrode materials that are no longer assembled without being assembled into the battery, and prototypes are also generated.
- the used nickel-metal hydride battery, defective products, members, prototypes, etc. (hereinafter, these defective products, components, prototypes, etc. are also collectively referred to as nickel-metal hydride batteries). Therefore, it has been studied to collect and reuse these valuable metals.
- the nickel metal hydride battery has a complicated and sturdy structure, and many of the constituent materials are chemically stable.
- a short circuit may occur inside the battery, causing an abnormal situation such as heat generation and ignition. ⁇ Deactivation is required, such as removal. Therefore, it is not easy to separate and recover metals such as nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements contained in the used nickel metal hydride battery and reuse them as new battery materials.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a method for separating and recovering nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements so that they can be reused from positive and negative electrode active materials constituting a nickel metal hydride battery.
- the present inventors sequentially perform a leaching process, a rare earth crystallization process, and a sulfurization process on the contents of the positive and negative electrode active materials constituting the nickel-metal hydride battery, thereby performing positive and negative electrode active materials. It has been found that nickel and cobalt contained in the substance can be efficiently separated as sulfide precipitates mainly composed of nickel and cobalt sulfides, and rare earth elements as sulfates.
- the contents of the positive and negative electrode active materials constituting the nickel metal hydride battery are treated by a production method having the steps shown in the following (1) to (3), and nickel and cobalt are treated:
- a method for separating nickel, cobalt, and a rare earth element from positive and negative electrode active material-containing materials of a nickel metal hydride battery comprising obtaining a sulfide containing the sulfide and a sulfate containing a rare earth element.
- a leaching step in which the positive and negative electrode active material-containing materials are mixed and dissolved in a sulfuric acid solution, and then separated into a leachate and a residue.
- a rare earth crystallization step in which an alkali metal sulfate is added to the leachate in the leaching step to obtain a mixed precipitation of rare earth sulfate double salt and a derare earth element solution (hereinafter also referred to as a de-RE solution).
- a sulfide raw material recovery step in which a sulfurizing agent is added to the de-RE solution obtained in the rare earth crystallization step to separate the nickel / cobalt sulfide raw material and the residual liquid.
- the second invention of the present invention after adding a sulfiding agent to the de-RE solution obtained in the rare earth crystallization process of the first invention and separating the contained zinc as a sulfided starch, It is characterized by having a dezincification step of supplying as a de-RE solution to be used, and the third invention is to add a sulfiding agent to the de-RE solution and separate zinc as a sulfided starch.
- a neutralizing agent is added to adjust the pH to a range of 2.0 or more and 2.5 or less, and while maintaining this pH range, a sulfurizing agent is added to separate zinc.
- the positive and negative electrode active material-containing materials are added to the leachate and reacted with the free sulfuric acid remaining in the leachate to neutralize the leachate after the neutralization. It is characterized by obtaining a post-sum residue.
- a fifth invention of the present invention is characterized in that the post-neutralization residue obtained in the fourth invention is used as a positive / negative electrode active material-containing material or a part thereof in the leaching process of the present invention. .
- the sixth invention of the present invention is characterized in that the alkali metal sulfate added in the rare earth crystallization step of the first invention is at least one of sodium sulfate and potassium sulfate.
- the seventh invention of the present invention is characterized in that the sulfiding agent used in the first to third inventions is at least one of hydrogen sulfide gas, sodium hydrogen sulfide, and sodium sulfide. .
- the pH of the rare earth element liquid at the time of addition of the sulfurizing agent when recovering nickel and cobalt in the derare earth element liquid as sulfides is adjusted. , 2.5 or more and 4.5 or less.
- Nickel and cobalt can be separated and collected from rare earth elements from positive and negative electrode active material containing materials collected by disassembling and separating used nickel metal hydride batteries.
- the nickel-cobalt sulfide recovered by the present invention can be used as it is as a raw material for smelting nickel or cobalt.
- the nickel / cobalt sulfide obtained in the present invention can be used as a raw material in a process for producing battery materials such as nickel sulfate and cobalt metal.
- the cost for the equipment can be suppressed and the recovery can be made at a reduced cost.
- the sulfate double salt precipitate of the rare earth element and alkali metal separated in the present invention can be used as a raw material for the existing rare earth element refining process.
- the nickel metal hydride battery is disassembled and separated to collect the positive / negative electrode active material-containing material.
- the collected positive and negative electrode active material-containing materials are processed through the steps shown in (1) to (3) below to recover nickel and cobalt as precipitates mainly composed of nickel and cobalt sulfides. It is characterized by doing.
- the positive and negative electrode active material-containing materials obtained by disassembling and separating the nickel metal hydride battery are mixed with a sulfuric acid solution, heated and dissolved. After the dissolution, in order to neutralize the excess sulfuric acid, a positive / negative electrode active material-containing material can be additionally added, and a part of the raw material can be leached at the same time. At this time, it is desirable to carry out while maintaining the liquid temperature at 60 ° C. or higher.
- Sulfide raw material recovery step A neutralizer is added to the rare earth element solution (de-RE solution) obtained by separation from the sulfate double salt mixed precipitation in the rare earth crystallization step to adjust the pH to 2.5 or more.
- This sulfide raw material recovery step can also be carried out in two stages of treatment steps shown in the following (3-1) and (3-2).
- the sulfide raw material recovery process is preferably performed in two stages, the dezincification process and the sulfide raw material recovery process A, or not, it is preferable It varies depending on the quality of zinc in the substance-containing material and the dezincing ability in the process of manufacturing nickel sulfate, cobalt sulfate, cobalt metal, etc., which are the recipients of the sulfide raw material to be recovered, depending on the case. It is desirable to make a selection based on estimation.
- hydrogen sulfide gas As the sulfiding agent used for the sulfiding treatment, hydrogen sulfide gas, sodium hydrogen sulfide, sodium sulfide, or the like can be used, and any of these may be used. However, when the sulfidation treatment is performed in two stages, it is desirable to use hydrogen sulfide gas capable of sulfidation with higher selectivity in the dezincing step. Also, in the sulfurization process of nickel sulfide and cobalt sulfide, it is desirable to use hydrogen sulfide when it is necessary to suppress coprecipitation of impurities. The use of hydrogen sulfide is also preferable for the purpose of preventing alkali metal ions from being mixed into the liquid.
- sodium hydrogen carbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, or the like is used, but is not limited thereto.
- nickel, cobalt hydroxide, or carbonate may be used.
- alkali metal sulfate used for the rare earth crystallization treatment sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate and the like are selected, but not limited thereto.
- the recovered mixed sulfide of nickel and cobalt obtained in the present invention can be directly used as a raw material in a known process for producing nickel sulfate, cobalt sulfate, cobalt metal and the like from the mixed sulfide raw material.
- the metal component was analyzed using an ICP emission analysis method.
- the method of recovering the positive / negative electrode active material-containing material using a used nickel metal hydride battery was performed according to the following procedure.
- the used nickel metal hydride battery is charged into a reduction firing furnace (electric furnace) as a module, and maintained at a temperature of 550 ° C. while flowing an inert gas by flowing nitrogen gas.
- the battery was deactivated.
- the synthetic resin which is a part of the constituent members of the battery was decomposed and carbonized.
- 900 g of the positive / negative electrode active material-containing material A recovered from the used nickel-metal hydride battery A by the above procedure is taken and placed in a beaker serving as a leaching / neutralizing tank. While, 1.0 liter of 64% concentration sulfuric acid was gradually added. Stirring was continued for 3 hours while maintaining the liquid temperature at 80 ° C. while continuing stirring, and nickel and cobalt contained in the positive and negative electrode active material-containing materials were leached into the sulfuric acid solution to obtain a leaching / neutralizing solution. . Next, a positive / negative electrode active material-containing material A was added to the leaching / neutralizing solution until the pH of the solution reached 2.0 to form a slurry. The final additional addition amount was 130 g.
- the slurry obtained in the leaching / neutralization step is allowed to cool and stand until it reaches room temperature, and then filtered using a Nutsche and filter bottle and 5C filter paper, and leaching / neutralization solution A: 4. 3 liters were obtained.
- This leaching / neutralizing liquid A is put into a beaker having a rare earth crystallization tank, and 330 g of sodium sulfate is added with stirring. After stirring for 60 minutes, solid-liquid separation is performed, and a sulfate double salt mixed precipitate (recovered rare earth crystallization process) A) and de-RE solution A were separated.
- Table 1 shows the quality and the recovered amount of the positive and negative electrode active material containing starting materials and the solids recovered by the processing.
- Table 1 shows that the sulfide raw material A can recover Ni and Co separately from Mn and rare earths.
- the sulfide raw material A recovered here is of a grade that can be used as a raw material for producing nickel sulfate and cobalt metal from the mixed sulfide raw material.
- the rare earth crystallization process recovered material A can significantly reduce the contamination of rare earths of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, and Zn with respect to the positive and negative electrode active material-containing materials. It can be seen that the quality is such that it can be used as a raw material in this process.
- 900 g of the positive / negative electrode active material-containing material B collected from the used nickel-metal hydride battery B by the above procedure is taken and placed in a beaker serving as a leaching / neutralizing tank.
- 4.7 liters of pure water is added and stirred.
- 1.0 liter of 64% concentration sulfuric acid was gradually added.
- Stirring was continued for 3 hours while maintaining the liquid temperature at 80 ° C. while continuing stirring, and nickel and cobalt contained in the positive and negative electrode active material-containing materials were leached into the sulfuric acid solution to obtain a leaching / neutralizing solution.
- a positive / negative electrode active material-containing material B was additionally added to the leaching / neutralizing solution until the pH of the solution reached 2.0 to form a slurry.
- the final additional addition amount was 110 g.
- the slurry obtained in the above leaching / neutralization step is allowed to cool and stand until it reaches room temperature, and then filtered using Nutsche and a filter bottle and 5C filter paper, and leaching / neutralization solution B: 4. 3 liters were obtained.
- This leaching / neutralizing solution B is put into a beaker having a rare earth crystallization tank, and 330 g of sodium sulfate is added with stirring. After stirring for 60 minutes, solid-liquid separation is performed, and mixed sulfate double precipitation (rare earth crystallization process recovery) The product B) and the de-RE solution were separated.
- This de-Re solution B 4.6 liters was put into a beaker containing a zinc removal tank, and while stirring, hydrogen sulfide was removed from the cylinder while maintaining sodium bicarbonate as a neutralizing agent at a pH of 2.0 to 2.5. The slurry was blown for 20 minutes at a flow rate corresponding to 1 g per minute to obtain a dezinced slurry.
- the slurry after this dezincing treatment is solid-liquid separated to separate and remove the zinc sulfide starch (dezincated step recovery product B) to obtain a post-dezinced solution B, which is used as a sulfur raw material recovery tank.
- a sulfur raw material recovery tank Moved. While stirring this, sodium hydrogen carbonate was used as a neutralizing agent and the pH was maintained at 2.5, and 500 g of sodium hydrogen sulfide was added to precipitate Ni and Co in the solution as sulfides. This precipitate was recovered by solid-liquid separation, washed with repulp with 3 liters of water, dehydrated, and recovered as sulfide raw material B.
- Table 2 shows the quality and the recovered amount of the positive and negative electrode active material containing starting materials of the treatment and the solids recovered by the treatment.
- the sulfide raw material B can separate and recover Ni and Co from Mn and rare earths, and the Zn contamination is reduced as compared with the positive and negative electrode active material-containing materials.
- the sulfide raw material B recovered in Example 2 is of a quality that can be used as a raw material as it is in the process of producing nickel sulfate and cobalt metal from the mixed sulfide raw material.
- the rare earth crystallization process recovery B can greatly reduce the mixing of Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, and Zn into the rare earth compared to the positive and negative electrode active material-containing materials, and the existing factory for refining the rare earth mixture It is of a quality that can be used as a raw material in this process.
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正極活物質は、微量添加元素を含む水酸化ニッケルから、負極活物質はニッケル、コバルト、希土類元素(ミッシュメタル)等を含む水素吸蔵合金から、電極基板はニッケル板または発泡Ni板、およびニッケルメッキ鉄板等から、セパレータは合成樹脂から、電解液は水酸化カリウム水溶液から、電極端子材は銅、鉄系金属等から、ケースは合成樹脂、鋼等からと様々な素材や成分から構成されている。
このように、使用済みニッケル水素電池からニッケルやコバルト、さらに希土類元素を回収して再利用できるプロセスは見当たらなかった。
(2)浸出工程の浸出液に、アルカリ金属の硫酸塩を添加し、希土類元素の硫酸複塩混合沈殿と脱希土類元素液(以下、脱RE液と称す場合もある)とを得る希土類晶出工程。
(3)希土類晶出工程で得られた脱RE液に、硫化剤を添加し、ニッケル・コバルト硫化物原料と残液とに分離する硫化物原料回収工程。
(1)使用済みニッケル水素電池を解体ならびに分別して収集した正・負極活物質含有物から、ニッケルおよびコバルトを、希土類元素と分離して回収できる。
(2)本発明により回収したニッケル・コバルト硫化物は、ニッケルやコバルトの製錬の原料としてそのまま使用することができる。
(3)本発明で得られたニッケル・コバルト硫化物は、硫酸ニッケルやコバルトメタルなど電池材料を生産する工程の原料として使用できる。
(4)既存のニッケル・コバルト製錬工程あるいは電池材料の製造工程をそのまま使用することで、設備にかかるコストを抑制し、省コストで回収を可能とする。
(5)本発明で分離した希土類元素とアルカリ金属との硫酸複塩沈殿物は、既存の希土類元素精製工程の原料として使用できる。
先ず、ニッケル水素電池は解体ならびに分別されて、正・負極活物質含有物を回収する。その回収した正・負極活物質含有物を、下記(1)~(3)に示す工程を経て処理することで、ニッケルおよびコバルトの硫化物を主成分とする沈澱物として、ニッケルおよびコバルトを回収することを特徴とするものである。
ニッケル水素電池を解体ならびに分別して得られる正・負極活物質含有物を、硫酸溶液と混合、加温して溶解する。溶解後、過剰分の硫酸を中和するために更に正・負極活物質含有物を追加添加し、同時に一部の原料を浸出することもできる。この際、液温60℃以上に維持しつつ行うことが望ましい。
浸出工程で作製された中和された上澄液を、放冷、固液分離して得られる浸出液に、アルカリ金属硫酸塩を飽和状態になるまで添加、溶解して、希土類元素がアルカリ金属と結びついた硫酸複塩混合沈殿と脱希土類元素液(以下、脱RE液と称する場合もある)とに分離して、回収する。
希土類晶出工程で硫酸複塩混合沈澱と分離して得られた脱希土類元素液(脱RE液)に、中和剤を添加してpHを2.5以上4.5以下に保持しながら硫化剤を加え、ニッケルおよびコバルトの硫化物を主成分とする沈澱を形成し、その沈殿物(Ni-Co硫化物原料)と残液に分離し、回収する。
なお、この硫化物原料回収工程を、下記(3-1)と(3-2)に示す二段階の処理工程に分けて実施することもできる。
希土類晶出工程で硫酸複塩混合沈澱と分離して得られた脱RE液に、中和剤を添加してpHを2.0以上2.5以下の範囲に調整し、次いでその範囲にpHを保持しつつ硫化剤を添加して亜鉛を硫化澱物として分離、除去する。この際、液温を50℃以上に維持しつつ行うことが望ましい。
脱亜鉛工程で亜鉛硫化澱物を分離して残った脱亜鉛後液に、中和剤を添加してpHを2.5以上4.5以下に保持しながら更に硫化剤を添加して、ニッケルおよびコバルトの硫化物を主成分とする沈澱を生成させ、これを硫化物原料として分離・回収する。この脱亜鉛後液の水溶液自体にも僅かに緩衝性があるが、硫化反応によって生成する遊離酸の濃度が高いため、逆反応を防止する目的で、中和剤によるpH調整を必要とする。
また、硫化ニッケル、硫化コバルトの硫化工程においても、不純物の共沈を抑える必要がある場合は、硫化水素を使用することが望ましい。硫化水素の使用は、液中にアルカリ金属イオンが混入するのを防止する目的でも好ましい。
使用済みニッケル水素電池を用いて正・負極活物質含有物を回収する方法は、以下の手順に従って行った。
使用済みニッケル水素電池を、モジュールのまま還元焼成炉(電気炉)に装入し、窒素ガスを流して不活性雰囲気としながら550℃の温度に維持し、1時間をかけて還元焙焼して電池を失活化させた。この時、電池の構成部材の一部である合成樹脂は分解され炭化された。この還元焼成済みの電池を取り出し、カッターを用いて破断および裁断し、ドラムタイプの解砕機を用いて解砕した後、目開き0.75mmの篩を用いて湿式分級し、脱水した篩下産物として粉状または凝集塊状の正・負極活物質含有物を回収して、実施例に供する原料とした。
次いで、この浸出・中和液に液のpHが2.0になるまで正・負極活物質含有物Aを追加して加えてスラリーを形成した。なお、最終的な追加添加量は130gであった。
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- ニッケル水素電池の正・負極活物質含有物からのニッケル、コバルトおよび希土類元素の分離方法であって、
下記(1)~(3)に示す工程を有してニッケル水素電池を構成する正・負極活物質の含有物から、ニッケルおよびコバルトを含有する硫化物と希土類元素を含有する硫酸塩とを得ることを特徴とする。
(1)前記正・負極活物質含有物を、硫酸溶液に混合、溶解した後、浸出液と残渣とに分離する浸出工程。
(2)前記浸出工程で得られた浸出液に、アルカリ金属の硫酸塩を添加して、希土類元素の硫酸複塩混合沈殿と脱希土類元素液とを得る希土類晶出工程。
(3)前記希土類晶出工程で得られた脱希土類元素液に硫化剤を添加して、ニッケルおよびコバルト硫化物原料と残液とに分離する硫化物原料回収工程。 - 前記希土類晶出工程で得られた脱希土類元素液に硫化剤を添加して前記脱希土類元素液中の亜鉛を硫化澱物として分離し、分離後の残液を、前記硫化物原料回収工程の脱希土類元素液として供給する脱亜鉛工程を有することを特徴とする請求項1記載のニッケル水素電池の正・負極活物質含有物からのニッケル、コバルトおよび希土類元素の分離方法。
- 前記希土類晶出工程で得られた脱希土類元素液に、中和剤を添加してpHを2.0以上2.5以下の範囲に調整し、このpH範囲を維持しつつ硫化剤を添加して前記脱希土類元素液中の亜鉛を硫化澱物として分離し、分離後の残液を前記硫化物原料回収工程の脱希土類元素液として供給する脱亜鉛工程を有することを特徴とする請求項1記載のニッケル水素電池の正・負極活物質含有物からのニッケル、コバルトおよび希土類元素の分離方法。
- 前記浸出工程で得られた浸出液に、ニッケル水素電池の正・負極活物質含有物を添加して前記浸出液に残留する遊離硫酸と反応させて、中和後浸出液と中和後残渣とを得て、前記中和後浸出液を前記希土類晶出工程の浸出液として用いることを特徴とする請求項1記載のニッケル水素電池の正・負極活物質含有物からのニッケル、コバルトおよび希土類元素の分離方法。
- 前記中和後残渣を、前記浸出工程の正・負極活物質含有物、もしくは正・負極活物質含有物の一部として用いることを特徴とする請求項4記載のニッケル水素電池の正・負極活物質含有物からのニッケル、コバルトおよび希土類元素の分離方法。
- 前記添加するアルカリ金属の硫酸塩が、硫酸ナトリウム、硫酸カリウムのうち少なくとも1種類以上であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載のニッケル水素電池の正・負極活物質含有物からのニッケル、コバルトおよび希土類元素の分離方法。
- 前記硫化剤が、硫化水素ガス、硫化水素ナトリウム、硫化ナトリウムの中から1種類以上であることを特徴とする請求項1から3のいずれか1項に記載のニッケル水素電池の正・負極活物質含有物からのニッケル、コバルトおよび希土類元素の分離方法。
- 前記硫化物回収工程における硫化剤の添加時の脱希土類元素液のpHを、2.5以上、4.5以下の範囲に維持することを特徴とする請求項1記載のニッケル水素電池の正・負極活物質含有物からのニッケル、コバルトおよび希土類元素の分離方法。
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