US 8,440,153 B2Granted

Method for preparing manganese sulfate and zinc sulfate from waste batteries containing manganese and zinc

AssigneesKorea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral, Econics Corporation

InventorsShun Myung Shin, Jin Gu Kang, Jeong Soo Sohn, Hyun Gun Kim, Moon Ho Kim

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Abstract

A method for preparing manganese sulfate and zinc sulfate from waste batteries containing manganese and zinc, and more particularly to a method for preparing manganese sulfate and zinc sulfate from waste batteries containing manganese and zinc. Zinc powder and activated carbon are added to a leached solution obtained from a continuous leaching process so as to remove heavy metals and organic materials from the leached solution, and then the leached solution is spray-dried to simultaneously obtain manganese sulfate and zinc sulfate at high-purity by a simple process without generating wastewater. An environmentally friendly waste battery recycling process is thereby provided, because it is not required to use additional chemical substances for neutralization titration or impurity removal in recovering manganese sulfate and zinc sulfate by leaching a waste battery powder.

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A method for preparing manganese sulfate and zinc sulfate from waste batteries containing manganese and zinc, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) leaching a first waste battery powder with a mixture of a sulfuric acid solution and a reducing agent, wherein the first waste battery powder is in an amount of from 10 to 60 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the mixture of the sulfuric acid solution and the reducing agent, to form a leached solution;
(b) leaching a second waste battery powder with the leached solution obtained from the step (a), wherein the second waste battery powder is in an amount of from 10 to 60 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the leached solution obtained from the step (a), to form a leached solution;
(c) removing heavy metals and organic materials from the leached solution obtained from the step (b), to form a leached solution;
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(d) spray-drying the leached solution obtained from the step (c), thus preparing manganese sulfate and zinc sulfate.

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