A Study on the Battery Recycling Process and Risk Estimation
Taeho Kim, Cheolhee Yoon, Seungho Jung, William A Toscano · 2024
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Description
Taeho Kim and co-authors map the battery recycling process and estimate the risk of each step. Their 2024 study responds to fast growth in rechargeable batteries, driven by climate goals. The minerals in battery cathodes are scarce and classed as conflict minerals, which makes recycling both necessary and urgent.
Recycling uses many chemicals across its steps, and prior safety data are scarce, so accident risk is real. The authors generalized the process from earlier literature, then scored each step with a standard military risk matrix. Severity came from a fire protection rating system, and likelihood from event analysis plus a European waste equipment report. The step using sulfuric acid carried the highest risk when extracted values were compared. The ranking gives plant managers a starting order for safety work.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Taeho Kim, Cheolhee Yoon, Seungho Jung, William A Toscano |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |