Process for the separation of materials from recycled electrochemical cells and batteries

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8714361
APP PUB NO 20110272331A1
SERIAL NO

12776822

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Materials in battery and electrochemical cells are separated in a form suitable for recycling by employing froth flotation techniques. Bulk materials, such as casings, are removed from converted battery scrap and the resultant pulp is subjected to froth flotation. Froth flotation agents, including frothers, collectors and/or depressants, are used to manipulate the hydrophilic and hydrophobic nature of the materials in the scrap. Hydrophobic materials are entrained in the air bubbles of the froth and float out of the froth flotation vessel while those that are hydrophilic remain in the vessel, thereby separating battery grid materials without resort to pyrometallurgical, energy intensive or other environmentally undesirable processes.

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  • RSR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Ellis, Timothy W Dallas, US 36 225

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