Developing the Lithium-ion battery value chain for recycling in Austria
Abstract
The importance of electric vehicles in the national vehicle fleet and accordingly the demand for Lithium-ion batteries (LIB) will increase in future. The group of electric private cars includes battery electric vehicles (BEV), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV), hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), pedelecs, and electric scooters. In Austria, the rele-vance of electric driven transport vehicles, is still low, but this is expected to emi-nently change in future. LIB contain valuable metals (e.g. Cu, Co, Al) and compo-nents (e.g. electrode coating, printed circuit boards) with rising potential for recy-cling and re-use, thus call for action to keep these scarce materials in the economy. Currently, only very small battery volumes are reaching their end of life (EOL). Therefore, no specific recycling plants are existing in Austria. Hence, it is crucial to understand how to efficiently and effectively re-cover valuable materials from EOL batteries in near future. Furthermore, design for recycling and prolongation of life time, e.g. with re-use as energy storage facility, has to be enhanced in the view of a circular economy. Emerging recycling technologies are a core element of a holistic battery recycling system. In recent years LIB recycling has been evolving from lab-scale to full industrial recycling. Well-founded decisions about the technology mix and system setup are thus required. Austria has a high potential for inclusion in the future circular value chain of lithium-ion batteries, as Austrian enterprises play an important role in both automotive and recycling industry. Objectives of this study cover the analysis of economic impacts based on low-carbon energy scenarios with resource use of LIB in a circular economy, the assessment of framework conditions for a full-scale recycling process in Austria, and the creation of a technology roadmap for a holistic system ranging from second-life approaches over take-back and collection systems to innovative recycling technologies. Methods will cover the assessment of recycling technology based on process engineer-ing and optimisation, the assessments of product characteristics using internal da-tabases and dismantling trials, sustainability assessment of impacts of design for Re-cycling or Second Life, and the quantification of economic impacts and e-mobility scenarios using the “WIFO.DYNK model”. Expected results cover a technology roadmap for holistic options for LIB recycling and re-use consid-ering take-back schemes and reverse logistics, an action plan covering economic instruments for setup and development of a value chain for LIB in Austria, an economic assessment of potential added value and employment effects through the measures.
keywords Recycling Lithium-ion batteries e-mobility Circular economy Added value
Publikationen
Entwicklung einer Wertschöpfungskette für das Recycling von Lithium-Ionen-Batterien (LIB) in Österreich
Autoren: Beigl, P; Scherhaufer, S; Part, F; Jandric, A; Salhofer, S; Nigl, T; Altendorfer, M; Rutrecht, B; Pomberger, R; Meyer, I; Sommer, M Jahr: 2021
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Project staff
Peter Beigl
Dipl.-Ing. Mag.rer.soc.oec. Peter Beigl
peter.beigl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81314
Project Leader
01.03.2020 - 30.08.2021
Stefan Petrus Salhofer
Ao.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Stefan Petrus Salhofer
stefan.salhofer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81342
Project Staff
01.03.2020 - 30.08.2021
Florian Part
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Florian Part
florian.part@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81344
Sub Projectleader
01.03.2020 - 31.12.2020
Project Staff
01.01.2021 - 30.08.2021
Silvia Scherhaufer
Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Silvia Scherhaufer
silvia.scherhaufer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81334
Sub Projectleader
01.01.2021 - 30.08.2021
Project Staff
01.03.2020 - 31.12.2020
BOKU partners
External partners
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
none
partner
Montanuniversität Leoben
none
partner