Adaptation of minerals processing operations for lithium-ion (LiBs) and nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries recycling: Critical review

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 4-17

  Al Thyabat, S ^a   Nakamura, T ^b   Shibata, E ^b   Iizuka, A ^b  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lithium ion batteries (LiBs); Minerals processing; Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries; Recycling

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL REVIEW; CRITICAL STEPS; EFFECTIVE ENERGY; EFFICIENT RECYCLING; ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS); FLOWSHEET; GRAVITY SEPARATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; LEACHATES; LITHIUM IONS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; MINERALS PROCESSING; NI-MH BATTERIES; NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE BATTERY; OIL AND GAS; PRODUCTION OF; RECYCLING PROCESS; RECYCLING STREAM; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SEPARATION PROCESS; SOARING PRICE; VALUABLE METALS;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES; HYBRID VEHICLES; PRIMARY BATTERIES; RECYCLING; SECONDARY BATTERIES; SEPARATION;

SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING;

EID: 84874700038     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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