THE FARADAY INSTITUTION / FAST START PROJECTS 2018 THE FARADAY INSTITUTION/RESEARCH PROJECTS

RECYCLINGRECYCLING && REUSEREUSE (RELIB)(RELIB)

AA project project led byby thethe UniversityUniversity of Birmingham,Birmingham, including seven other including seven other academic institutions and academic institutions and 14 industrial partners, 14 industrial partners, will determine the ways in will determine the ways in which spent lithium which spent lithium The key components of the project are: The ReLiB project will have a significant batteries can be recycled. batteries can be recycled. The key components of the proposal are: providingimpact on valuable the safety, raw economics materials and to feed •  a ‘triage’ system for used battery inefficiency further up of manufacturingbattery recycling supply whilst chains. With the aim to recycle 100% of the assessment minimising the environmental impact of battery, the project is focusing on how to • a ‘triage’ system for used battery The ReLiB project will have a significant •  fully autonomous gateway testing and these processes. reuse the batteries and their materials, to assessment impact on the safety, economics and robotic sorting Withmake the better aim to use recycle of global 100% resources, of the and • fully autonomous gateway testing and efficiency of battery recycling whilst battery,ultimately the increaseproject will the look impact how of to batteries reuse •  anrobotic assessment sorting of the relative minimizing the environmental impact of thein batteriesimproving and air theirquality materials, and to make •engineering an assessment and ofeconomic the relative gains for thesePRINCIPAL processes. INVESTIGATOR engineering and economic gains for betterdecarbonisation. use of global With resources, Birmingham, and various second life applications Dr Paul Anderson, various second life applications ultimatelyuniversity increase partners the include impact the of University batteries •  the development of novel chemical School of , • the development of recycling inof improving Leicester, air Newcastle quality and University, Cardiff processes recover and purify the PRINCIPALCo-Director INVESTIGATOR of the Birmingham decarbonisation.University, University With Birmingham, of Liverpool, Oxford differenttechnologies materials to segregate into a useful and purifyform for Centre for Strategic Elements universityBrookes University,partners include University the University of re-usethe different in batteries materials or other into applications a useful Drand Paul Critical Anderson, Materials, School of Chemistry, ofEdinburgh, Leicester, Newcastleand the Science University, and Cardiff form for re-use in batteries or other ReaderUniversity in Inorganic of Birmingham and Materials •  life cycle analysis and techno-economic Chemistry, Co-Director of the University,Technology University Facilities ofCouncil. Liverpool, Oxford applications https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ assessment of each recycling route Birmingham Centre for Strategic Brookes University, University of • life cycle analysis and techno-economic schools/chemistry/people/navigation. developed Elements and Critical Materials, Edinburgh,The aim of and the theReLiB Science project and is toFacilities establish assessment of each recycling route aspx?ReferenceId=8958&Name=dr- •  development of new business models to Birmingham University Technologythe technological, Council. economic and legal developed paul-anderson •promote development the collection of new business and sorting models of infrastructure to make the recycling of https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ batteriesto promote the collection and sorting of Theclose aim to of 100% the ReLiB of the project materials is to contained establish in schools/chemistry/people/navigation.PROJECT LEADER lithium ion batteries from the automotive •  reviewbatteries of the regulatory framework for the technological, economic and legal aspx?ReferenceId=8958&Name=dr-Anthony Hartwell, sector possible. •battery review recyclingof the regulatory in the UK framework and analysis for infrastructure to make the recycling of paul-andersonSchool of Metallurgy & Materials, ofbattery which recyclingEU waste inlaws the shouldUK and be analysis close to 100% of the materials contained in lithiumThe ReLiB ion batteries team is tackling from the the automotive most retainedof which law EU inwaste the UK laws after should Brexit be demanding technical challenges in retained law in the UK after Brexit sector possible. •  full characterisation of active materials UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY PARTNERS PARTNERS sensing, gateway testing, robotic sorting, •from full characterization cells near and at of end active of life materials and • University of Birmingham (lead) There-use, ReLiB recycling team will and tackle characterisation. the most recycledfrom cells materials near and recovered at end of from life usedand • University of Birmingham (lead) •• Cardiff Cardiff University University demandingThe processes technical developed challenges will be in batteries,recycled withmaterials respect recovered to chemical from •• Diamond Diamond Light Light Source Source sensing,quantitatively gateway assessed testing, byrobotic specialists sorting, in compositionused batteries, (elemental with respect concentration to chemical and •• Newcastle University re-use,lifecycle, recycling technical and and characterization. economic distribution),composition particle (elemental size concentrationand morphology. •• Oxford Oxford Brookes Brookes University University Theassessment. processes Newdeveloped business will models be and and distribution), particle size and •• University University of of Edinburgh Edinburgh quantitativelyregulatory frameworks assessed by will specialists be examined in in Introducingmorphology. robotics into the waste and •• University University of of Leicester Leicester lifecycle,the context technical of the andcomplete, economic full-cycle recycling sector will boost productivity, •• University University of of Liverpool Liverpool assessment.value chain. New business models and Introducingstabilise the robotics existing into jobs the market waste and and ould •• And And 14 14 industrial industrial collaborators collaborators regulatory frameworks will be examined in recyclingalso draw sector, jobs into will the boost UK productivity,by providing the context of the complete, full-cycle stabilizevaluable the raw existing materials jobs to market feed in andfurther www.relib.org.uk value chain. couldup manufacturing also draw jobs supply into the chains. UK by

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