Session: 08-01-01: Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, Components Optimization, and AI for Energy Systems

Paper Number: 143101

143101 - Environmental Impact and Techniques for the Reuse and Disposal of Automotive Batteries 

Today, lithium batteries represent the best solution for storing electrical energy, they are now an integral part of both electronic devices (laptops and smartphones) and electric vehicles. For some time now, their reuse (Second Life) has taken hold: at the end of their initial operating life cycle - they can be used for other purposes. As far as recycling is concerned, there are now several studies and research that have focused on recycling methods: there are over 300 studies on the various recycling methods and techniques, of which more than 75% concern metallurgical processes and about 70%. The results show that all the materials that make up the battery, including lith, can be recycled.
In this paper the authors want to analyze the state of the art of reuse and recycling, and detect any critical issues of the process in its entirety and - where possible - proceed to its optimization.
The recycling and reuse of batteries constitute a new economic and industrial flow, in particular batteries represent virtual mines from which to extract materials not present on the national territory. The production of batteries constitutes the greatest environmental impact of the same technique, and their reuse is obviously beneficial for the reduction of emissions. Nevertheless, there is a need for standardisation of disassembly methods on a large scale, which could be ensured by the increase in the market, but requires constant research.

Presenting Author: Roberto Capata Sapienza Universita di Roma

Presenting Author Biography: ROBERTO CAPATA, graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1994 at the Faculty of Engineering
of the University of Rome "Sapienza". He received his Ph.D. in Energetics in 2000 from the same
University. Lecturer of "Machines" for the course of Chemical Engineering and of "Machines for Applications"
biomedical" for the course of Clinical and Biomedical Engineering. Author of numerous publications in journals
fluid machines and the optimisation of heat recovery systems and
conventional energy sources. Holder of three industrial patents concerning the optimization of chambers
combustion of gas turbine units and the implementation of ORC heat recovery systems on vehicles
used for public and mixed transport and hybrid applications in the automotive field

Authors:

Roberto Capata Sapienza Universita di Roma
Alfonso Calabria University “eCampus”, Roma, Italy