RECOBATs

DGH is one of the members of the RECOBATs project consortium, “Development of a comprehensive battery recycling strategy.”

The overall objective of RECOBATs is to develop a comprehensive and versatile strategy for the second life and recycling of end-of-life electromobility LIBs, encompassing research into technologies at the different stages of the process: from logistics and safety in storage and transportation, to deactivation, automatic disassembly, cell status diagnostics, as well as regeneration into new batteries, direct recycling through selective separation for the recovery of cathode, anode, Cu, and Al, and indirect recycling from the black mass for the recovery of strategic materials using biohydrometallurgy, supercritical fluid, and purification technologies for the efficient recovery of metals and graphite at the appropriate purity to give it a second life.
In addition, digital technologies will be integrated to model and simulate the different stages studied, as well as to model and visualize the overall process at full scale using digital twins and artificial intelligence. Finally, the recovered materials will be validated in new cells, 3D manufacturing will be carried out from the recovered Al and Cu, and graphite will be used in construction materials.

To meet this challenge, RECOBATs has a multidisciplinary consortium made up of seven companies and four research organizations:

Business group:

  • ECOINTEGRAL
  • APRIA
  • BEECYCLE
  • FCC AMBITO
  • DGH
  • ENVIROBAT
  • RECYCLIA
    Center group:
  • CETIM
  • AIMEN
  • CENIM
  • CIIAE

The RECOBATs project has been funded by the Center for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI), supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities, in the 2024 call for applications for “Science and Innovation Missions – Transmissions” within the framework of the Transfer and Collaboration Program of the State Plan for Scientific, Technical, and Innovation Research 2024-2027.

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