Recovery of Pure Lead-Tin Alloy from Recycling Spent Lead-Acid Batteries
Daniel Malecha1,2, Stanisław Małecki2, Piotr Jarosz2
1Baterpol S.A., ul. Obr. Westerplatte 108, 40-335 Katowice, Poland.
Abstract:
Spent lead-acid batteries have become the primary raw material for global lead production. In the current lead refining process, the tin oxidizes to slag, making its recovery problematic and expensive. This paper aims to present an innovative method for the fire refining of lead, which enables the retention of tin contained in lead from recycled lead-acid batteries. The proposed method uses aluminium scrap to remove impurities from the lead, virtually leaving all of the tin in it. The results of the conducted experiments indicate the high efficiency of the proposed method, which obtained a pure Pb-Sn alloy. This alloy is an ideal base material for the production of battery grids. This research was carried out on an industrial scale, which confirms the possibility of facile implementation of the method in almost every lead-acid battery recycling plant in the world.
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