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WP 01 Battery Recycling Innovation Park Developtment Steps

WP 02 Mapping of The Residual Resource Material Flows And Usability Cases

WP 03 Biocarbon And Graphite in Battery Industry

WP 04 Facilities And Equipment Planning

WP 05 Project Coordination

6-step model rotation: Repetition of a specificative round during second year from step 1 to step 6

Step 1: Mapping synergies between innovation park partners

Step 2: Creating a common vision for the park

Step 3: Building a network between companies and other partners

Step 4: Creating a business model

Step 5: Creating a strategy for Invest-In activities

Step 6: Piloting new business models and enabling activities

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Task 1: Materials mapping

• Mapping and characterization of material flows from batteries including
  A) potential recycling materials
  B) potential residual capacity
• Methods: Literature, research findings, laboratory analysis at Centria premises

Task 2: Mapping of industry digitalization (industry 4.0) application opportunities in battery recycling process

• Benefitting from the newest laboratory investments in making demonstrations, mapping development environment needs and future technologies from the battery recycling point of view
• Study of current and forthcoming production technology applications in battery recycling process
• Robot and cobot applications, machine vision and other identification technologies (RFID, 2D-barcodes) as the most pivotal field or research
• Research on the latest and future identification technologies such as 2D and 3D identification, transillumination technologies and various mobile robot applications for automatic identification of integrated and/or crushed batteries
• Developing automated disassembly lines
• The role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the interpretation of identification data. A research partition will be carried out related to future application opportunities of these technologies in battery recycling industry
• Exploration of new technologies such as digital twins in battery recycling plants and circular economy environment in order to
  1. Generate data on e.g. battery types, failure situations and different states of the processes for the requirements of Battery Management Systems
  2. To develop processes and simulation models in production plants and to generate an advantageous environment for integrated and comprehensive process optimation
  3. To improve remote controlling and remote configuration capabilities at the plants and of the whole recycling network

Safety

• Drone applications for enabling safety of the processing and working areas will be examined
• Dust, overheating and gasification of battery materials during transportation, warehousing and processing constitute a significant risk in battery recycling process thus generating a risk of fires and explosions
• Clean air is also important from the personnel working environment point of view
• A mapping of IoT solutions in controlling processing and warehouse surroundings will be conducted through gas, dust and temperature sensors including thermographic cameras and optical probes
• Mobile robots’ and drones’ role in increasing the safety of high-quality measurements in the processing environment will also be studied
• A study of battery logistics chains will be implemented through Industry 4.0. applications related for instance to controlling battery recycling bins becoming overfilled, which in turn creates safety hazards for the environment

Task 3: Recycling Material Flows

Task 3 will be implemented based on the results from the composition and residual capacity data from WP2

• The aim is to examine residual material capacities of current battery types as well as of batteries manufactured by latest battery manufacturing technologies. This will comprise:
  1. recycling capabilities
  2. reutilization capabilities
  3. creation of a feasible value chain model through which the preservation of the materials’ value can be verified for as long as possible
• Totally new and potential alternative uses as well as reutilization of battery materials will be taken into account
• A comparison between battery recycling and reutilization models already in general use and their applicability for the purposes of a recycling innovation park environment will be implemented

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• Applicability of graphite found in biocarbon as a substituent for anode material in batteries.
• Study on the potential recycling capabilities of biocarbon applications
• Use of biocarbon based graphite in developing new battery technologies, e.g. as a raw material for salt batteries as an alternative for lithium-ion batteries
• One of the advantages of biocarbon-based materials such as graphite used in batteries is that they can be totally discharged, which means that their transportation is safer. Currently, salt batteries’ charging cycles are not long enough to compete with lithium-ion batteries, but as technologies evolve, their applications may grow significantly.

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• During WP1 a circulation economy network and interest groups will be formed and following procurements are planned accordingly
• Equipment specifications will be planned taking into account the needs of the participating companies
  1. Equipment for research and piloting projects
  2. Rearrangement of current laboratory and office facilities
  3. Potential new facilities

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Overall administrative coordination of the project.

Risto Rova
Project Manager

+ 358 40 129 0558
contact@batterypark.fi

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