Power battery recycling is one of the hot topics in the environmental protection industry.
Starting from 2022, China's power batteries will gradually enter the large-scale retirement period. In 2023, the retirement volume will be about 24GWh. It is estimated that by 2028, this figure will exceed the 100GWh mark.Previously, due to the continuous surge in the prices of raw materials for power batteries, the field of power battery recycling at the end of the industrial chain has attracted unprecedented attention and attracted a large influx of capital.
However, the White Paper on the Development of China's Lithium-ion Battery Recycling, Disassembly and Echelon Utilization Industry (2024) pointed out that although the actual recycling of lithium-ion batteries nationwide has reached 623,000 tons in 2023, the recycling rate has hovered at less than 25%, highlighting the huge space for improvement in efficiency and scale of the current recycling system.High recycling costs, complex processing procedures, and potential safety hazards have become bottlenecks restricting the development of the power battery recycling industry.
In the face of challenges, technological innovation has become the key to breaking the deadlock. GEP ECOTECH provides innovative solutions for the industry with its self-developed power battery live crushing system.The system realizes the safe and continuous crushing of lithium batteries in the "zero discharge" state with high standards of safety, stability, air tightness, and ease of operation.The entire system is compact in structure, small in footprint, and highly intelligent, effectively simplifying the recycling process, reducing costs, and significantly improving recycling utilization.
The system integrates multiple subsystems such as feeding, feeding, crushing, discharging, and fire protection. Under the control of an intelligent monitoring system, it adopts the concept of combining segmented enclosure and nitrogen protection to effectively avoid the risk of spontaneous combustion or explosion of power batteries during the crushing process, ensuring the safety and environmental protection of the crushing process.The close linkage between intelligent control and fire protection system minimizes potential risks and ensures the safety and controllability of the entire process from feeding to discharging.In addition, the highly automated operation of the system not only reduces the burden on manpower, but also significantly improves operational efficiency and safety.
At the same time, positive actions at the policy level have also provided strong support for the healthy development of the power battery recycling industry.In recent years, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other relevant departments have continuously improved the regulatory system and regulatory policy system for pollution prevention and control in the recycling and disposal of power batteries, laying a solid foundation for the standardized development of the industry.In particular, the recent launch of the new energy battery recycling information platform and the opening of the column for reporting complaints and reports on the illegal dismantling of waste equipment and consumer goods, which pollute the environment, have further demonstrated the country's determination to strengthen the supervision of power battery recycling and severely crack down on illegal dismantling.
Driven by multiple factors such as policy guidance, institutional improvement, regulatory strengthening, and technological innovation, the power battery recycling industry is ushering in unprecedented development opportunities.We have reason to believe that under the current new situation, a safer, more environmentally friendly and smarter power battery recycling industry will quickly replace the original backward technology and equipment, and become an important force in promoting the development of green economy.
