Abstract: A valuable material recovery method includes a discharge step of discharging a lithium-ion battery; a thermal decomposition step of reducing a lithium compound, which is a cathode active material, into a magnetic oxide by thermally treating the lithium-ion battery after being discharged; a crushing step of crushing the lithium-ion battery, after being thermally decomposed, into fragments of a size suitable for wind sorting, allowing part of the magnetic oxide to remain in the aluminum foil; a sieving step of sieving a crushed material to separate the crushed material into an oversized product and an undersized product; a wind sorting step of separating the oversized product into a heavy product and a light product; and a magnetic sorting step of sorting and recovering the aluminum foil with a residue of the magnetic oxide, as a magnetized material, and recovering the copper foil as a non-magnetized material from the light product.

Abstract: A valuable material recovery method includes a discharge step of discharging a lithium-ion battery; a thermal decomposition step of reducing a lithium compound, which is a cathode active material, into a magnetic oxide by thermally treating the lithium-ion battery after being discharged; a crushing step of crushing the lithium-ion battery, after being thermally decomposed, into fragments of a size suitable for wind sorting, allowing part of the magnetic oxide to remain in the aluminum foil; a sieving step of sieving a crushed material to separate the crushed material into an oversized product and an undersized product; a wind sorting step of separating the oversized product into a heavy product and a light product; and a magnetic sorting step of sorting and recovering the aluminum foil with a residue of the magnetic oxide, as a magnetized material, and recovering the copper foil as a non-magnetized material from the light product.

Abstract: A continuous kneading device is provided with an upper trunk (1) to which a powder supply tube (3) through which quantified powder is supplied is connected and in which the powder is blended with a fluid, and a lower trunk (2) concentrically connected to the bottom of the upper trunk (1). The continuous kneading device continuously kneads the powder and the fluid by a first rotating kneading plate (10) built into the upper trunk (1) and a second rotating kneading plate (11) built into the lower trunk (2), wherein surfaces of the base metals of the first and second rotating kneading plates (10, 11) are covered with a coating material (50) for reducing friction when the powder and the fluid are kneaded together.

Abstract: A continuous kneading device is provided with an upper trunk (1) to which a powder supply tube (3) through which quantified powder is supplied is connected and in which the powder is blended with a fluid, and a lower trunk (2) concentrically connected to the bottom of the upper trunk (1). The continuous kneading device continuously kneads the powder and the fluid by a first rotating kneading plate (10) built into the upper trunk (1) and a second rotating kneading plate (11) built into the lower trunk (2), wherein surfaces of the base metals of the first and second rotating kneading plates (10, 11) are covered with a coating material (50) for reducing friction when the powder and the fluid are kneaded together.

Abstract: A depleted UF6 processing plant including a first fluidized bed reactor configured to react depleted UF6 with steam to produce UO2F2 and hydrogen fluoride, a second fluidized bed reactor connected to the first fluidized bed reactor and configured to react the UO2F2 with steam to produce U3O8, hydrogen fluoride and oxygen, a gas cooler configured to cool the hydrogen fluoride generated in the first and second fluidized bed reactors down to 150 to 300° C., and a fluorine fixing reactor containing granular calcium carbonate and connected to the gas cooler to receive the hydrogen fluoride cooled down to 150 to 300° C. from the gas cooler. The fluorine fixing reactor is configured to form granular calcium fluoride from the granular calcium carbonate and the hydrogen fluoride passing through the fluorine fixing reactor.

Abstract: A depleted UF6 processing plant including a first fluidized bed reactor configured to react depleted UF6 with steam to produce UO2F2 and hydrogen fluoride, a second fluidized bed reactor connected to the first fluidized bed reactor and configured to react the UO2F2 with steam to produce U3O8, hydrogen fluoride and oxygen, a gas cooler configured to cool the hydrogen fluoride generated in the first and second fluidized bed reactors down to 150 to 300° C., and a fluorine fixing reactor containing granular calcium carbonate and connected to the gas cooler to receive the hydrogen fluoride cooled down to 150 to 300° C. from the gas cooler. The fluorine fixing reactor is configured to form granular calcium fluoride from the granular calcium carbonate and the hydrogen fluoride passing through the fluorine fixing reactor.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to simplify the depleted UF6 processing plant and processing method and to prevent calcium fluoride to be a fine powder, wherein the processing plant comprises a first fluidized bed reactor for forming UO2F2 and hydrogen fluoride by allowing depleted UF6 to react with steam, a second fluidized bed reactor for forming U3Oa, hydrogen fluoride and oxygen by allowing UO2F2 to react with steam, a gas cooler for cooling hydrogen fluoride at 150 to 300° C., and a fluoride fixing reactor for forming calcium fluoride by allowing cooled hydrogen fluoride to contact calcium carbonate; and wherein the processing process comprises a dry vapor-phase reaction step for forcing UO2F2 and hydrogen fluoride by allowing depleted UF6 to react with steam at a temperature of 230 to 280° C.