Environmental impact analysis of Lithium extraction activity and Li-Ion batteries recycling.

"Environmental impact analysis of Lithium extraction activity and Li-Ion batteries recycling". A comparative analysis of the Environmental impacts of Lithium extraction and Li-ion batteries recycling is provided in this thesis. The document covered the different processes of Lithium extractions through brines and ores and recycling of batteries through different processes in detailed. The important of lithium resources and productions worldwide is also provided in the document. Although recycling lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles is regarded as a significant strategy to address future supply issues of raw materials, the actual environmental impact of traction battery recycling is debatable. This study provides the Impact of Li extraction of the water and a process-based life cycle assessment to measure the environmental implications of hydrometallurgical recycling and reusing materials in the manufacturing of typical lithium-ion batteries. This document provides the comparison of different studies for the impact of recycling of the Li-ion batteries by using different methods based on some important indexes. such are, GWP, MDP, CED and HTP. The results reveal that recycling can result in net environmental benefits for the two traction battery types for the impact categories evaluated, although the net advantages for direct recycling technology are greater due to reduced chemical and energy requirements. Reusing recovered materials in battery manufacture would have a lower impact than not recycling, although the potential decrease in greenhouse gas emissions and energy demand is not large.