Conference on Battery Direct Recycling 2024
October 29-30, 2024
Congress Centrum Wuerzburg

Closing the Loop

Direct battery recycling is a key strategy to maximize sustainability and geopolitical independence along the battery value chain
 

The new EU Battery Directive is driving this growing interest. It requires low carbon footprint batteries, stricter policies on critical raw materials (CRM) and high-quality recycling of batteries including re-use rates for CRM. The BD is expected to become a global benchmark.

This is accompanied by the EU Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) to strengthen circularity, including recycling.
An economic pathway meet those requirements on industrial scale are a range of modern efficient recycling methods phrased “direct recycling”.

The Fraunhofer ISC has been working for several years to optimize direct recycling in terms of technological feasibility and economic viability.
The "Conference on Battery Direct Recycling", initiated by the Fraunhofer R&D Center for Electromobility Bavaria FZEB of the ISC, is intended to provide a platform for networking for stakeholders from research, industry and politics.

The goal of the conference is to strengthen the direct recycling community and collectively unlock the potential to contribute to a more sustainable and economically viable battery ecosystem.
 

Direct Battery Recycling Paves the Way
for a Circular Economy

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Preliminary program

Day 1 10/29/2024

08:00 Registration
09:00 Welcome and Conference Opening
Conference Board & Organizing Committee
   
09:05 SESSION 1 - Policy & Regulations             
09:10 "Battery 2030+ Roadmap Direct Recycling"
Marcel Meeus (Susteco), Keynote
09:40 "Is the Battery Regulation promoting Direct Recycling?"
Claude Chanson (Recharge Assocation)
10:00 "Battery Recycling in Europe: status, challenges and the innovative solution"
Bozorg Khanbaei (BEPA)
10:20 "FME Battery- a research centre for a sustainable and circular battery technology value chain"
Hanne Andersen (IFE / FME Battery)
10:35 "Responsbile Battery Production in Europe"
Esther Laabs (WWF)
   
10:50 SESSION 2 - Recycling Processes 1
10:55 "Sustainable routes to recovery and reuse of battery materials"
Emma Kendrick (Uni Birmingham), Keynote
11:25 "Where is the Lithium? – An Assessment of Lithium content in the Output Fractions from a Water Bath Direct Recycling Process"
Nora Bartolome (EMPA)
11:45 "Electrochemical methods for selective recovery of critical raw materials from battery recycling wastewater"
Cleis Santos (Fraunhofer IFAM)
12:05 Closing session
   
12:10 LUNCH
   
13:15 SESSION 3 - LCA & Digitalization
13:20 "From digital twins of battery manufacturing to digital twins of battery recycling"
Alejandro Franco (Université de Picardie Jules Verne), Keynote
13:50 "Direct recycling of black mass: Challenges in the selection of mechanical separation processes"
Marco Gleiß (KIT)
14:10 "A technoeconomic model for integrating direct scrap recycling in battery gigafactories"
Robert Schroeder (RWTH Aachen)
14:30 "Exchange and Integration of Carbon Footprint Data in a Digital Battery Passport: A Step Towards Sustainable Battery Recycling"
Frauke Hänel (Ipoint)
   
14:50 COFFEE BREAK
   
15:15 SESSION 4 - Design for Recycling
15:20 "Design for sustainability as a powerful tool to enhance direct recycling of End-of-Life batteries"
Nestor Antuñano (CIC Energigune), Keynote
15:50 "Supraparticles as information-providing additives and Reversible interfaces and dispersible particles in direct recycling"
Karl Mandel (FAU) & Tobias Kraus (INM)
16:20 "Insights for EV Pack Design"
Jacqueline Edge (Imperial College)
16:40 "Recycling of solid-state batteries—challenge and opportunity for a circular economy?"
Oliver Clemens (University Stuttgart)
17:00 CLOSING SESSION Day 1
17:10 Poster Session and Networking
19:30 Conference Dinner

Day 2 10/30/2024

08:00 Registration
09:00 Welcome (Start Day2)
09:05 SESSION 5 - EU Initiatives
09:10 "Battery 2030+ Initiative"
Kristina Edström, Battery 2030+
09:30 "A circular and chemistry-neutral approach for recycling and recovery of battery waste feeds: the RENOVATE project"
Eliana Quartarone (Uni Pavia)
09:50 "Revolutionizing low-value LFP Battery Waste Recycling - Project ReUSE (Horizon Europe)"
Marco Schott (Fraunhofer ISC)
10:10 "Towards (direct) recycling of LFP batteries: overview of the ACROBAT project results"
Jeroen Spooren (VITO)
10:30 "The project RecyLIB – Closing the Loop for LFP/Graphite and NCM/Graphite Cells via a Direct Recycling Route"
Felix Nagler (Fraunhofer ISC)
   
10:50 COFFEE BREAK             
   
11:05 SESSION 6 - Recycling Processes 2
11:10 tbd
Steve Sloop (Onto Technology), Keynote
11:40 "Direct recycling of electrode production scraps from Liion cell manufacturing at BMW"
Michael Wagner (BMW Group)
12:00 "Direct Battery Recycling via Electrohydraulic Fragmentation"
Andreas Bittner (Cellcircle)
12:20 "Direct recycle technology is Extraction Cathode & Anode from production scrap"
Yu Tack Kim (ABR co. Ltd)
12:40 Closing Session
   
12:45 LUNCH
   
13:50 SESSION 7 - Recycling Processes 3
13:55 "KYBURZ Direct Battery Recycling Processes and Recyclability Score"
Dawit Ayana (Kyburz)
14:15 "Direct recycling of spent NCA cathode active material for Li-ion batteries"
Abdelfattah Mahmoud (Uni Liege)
14:35 "Sustainable Direct Recycling of NMC Cathode Active Materials from Lithium-ion Battery Electrode Scraps: Using Green Reagents and Ultrasound Technology"
Krystal Davis (National Research Council Canada)
14:55 "Tailored Direct Recycling Processes: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future"
Andreas Fleger (Fraunhofer ISC)
15:15 "Direct recycling of Lithium batteries at the end of life to recover active materials to be reused in new batteries"
Claude Guery (U Picardie Jules Verne)
   
15:35 COFFEE BREAK
   
15:50 SESSION 8 - Processes 4
15:55 "Direct Recycling of Graphite from Spent Batteries and Production Scraps for the Development of a Circular and Sustainable Economy"
Ane Muguruza (CIDETEC Energy Storage)
16:15 "Conceptual design and experimental evaluation of dismantling methods for cylindrical battery cells"
Philipp Rittlewski (Fraunhofer IPA)
16:35 "Sustainable direct recycling of graphite active material: process, characterization and impact of thermal treatment"
Jan Martin (ZSW)
16:55 "Selective flocculation of cathode particles to improve direct recycling of Li-ion battery materials"
Natalia Araya-Gómez (Aalto)
17:15 Closing Remarks & Poster Prize
17:30 
End of Conference
Optional (please register at Registration Desk)
17:45 Meet-up Tour
18:00 Lab Tour FZEB Battery Labs @Fraunhofer ISC
19:00 End of Tour

Conference fees and registration

Students, speaker and poster authors: 249 €

Scientific participants and participants from industry 399 €

(Included is catering during the day)
 

Registration closed!
 

 

Call for abstracts


Contributions (oral and poster) from researchers at all levels are highly appreciated. Slots for oral contributions will be selected by the conference board on the basis of the originality of the research, the level of results indicated in the abstract, and the relevance for the field of Direct Battery Recycling.
 

Deadlines for Abstract Submission:

June 30, 2024 (oral)
July 31, 2024 (poster)

 

  • From researchers and experts from industry
  • Each presenting author may submit only one abstract
  • The official language of the conference is English
  • The abstract must not exceed 600 words (references and acknowledgments included) and may include one figure

Please note that only limited places are available.