화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.39, No.1, 161-166, January, 2022
DOI10.1007/s11814-021-0963-5  Export Citation
Catalytic removal of volatile organic compounds using black mass from spent batteries
Young-Kwon Park, Wang Geun Shim1, Sang-Chul Jung2, Ho-Young Jung3, and Sang Chai Kim4, †
  • School of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul, Seoul 02504, Korea
  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 57975, Korea
  • 2Department of Environmental Engineering, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 57975, Korea
  • 3Department of Environment and Energy Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
  • 4Department of Environmental Education, Mokpo National University, 61, Muan 58554, Korea
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As battery usage increases every year, the number of spent batteries is also increasing, resulting in an important environmental issue. To examine the possibility of using the black mass (BM) obtained from spent batteries as a catalyst material for volatile organic compound (VOC) oxidation, the effect of the pretreating BM on its catalytic activity was investigated. Catalysts were prepared by pretreating the BM in three ways using water and sulfuric acid, and the catalytic performance of each catalyst was compared. The order of activity according to the pretreatment method was water and sulfuric acid hybrid pretreatment (WSBM)>sulfuric acid pretreatment (SBM)>water pretreatment (WBM)>raw (BM). The high adsorption energy site had a great influence on the activity of the catalyst. The number of acid sites and the easily movable lattice oxygen played an important role in the complete oxidation of benzene, toluene and o-xylene. At a gas hourly space velocity of 50,000 h-1, benzene, toluene, and o-xylene were removed completely on the WSBM catalyst at 370 °C, 360 °C, and 350 °C, respectively.
Keywords:Volatile Organic Compounds;Catalytic Oxidation;Spent Batteries;Black Mass;Pretreatment
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