By Simon Alvarez

Posted on Afrilu 18, 2024

Redwood Materials ya sami babban ci gaba a ƙoƙarinsa na ƙirƙirar sarkar samar da kayan batir mai rufaffiyar a harabar ta Nevada. A cikin shekarar da ta gabata, Redwood ya haɓaka ayyukansa na hydrometallurgical, ya ƙaddamar da babban injin rotary calciner, kuma ya fara samar da batir anode tagulla.

Waɗannan ci gaban suna nuna babban ci gaba a burin Redwood na kafa tushen tushen kayan batir don masana'antar motocin lantarki na cikin gida. Cibiyar hydrometallurgical na kamfanin, wanda kuma shine farkon kasuwancin nickel "mine" wanda zai buɗe a cikin Amurka a cikin shekaru, ba wai kawai sake yin amfani da baturi ba har ma yana wakiltar sabuwar hanyar samar da lithium na cikin gida a cikin 'yan shekarun nan.

Hanyar Redwood yana ba da fifikon alhakin muhalli. Tsarin hydrometallurgical na kamfanin yana alfahari da ƙimar dawo da lithium 95% daga batura mai jujjuyawa. Ana tsabtace kayan da aka dawo dasu don amfani a cikin kayan aiki na cathode, rage tasirin muhalli da ƙarfafa sarƙoƙin samar da gida na Amurka.

Muna gina sarkar samar da batir na Amurka:

✅ Nickel "nawa" na kasuwanci na farko da kuma samar da lithium kawai ya zo kan layi a cikin Amurka cikin shekaru da yawa.

✅ @Stanford ya nuna mun yanke CO2 da 40% idan aka kwatanta da sauran masu sake yin fa'ida kuma, a ma'aunin sarrafa 15-20 GWh riga!

✅ Muhalli…

- Abubuwan Redwood (@RedwoodMat) Afrilu 18, 2024

Redwood's sabon reductive calciner, a gefe guda, yana aiwatar da kayan ciyarwar baturi iri-iri, gami da sel baturi mai rai, na'urorin lantarki na mabukaci, da na'urorin abin hawa na lantarki. Ya zuwa yau, Redwood's reductive calciner yana da ikon sarrafa fiye da tan metric 40,000 (kimanin 15-20 GWh) na kayan kowace shekara. 

Kamar yadda Redwood ya lura a cikin wani aika a kan official website, Ya gayyaci ƙungiyar ƙwararrun ɗalibai daga Jami'ar Stanford suna ƙididdige sawun muhalli na takaddar mu. Binciken ya kwatanta hanyoyin sake amfani da batirin lithium-ion na Redwood da sauran fasahohin sake amfani da su. Binciken Stanford ya yi fice. 

Tsarin rufe madauki na Redwood ya nuna raguwa mai yawa a cikin tasiri hade da hakar da kuma sufuri, babban damuwa tare da ma'adinai na al'ada. "A cikin zagayowar ma'adinai na al'ada, hakar da sufuri yawanci suna da sama da 30% na sawun muhalli na kayan cathode da aka haƙa. Tsarin sake amfani da mu yana rage wannan tasirin sosai zuwa ƙasa da 5%, yana nuna ingancin sarkar samar da madauwari."

Hakanan an gano hanyoyin Redwood suna da kuzari da inganci. “Idan aka kwatanta da hanyoyin gargajiya na sarrafa ma’adinan zuwa kayan batir, tsarinmu ya fi dorewa. Muna amfani da 80% ƙasa da makamashi, samar da 70% ƙasa da iskar CO2, kuma muna buƙatar ƙarancin ruwa 80%, saita sabbin ka'idoji a ingancin albarkatun, "Redwood ya rubuta a cikin sakonsa. 

Kalli bidiyon nazarin Stanford na Redwood Materials a ƙasa.