The present invention discloses the systems of producing calcium and magnesium carbonate from the Ca/Mg containing solution leached by a CO.sub.2-based hydrometallurgical process which includes: a precipitation reactor that the Ca/Mg containing leached solution is continuously added and fully mixed with the alkaline reagent at specific mole ratio into the precipitation reactor and the reactor also comprises a CO.sub.2 bubbling module where CO.sub.2 is captured and recirculated from the thermal decomposition process as needed; a solid-liquid separation unit that the treated slurry is treated by the solid-liquid separation unit to produce precipitated calcium and magnesium carbonate products where the recirculating water is recycled back into the precipitation reactor; a thermal decomposition unit that the calcium and magnesium carbonate products is calcined by the thermal decomposition unit to produce an alkaline reagent and the alkaline reagent is recycled back into the precipitation reactor for the next batch of reaction.

Disclosed is a method for anaerobically cracking a power battery, which includes the following steps: disassembling a waste power battery to obtain a battery cell; taking out a diaphragm from the battery cell for later use, and pyrolyzing the battery cell to obtain electrode powder; extracting nickel, cobalt and manganese elements from the electrode powder with an extraction buffer, filtering, taking the filtrate, then adjusting the filtrate with a nickel solution, a cobalt solution and a manganese solution to obtain a solution A, adding the solution A dropwise into ammonium hydroxide under stirring, and then adding an alkali solution under stirring to obtain a solution B; subjecting the solution B to a hydrothermal reaction, filtering, and roasting to obtain a catalyst, such that a chemical formula of the catalyst is Ni.sup.2+.sub.1-x-yCo.sup.2+.sub.xMn.sup.2+.sub.yO, where 0.25≤x<0.45, 0.25≤y<0.45.

A recycling process that facilitates separation of materials from metallic substrates by cryogenically cooling the recyclable items to induce embrittlement of the metals. Embrittled metals may be shattered more efficiently and with a higher yield of materials bound to the metallic substrates. Metal embrittlement may be induced by mixing the source stream with liquid nitrogen, and cooling the stream to approximately minus 200° F. Multiple recovery stages may be employed to maximize the yield of the target materials. Embodiments may enable recovery of platinum group metals (PGMs) from catalytic converters with metallic foil substrates. Yield of PGMs may be enhanced by employing a primary recovery stage and a secondary recovery stage, by cryogenically cooling input materials for each stage, by mixing the pulverized material in secondary recovery with an aqueous solution to dissipate attractive charges, and by wet screening the pulverized material slurry to obtain the PGM particles.

Described is a process of extracting metals from a wet mass which comprises: a step A of concentrating the metals in a carbonaceous solid by means of a thermochemical treatment of the wet mass, with the ancillary production of a treatment gas; a step B of thermochemical decomposition of the carbonaceous solid in an atmosphere constituted by an operating gas which contains oxygen in substoichiometric quantity to carry out the thermochemical decomposition in order to promote a combination of the metals with substances present in the carbonaceous solid to form salts and others solid compounds and to concentrate the latter in residual ashes of the carbonaceous solid at the same time providing for the formation of a combustible synthesis gas comprising hydrocarbons from the carbonaceous solid; a step C of extraction of the metals from the ashes produced.

A method of extracting lithium from a lithium-bearing material including:

(i) mixing the lithium-bearing material, gypsum, a sulfur-containing material, and a calcium-containing material and forming a feed mixture having a moisture content of at least 20 wt %;

(ii) drying the feed mixture to form a dried mixture having a moisture content of less than 20 wt %;

(iii)roasting the dried mixture and forming a roasted mixture including a water-soluble lithium compound; and

(iv) leaching lithium from the water-soluble lithium compound and forming a lithium-containing leachate by mixing the aqueous solution and the water-soluble lithium compound.

Provided are a method for processing titanium extraction slag and a carbon extraction and dechlorination tailing. The method comprises the following steps that a titanium extraction slag raw material is ground to obtain a treated material with a particle size being 0.3˜120 μm and d.sub.90≤90 μm; a first solvent and a treated material are mixed with a liquid-solid ratio of (3.5˜4.5): 1 L/kg, and a first capturing agent and a first foaming agent are added for mixing and then subjected to a primary flotation to obtain a floating product and a sinking product; and a second solvent is added into the floating product to adjust the liquid-solid ratio to (4˜5): 1 L/kg, a second capturing agent and a second foaming agent are added for mixing and then subjected to a secondary flotation to obtain a foam product; the foam product is filtered and dried to obtain a refined carbon, and the sinking product is filtered and dried to obtain the carbon extraction and dechlorination tailing, wherein the d.sub.90≤90 μm means that more than 90% of the powder in the treated material has a particle size of less than 90 μm. The method has the advantages that carbon in the titanium-extracted slag can be recycled, chlorine is removed, and the carbon extraction and dechlorination tailing can be used as a building material raw material.

Polyester-free magnetic and/or metallic components are obtained from a multicomponent polyester device by reacting the multicomponent polyester device with an amine organocatalyst and/or carboxylic acid salt of same and an alcohol solvent. The reaction recovers (i) the polyester-free magnetic and/or metallic components as solid inert by-products of the reaction, (ii) the amine organocatalyst and/or carboxylic acid salt of same for reuse, (iii) unreacted alcohol for reuse, and (iv) a polyester monomer product. Where the multicomponent device includes a non-polyester material, such as polystyrene, the polystyrene is fully recovered from the reaction. Where the multicomponent polyester device includes recording media, the reaction process sanitizes the inert byproducts of the recording media, thus scrubbing any personal data from the reacted recording media.

The main steps are as follows: purification, de-leading, recovery and filtration, dissolving lead, hot filtration, cooling filtration, washing and hot decomposition, silver is recycled as silver powder, lead was recovered in the form of red lead, yellow lead and chlorinated lead respectively. Compared to existing technologies, the invention adopts a wet process, the amount of waste gas and dust produced in the process of fire treatment is reduced; silver powder, red (yellow) lead and chloride lead were obtained, it can be sold as final product with high value-added features. The tail liquid produced by the process returns to the corresponding process respectively, and the tailless liquid is discharged. The pyrolysis flue gas returns to the lead removal process, flue gas treatment process is reduced, lead smoke pollution is avoided. This method has the characteristics of simple technics and pollution-free process.

The invention concerns a method and a device for retrieving, from an object A, elements G present in a matrix M, characterized in that it comprises at least the following steps: bringing said abject A into contact with a dense fluid Fd with a molar mass greater than 2 g mol.sup.−1 under temperature T.sub.1 and pressure P.sub.1 conditions suitable for transforming the intergranular phase and for releasing the elements G, (302), modifying the temperature T.sub.2 and/or pressure P.sub.2 values to stop the reaction transforming the intergranular phase, (303), and recovering the elements G separated front the matrix M (304).

Disclosed is an incomplete extraction method for recycling batteries, which may include: introducing a pretreatment gas into a device loaded with a waste battery powder, and bringing a gas outlet into communication with absorption liquid A and absorption liquid B in order; raising the temperature and introducing the pretreatment gas; reducing the temperature and introducing a reaction gas; raising the temperature, introducing the reaction gas, and then introducing the pretreatment gas; and reducing the temperature, and turning off the pretreatment gas; adding an extractant to absorption liquid A, mixing the mixture, taking organic phase A, adding a stripping agent, and taking aqueous phase A; and adjusting the pH to acidity, then adding an extractant, taking organic phase B, adding a stripping agent to obtain a stock solution enriched in Li, Mn, Ni and Co.