Provided herein are systems and methods for removing halogens and sulfur from used oil. The used oil is heated and aerated, followed by rapid vaporization and cooling. The cooled oil is then subjected to an electrical field before being filtered.

A process for producing nickel particles comprises the steps of: melting a nickel source to produce a melt; and powderizing molten nickel contained in the melt by an atomization method comprising atomizing a gas or an aqueous medium onto the melt, thereby producing nickel particles having purity of 90% or more. In the production process, it is also possible to melt a metal that is more likely to be oxidized than nickel together with the nickel source and then remove an oxide of the metal which is produced as the result of the melting.

A method for preparing a transition-metal adamantane carboxylate salt is presented. The method includes mixing a transition-metal hydroxide and a diamondoid compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety to form a reactant mixture, where M is a transition metal. Further, the method includes hydrothermally treating the reactant mixture at a reaction temperature for a reaction time to form the transition-metal adamantane carboxylate salt.

The present invention relates to a process for the recovery of transition metals from battery materials comprising (0.1) providing a battery material which comprises oxidic nickel and/or cobalt compounds, (1.1) heating the battery material above 350° C. to yield a reduced material which contains nickel and/or cobalt in elemental form, (2.1) carbonylating the reduced material with carbon monoxide optionally in the presence of a reactive gas to yield a solid carbonylation residue and a volatile carbonyl which comprises nickel and/or cobalt carbonyl containing compounds, and (3.1) separating the volatile carbonyl from the solid carbonylation residue by evaporation.

The inventions relate to controlling the particle size, and gas flows in moving beds of particles containing metallic iron and/or nickel, wherein the metallic iron or nickel are reactants in carbonylation reactions with carbon monoxide (a component of the flowing gas). The inventions' use is to increase the rates of production of iron carbonyl and nickel carbonyl. The inventions use cross-flow funnels containing moving beds of carbonylation particles (i.e., that contain iron and nickel) and regulation of the removal of those particles from the bottoms of the funnels. Cross-flow refers to the horizontal flow of the carbonylation gas (containing carbon monoxide) through the downward moving beds of carbonylation particles held in the cross-flow funnels.

The inventions relate to controlling the particle size, and gas flows in moving beds of particles containing metallic iron and/or nickel, wherein the metallic iron or nickel are reactants in carbonylation reactions with carbon monoxide (a component of the flowing gas). The inventions' use is to increase the rates of production of iron carbonyl and nickel carbonyl. The inventions use cross-flow funnels containing moving beds of carbonylation particles (i.e., that contain iron and nickel) and regulation of the removal of those particles from the bottoms of the funnels. Cross-flow refers to the horizontal flow of the carbonylation gas (containing carbon monoxide) through the downward moving beds of carbonylation particles held in the cross-flow funnels.

A method for preparing a transition-metal adamantane carboxylate salt is presented. The method includes mixing a transition-metal hydroxide and a diamondoid compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety to form a reactant mixture, where M is a transition metal. Further, the method includes hydrothermally treating the reactant mixture at a reaction temperature for a reaction time to form the transition-metal adamantane carboxylate salt.

Methods and reactor systems are provided for extracting metals, such as nickel, cobalt, and iron, from reduced, activated metal compounds (feed materials). Feed materials may be derived from mixed hydroxide precipitate. Feed materials and carbon monoxide gas are delivered into an extraction reactor of a reactor system, such as a shell tube heat exchanger. A flow path therein directs the feed material downward and the carbon monoxide gas upward, enabling contact therebetween, forming at least one metal carbonyl gas and a solid residue therein. The flow path further directs the upward flow of metal carbonyl gases, and the downward flow of the residue. Methods and reactor systems may further purge the residue: using nitric oxide to convert any remaining dicobalt octacarbonyl therein to cobalt tricarbonyl nitrosyl gas; using an inert gas to removing any cobalt tricarbonyl nitrosyl therein; and using an inert gas-oxygen mixture, to form a passivated residue.

Methods and reactor systems are provided for extracting metals, such as nickel, cobalt, and iron, from reduced, activated metal compounds (feed materials). Feed materials may be derived from mixed hydroxide precipitate. Feed materials and carbon monoxide gas are delivered into an extraction reactor of a reactor system, such as a shell tube heat exchanger. A flow path therein directs the feed material downward and the carbon monoxide gas upward, enabling contact therebetween, forming at least one metal carbonyl gas and a solid residue therein. The flow path further directs the upward flow of metal carbonyl gases, and the downward flow of the residue. Methods and reactor systems may further purge the residue: using nitric oxide to convert any remaining dicobalt octacarbonyl therein to cobalt tricarbonyl nitrosyl gas; using an inert gas to removing any cobalt tricarbonyl nitrosyl therein; and using an inert gas-oxygen mixture, to form a passivated residue.