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Mgr Piotr Pawlak
ORCID: 0000-0001-7713-9770

Mgr Piotr Pawlak

MA, a graduate and currently a PhD student at the Warsaw School of Economics. Professionally a research assistant at the Motor Transport Institute in Transport Management and Telematics Centre. He participate in statutory works and in the implementation of other national works as well as international projects carried out by the Motor Transport Institute in the field of research on this branch of transport. During the implementation of scientific work, he takes part in conferences, seminars, industry and project meetings. Author of many publications related to economic and organizational issues of road transport, as well as to the issues of modern technologies related to the development of this branch of transport.

 
DOI: 10.33226/1231-2037.2020.11.4

The article presents selected technologies for recycling Lithium-Ion batteries (LIBs), later referred to as Li-Ion, used as a power source in hybrid and electric cars. Utilization of the disused Li-Ion, in accordance with the environmental protection principles, allows to recover a number of materials and compounds, including lithium, cobalt and others. The paper also presents the results of an eco-balance analysis of the hydrometallurgical recycling process of the disused Lithium-Ion batteries. The analysis was carried out using the IMPACT2002+ method. The results are given in environmental points, whose positive value means environmental damage, the negative result is an environmental benefit. The results of the analysis are given for the categories specific for the IMPACT2002+ method. These are: human health, ecosystem quality, climate change and resource consumption. The aim of the article is to estimate the potential environmental burdens characteristic for the Lithium-Ion battery recycling technology using the requirements of the ecological Life Cycle Assessment.

Keywords: recycling; Lithium-Ion batteries; hybrid and electric vehicles