Stefan Windisch

Title: Stefan Windisch and Lithium Recovery Technology.

Introduction

Stefan Windisch is an inventor associated with Leoben, Austria. His patent work addresses the thermal treatment of materials containing lithium and phosphorus compounds, including residues from lithium-ion batteries. The available information lists 1 patent for him.

Latest Patents

Windisch’s listed patent, “Apparatus and Process for Thermal Treatment of Raw Material Containing Lithium Compounds and Phosphorus Compounds, Method of Recovering Lithium and/or Phosphorus from Residue Material of Lithium-Ion Batteries,” describes an inductively heated packed-bed reactor.

The reactor has a body made at least partly of refractory material, surrounded by one or more induction coils and packed at least partly with susceptor material. It is designed to transfer some of the raw material into a gaseous phase while forming a molten phase from another portion. Gas outlets carry the gaseous products to a connected condenser, which deposits lithium species and separates them from exhaust gas. The invention also describes a process for treating the raw material and a method for recovering lithium and/or phosphorus from battery residue.

Career Highlights

The supplied career information associates Windisch with Montanuniversität Leoben and Andreas Schönberg. These affiliations provide context for his work in thermal processing and the recovery of valuable materials from battery residues.

Collaborations

The listed coworkers are Valentin Mally and Christoph Ponak. Their names are provided as professional collaborators associated with Windisch.

Conclusion

Stefan Windisch’s listed patent focuses on using an inductively heated reactor and condenser system to process lithium- and phosphorus-containing materials and support the recovery of valuable substances from lithium-ion battery residues.