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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2018
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Takeda, Niihama, JP;
Satoshi Asano, Niihama, JP;
SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for treating a lithium ion battery waste according to the present invention is a method for treating a lithium ion battery waste using a converter furnace in a copper smelting process, wherein, prior to a treatment for charging a copper mat produced in a flash smelter in a copper smelting process into a converter furnace and blowing oxygen into the converter furnace to produce crude copper, the lithium ion battery waste is introduced into the converter furnace or a ladle that is used for the charging of the copper mat into the converter furnace and then the lithium ion battery waste is burned with residual heat in the converter furnace or the ladle.