The invention discloses a
recovery method for valuable
metal in waste
nickel-
cobalt-
manganese ternary
lithium batteries. According to the
recovery method, Fe2+, Al3+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ are subjected to
impurity removal before extraction is carried out, so that the purity of valuable
metal products recovered in the following process is high. During
cobalt extraction, the oil-water ratio is controlled to be (0.8-0.9):1, the
saponification rate is controlled to be 55%-60%, compared with the prior art that the
saponification rate is reduced and the oil-water ratio is properly reduced,
cobalt in a water phase is controlled to be not completely extracted, a small amount of cobalt is still left in the water phase, thus, it is guaranteed that
magnesium is not extracted up, and it is guaranteed that
magnesium impurities in
cobalt sulfate products reach standards. One step of
magnesium extraction operation is added after cobalt extraction and before
nickel extraction, residual magnesium is removed as much as possible, and the purity of
nickel sulfate products obtained after nickel extraction is improved. A C272 extracting agent is used for magnesium extraction, by means of the characteristic that extraction isothermal curves of the C272 extracting agent on cobalt, magnesium and nickel are separated, the situation that only magnesium and cobalt are extracted and nickel is not extracted is controlled, and therefore magnesium and nickel are separated.