Battery Material Identifier Packaging for Flexible Recycling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The battery recycling process is highly decentralized and inflexible, making it challenging to efficiently recycle spent lithium-ion batteries as the demand for battery recycling increases.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and apparatus for providing a material identifier package that includes a battery identifier and corresponding material configuration data, allowing for the determination of a material identifier package that can be processed by a recycling plant, thereby facilitating a more reliable and flexible recycling process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the battery recycling process is decentralized to allow local recycling operations, then the accessibility and local processing capability are improved, but the process becomes inflexible and difficult to coordinate efficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal material identifier package system that can be used across all decentralized recycling facilities. This package contains battery identifier and material configuration data that works universally across different plants, enabling flexible coordination while maintaining local accessibility. The system serves multiple functions: identification, material characterization, and process coordination simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes a feedback mechanism where material identifier packages are provided to recycling plants, which then use this information to determine appropriate processing. The system includes feedback loops where recycling outcomes and material configurations are tracked and used to improve future recycling decisions, enabling flexible adaptation across decentralized facilities.
2Measurement precision
If detailed material configuration data is collected and tracked for each battery, then the sorting precision and recycling quality are improved, but the data management complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by collecting and storing material configuration data during battery production and usage phases, before the recycling process begins. This pre-collection of identifier and material data eliminates the need for complex real-time analysis during recycling, simplifying the data management system while maintaining high sorting precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy of the battery's material configuration in the form of a material identifier package. This digital twin contains all necessary information about the battery's composition without requiring physical analysis during recycling, reducing data management complexity while preserving accurate material identification.
3Reliability
If the recycling process is made more flexible and coordinated through centralized data management, then the overall efficiency and reliability are improved, but the processing time and computational resources required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary data preparation by creating complete material identifier packages beforehand, containing all necessary information for recycling decisions. This pre-processing eliminates the need for time-consuming data collection and analysis during the actual recycling operation, maintaining high reliability while reducing processing time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts only the essential information needed for recycling decisions into a compact material identifier package, separating critical data from unnecessary information. This extraction reduces computational requirements and processing time while maintaining the reliability needed for coordinated centralized management.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented method for providing material identifier package usable for recycling of batteries, where the method includes the steps of:providing at least one battery identifier and corresponding material configuration data associated with at least one component of the battery to be recycled;determining at least one material identifier package by relating the at least one material configuration provided by the material configuration data to at least one material configuration processable by at least one plant; andproviding the at least one material identifier package usable for recycling batteries including the at least one battery identifier.