JP5541512B2 - Method for producing nickel-containing acidic solution - Google Patents

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JP5541512B2
JP5541512B2 JP2010174906A JP2010174906A JP5541512B2 JP 5541512 B2 JP5541512 B2 JP 5541512B2 JP 2010174906 A JP2010174906 A JP 2010174906A JP 2010174906 A JP2010174906 A JP 2010174906A JP 5541512 B2 JP5541512 B2 JP 5541512B2
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本発明は、ニッケル水素電池を構成する発泡ニッケル板(セルメット)を使用する正極材から、ニッケルを含有する酸性溶液を得る方法に関するものである。   The present invention relates to a method for obtaining an acidic solution containing nickel from a positive electrode material using a foamed nickel plate (Celmet) constituting a nickel metal hydride battery.

近年、大気中に放出される窒素酸化物、硫黄酸化物等の酸性ガスに起因する酸性雨、炭酸ガス等による地球温暖化などの環境問題が、地球規模の課題としてクローズアップされている。その原因の一つである自動車の排気ガスによる汚染を低減するため、ニッケル水素電池などの2次電池を搭載したハイブリッド自動車が注目されている。   In recent years, environmental problems such as global warming due to acid rain, carbon dioxide, and the like caused by acid gases such as nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides released into the atmosphere have been highlighted as global issues. Hybrid vehicles equipped with secondary batteries such as nickel metal hydride batteries have been attracting attention in order to reduce pollution caused by automobile exhaust gas, which is one of the causes.

このニッケル水素電池は、機能的な部材として、正極、負極、電極端子及び電解液を有し、さらに構造的部材としては、電極基板、正負極の電極間に設けられているセパレータ、およびこれらを収納するケース等から構成されている。
ここで各部材は、正極活物質としては微量添加元素を含む水酸化ニッケル、負極活物質としてはニッケル、コバルト、希土類元素(ミッシュメタル)等を含む水素吸蔵合金、電極基板としてはニッケル板、ニッケルメッキ鉄板等、セパレータとしてはプラスチック、電解液としては水酸化カリウム水溶液、電極端子材としては銅、鉄系金属等、ケースとしてはプラスチック、鋼等、と様々な素材や成分から構成されている。
This nickel metal hydride battery has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrode terminal, and an electrolyte as functional members, and further, as a structural member, an electrode substrate, a separator provided between positive and negative electrodes, and these It consists of a case for storage.
Here, each member is nickel hydroxide containing a small amount of additive element as a positive electrode active material, nickel, cobalt, a hydrogen storage alloy containing rare earth elements (Misch metal) as a negative electrode active material, nickel plate, nickel as an electrode substrate It is made of various materials and components, such as a plated iron plate, a plastic as a separator, a potassium hydroxide aqueous solution as an electrolyte, copper and an iron-based metal as an electrode terminal material, and a plastic and steel as a case.

ニッケル水素電池の構造として、電極は正負極の電極間に、プラスチックをセパレータとして挟みながら正極と負極とを交互に積み重ねたものである。この電極本体を、プラスチックや鋼製のケースに入れ、銅又は鉄系金属の電極端子材を電極とケースとの間に接続し、最後に電極間に水酸化カリウム溶液を主成分とする電解液を満たして密封されている。   In the structure of the nickel metal hydride battery, the electrodes are obtained by alternately stacking positive and negative electrodes between plastic positive and negative electrodes with plastic as a separator. Put this electrode body in a plastic or steel case, connect the electrode terminal material of copper or iron-based metal between the electrode and the case, and finally the electrolyte solution mainly composed of potassium hydroxide solution between the electrodes Meet and sealed.

そのニッケル水素電池の正極基板は、発泡ニッケルを基材に用いて集電体とし、正極活物質を圧入して加圧成型した構造を持つセルメットと呼ばれるものがある。セルメットは電極作製が比較的容易で高容量化しやすい特徴を有して広く用いられている。   As a positive electrode substrate of the nickel metal hydride battery, there is a so-called Celmet having a structure in which foam nickel is used as a base material and a positive electrode active material is press-fitted and press-molded. Celmet is widely used because it is relatively easy to produce electrodes and has a feature of easily increasing the capacity.

ところで、ハイブリッド自動車に搭載されたニッケル水素電池は、使用に伴って劣化した際に新品と交換され、或いは廃車の際に取り外されて、使用済みニッケル水素電池となる。また、ニッケル水素電池の製造工程からは、不良品や試作品など製品化されなかった廃材も多く発生する。   By the way, a nickel metal hydride battery mounted on a hybrid vehicle is replaced with a new one when it deteriorates with use, or is removed at the time of a scrapped vehicle to become a used nickel metal hydride battery. In addition, many waste materials that have not been commercialized, such as defective products and prototypes, are generated from the manufacturing process of nickel metal hydride batteries.

この使用済みニッケル水素電池や廃材(以下まとめてニッケル水素電池等と称する)には、ニッケル、コバルト、希土類元素など多種類の稀少な有価金属を含有するので、これらの有価金属を回収し再び利用することが検討されてきた。   These used nickel metal hydride batteries and waste materials (hereinafter collectively referred to as nickel metal hydride batteries) contain many types of rare valuable metals such as nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements, so these valuable metals can be recovered and reused. It has been considered to do.

しかしながら、ニッケル水素電池は、複雑かつ頑丈な構造であり、しかも構成する材料の多くは化学的に安定なものを用いている。したがって、ニッケル水素電池等に含有されるニッケル、コバルト、希土類元素などの金属を分離して回収し、新たな電池の材料として再利用することは容易ではなかった。   However, the nickel metal hydride battery has a complicated and sturdy structure, and many of the constituent materials are chemically stable. Therefore, it is not easy to separate and recover metals such as nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements contained in nickel-metal hydride batteries and reuse them as new battery materials.

このための方策として、例えば、ニッケル水素電池等からの金属の回収方法として、ニッケル水素電池等を炉に入れて熔解し、電池を構成するプラスチック類を燃焼して除去し、さらに大部分の鉄をスラグ化して除去し、ニッケルを還元して鉄の一部と合金化したフェロニッケルとして回収する方法が提案されている。   As a measure for this, for example, as a method for recovering metal from nickel metal hydride batteries, etc., the nickel metal hydride batteries are melted in a furnace, the plastics constituting the battery are burned and removed, and most of the iron Has been proposed in which slag is removed by slag and nickel is reduced and recovered as ferronickel alloyed with a part of iron.

この方法では、既存の製錬所や精製設備を利用しやすいなど、投資が少なく処理に手間がかからないという特徴がある。しかしながら、回収されたフェロニッケルは、多量の不純物元素も含有するものであり、ステンレスの原料以外の用途には適さない。しかも、コバルトや希土類元素の大部分は、スラグ中に分配され系外に廃棄されるため、有効活用できないなど、望ましい方法ではなかった。   This method is characterized by low investment and low processing costs, such as easy use of existing smelters and refineries. However, the recovered ferronickel also contains a large amount of impurity elements and is not suitable for uses other than stainless steel raw materials. Moreover, since most of cobalt and rare earth elements are distributed in the slag and discarded outside the system, it is not a desirable method because it cannot be effectively used.

また、特許文献1に参照されるように、使用済みニッケル/金属水素化物蓄電池から金属を回収する方法において、蓄電池スクラップを酸で溶解させて水相を形成する工程、その水相から希土類金属を複硫酸塩として分離する工程、次いでpHを上昇させることによって水相から鉄を沈殿させる工程、鉄沈殿後の濾液を、有機抽出剤を用いて液/液抽出して、亜鉛、カドミウム、マンガン、アルミニウム、残留した鉄及び希土類元素を分離し、その際抽出剤及びpH値を、抽出後に実質的にニッケル及びコバルトのみが水相内に溶解されて残留し、かつ蓄電池スクラップ内で存在していたのと同じ原子比で残留するように選択する工程、その後、水相からニッケルあるいはコバルト合金として析出させる工程、最後にニッケル/コバルト合金をマスター合金として水素貯蔵合金を製造するために使用する工程からなる方法が提案されている。   In addition, as referred to in Patent Document 1, in a method of recovering metal from a used nickel / metal hydride storage battery, a process of dissolving storage battery scrap with acid to form an aqueous phase, and forming rare earth metal from the aqueous phase The step of separating as a bisulfate, the step of precipitating iron from the aqueous phase by raising the pH, and the filtrate after the iron precipitation is liquid / liquid extracted with an organic extractant to produce zinc, cadmium, manganese, Aluminum, residual iron and rare earth elements were separated, with the extractant and pH value remaining substantially pure nickel and cobalt dissolved in the aqueous phase after extraction and present in the battery scrap Selecting to remain in the same atomic ratio as, followed by precipitation from the aqueous phase as nickel or cobalt alloy, and finally nickel / cobalt alloy Method comprising the steps used to produce a hydrogen storage alloy as a master alloy have been proposed.

しかしながら、この方法ではニッケルとコバルトを電池組成、そのままの比率で正確に合金電析させることは容易でなく、液組成や電解条件によって電析する合金の組成が変わってしまう恐れがある。したがって、正確な合金組成を得るには、得られた合金をその都度分析し、不足成分を必要量添加して再溶解するなどの手間が余計にかかってしまう。
さらに、電池の特性は合金組成で変化することが知られており、その合金組成は、電池の性能を向上させるために新たな成分を添加するなどして変更し、改良され続けているので、回収したニッケル合金やコバルト合金が必ずしもそのまま再利用できるものではなかった。
However, in this method, it is not easy to accurately deposit nickel and cobalt at the battery composition and the ratio as it is, and there is a possibility that the composition of the alloy to be deposited varies depending on the liquid composition and electrolytic conditions. Therefore, in order to obtain an accurate alloy composition, it is necessary to analyze the obtained alloy each time, add a necessary amount of a deficient component, and remelt it.
Furthermore, it is known that the characteristics of the battery change with the alloy composition, and since the alloy composition is continuously changed and improved by adding new components to improve the performance of the battery, The recovered nickel alloy or cobalt alloy cannot always be reused as it is.

また、ニッケル水素電池等をそのまま酸、または酸と酸化剤を用いて浸出する場合は、電解液成分である水酸化カリウムを中和するためだけにも多量の酸、または酸化剤を消費してしまう。なお、浸出に硫酸を用いた場合には、更に、電解液由来のカリウムと電極活物質に含有された希土類元素との硫酸複塩が生成し沈殿して、希土類元素がロスになる懸念があった。   In addition, when leaching a nickel metal hydride battery or the like using acid or an acid and an oxidizing agent, a large amount of acid or oxidizing agent is consumed only to neutralize potassium hydroxide, which is an electrolyte component. End up. When sulfuric acid is used for leaching, there is a concern that a sulfate double salt of potassium derived from the electrolyte and the rare earth element contained in the electrode active material is generated and precipitated, resulting in loss of the rare earth element. It was.

さらに、この方法では、磁性フラクション工程を設けて金属鉄を使用し、浸出液に含有される3価の鉄イオンを2価の鉄イオンに還元する処理を行なっている。しかし、浸出液には多量の硫酸が存在するので、3価の鉄イオンを還元する当量以上の鉄が過剰に溶解して、浸出液中の鉄濃度が過剰に上昇する恐れがある。
このため、脱鉄工程における中和剤の使用量や発生する沈殿量が増加し、コストを上昇させ、同時に鉄と共沈してロスになるニッケルが増加するという問題も生じていた。
したがって、このように使用済みニッケル水素電池等の正極材からニッケルおよびコバルトを含有する溶液を効率よく得る方法が求められていた。
Furthermore, in this method, a magnetic fraction process is provided and metallic iron is used to perform a process of reducing trivalent iron ions contained in the leachate to divalent iron ions. However, since a large amount of sulfuric acid is present in the leachate, iron equivalent to or more than the equivalent of reducing trivalent iron ions may be excessively dissolved, and the iron concentration in the leachate may be excessively increased.
For this reason, the amount of the neutralizing agent used in the iron removal step and the amount of precipitation generated increase, increasing the cost, and at the same time, increasing the amount of nickel that is co-precipitated with iron and lost.
Therefore, a method for efficiently obtaining a solution containing nickel and cobalt from a positive electrode material such as a used nickel metal hydride battery has been demanded.

特許第3918041号公報(第1頁、第2頁)Japanese Patent No. 3918041 (first page, second page)

本発明は、使用済みニッケル水素電池の正極材や製造廃材などから、より効率よく簡便にニッケルおよびコバルトを分離し、これらを高純度に含有した溶液を得る製造方法を提供するものである。   The present invention provides a production method for separating nickel and cobalt from a positive electrode material and a production waste material of a used nickel metal hydride battery more efficiently and simply and obtaining a solution containing these in high purity.

このような課題を達成する本発明の第1の発明は、ニッケル含有酸性溶液の製造方法で
あって、金属ニッケルの基材と前記基材表面に塗布された水酸化ニッケルとから構成されるニッケル水素電池の正極材を、下記(1)〜(3)に示す工程を経て処理して得られたニッケル溶解液に、アルカリを添加してpHを2.0以上2.5以下の範囲に調整、保持しながら、硫化アルカリまたは硫化水素を添加して、脱亜鉛ニッケル溶解液と硫化澱物とに分離する脱亜鉛工程を経て処理することを特徴とするニッケル含有酸性溶液の製造方法である。
(1)ニッケル水素電池の正極材に水を加えて水洗した後、分離して水洗後正極材と水洗スラリーとを得る水洗工程。
(2)水洗工程で形成した水洗後正極材に、酸を加えて混合し、pHを0.0以上3.5以下の範囲に維持しながら、酸洗後正極材と酸洗スラリーとに分離、生成する酸洗工程。
(3)酸洗工程で得た酸洗後正極材を酸水溶液に装入してニッケル溶解液と溶解残渣とに分解する溶解工程、前記酸洗後正極材を酸水溶液に装入後、さらに酸化剤を添加してニッケル溶解液と溶解残渣とに分解する溶解工程、前記酸洗後正極材を水に装入後、さらに酸化剤を添加してニッケル溶解液と溶解残渣とに分離する溶解工程のいずれかの溶解工程。
A first invention of the present invention that achieves such a problem is a method for producing a nickel-containing acidic solution, which is composed of a nickel metal substrate and nickel hydroxide applied to the substrate surface. The pH is adjusted in the range of 2.0 to 2.5 by adding alkali to the nickel solution obtained by treating the positive electrode material of the hydrogen battery through the steps shown in (1) to (3) below. The method for producing a nickel-containing acidic solution is characterized in that it is processed through a dezincing step in which an alkali sulfide or hydrogen sulfide is added while being retained and separated into a dezincized nickel solution and a sulfided starch .
(1) A water washing step in which water is added to the positive electrode material of the nickel metal hydride battery and washed, and then separated and washed to obtain a positive electrode material and a water washing slurry.
(2) The acid is added to and mixed with the positive electrode material after water washing formed in the water washing step, and the positive electrode material and acid pickled slurry are separated after acid pickling while maintaining the pH in the range of 0.0 to 3.5. , Pickling process to produce.
(3) A dissolving step in which the positive electrode material after pickling obtained in the pickling step is charged into an acid aqueous solution and decomposed into a nickel solution and a dissolution residue; Dissolution process in which an oxidant is added to decompose into a nickel solution and a residue, and after the pickling, the positive electrode material is charged into water, and then an oxidant is added to separate into a nickel solution and a residue. The dissolution step of any of the steps.

本発明の第2の発明は、第1の発明における溶解工程において、酸のみが添加される場合には、前記酸が硫酸または塩酸で、酸化剤のみが添加される場合には、前記酸化剤がハロゲンであり、酸と酸化剤の両者が添加される場合には、前記酸が硫酸である時には空気を酸化剤に使用し、前記酸が塩酸である場合には塩素を酸化剤に使用すること特徴とするニッケル含有酸性溶液の製造方法である。 In the second invention of the present invention, when only the acid is added in the dissolving step in the first invention , the acid is sulfuric acid or hydrochloric acid, and when only the oxidizing agent is added, the oxidizing agent is added. Is halogen and both acid and oxidant are added, air is used as oxidant when the acid is sulfuric acid, and chlorine is used as oxidant when the acid is hydrochloric acid. It is the manufacturing method of the nickel containing acidic solution characterized by the above-mentioned.

また、本発明の第3の発明は、ニッケル含有酸性溶液の製造方法であって、金属ニッケルの基材と前記基材表面に塗布された水酸化ニッケルとから構成されるニッケル水素電池の正極材を、下記(1)〜(3)に示す工程を経て処理することにより、ニッケルを含有する酸性溶解液を得ることを特徴とするニッケル含有酸性溶液の製造方法である。
(1)ニッケル水素電池の正極材に水を加えて水洗した後、分離して水洗後正極材と水洗スラリーとを得る水洗工程。
(2)前記水洗工程で形成した水洗後正極材に、酸を加えて混合し、pHを0.0以上3.5以下の範囲に維持しながら、酸洗後正極材と酸洗スラリーとに分離、生成する酸洗工程。
(3)前記酸洗工程で得た酸洗後正極材を水に装入後、さらに酸化剤のハロゲンを添加してニッケル溶解液と溶解残渣とに分離する溶解工程。
The third invention of the present invention is a method for producing a nickel-containing acidic solution, comprising a nickel metal base material and a nickel metal hydride battery positive electrode material comprising nickel hydroxide coated on the base material surface. Is a nickel-containing acidic solution manufacturing method characterized in that an acidic solution containing nickel is obtained by processing through steps shown in the following (1) to (3) .
(1) A water washing step in which water is added to the positive electrode material of the nickel metal hydride battery and washed, and then separated and washed to obtain a positive electrode material and a water washing slurry.
(2) An acid is added to and mixed with the positive electrode material after the water washing formed in the water washing step, and the positive electrode material after the pickling and the pickling slurry are maintained while maintaining the pH in the range of 0.0 to 3.5. Pickling process to separate and generate.
(3) A dissolving step of charging the positive electrode material after pickling obtained in the pickling step into water, and further adding a halogen as an oxidizing agent to separate into a nickel solution and a dissolving residue.

本発明によれば、ニッケル水素電池を構成する正極材から、特別な工程や薬品を用いることなく容易、且つ低コストで高純度にニッケルを含有した溶液を得ることができるため、電池用材料としての再利用を可能とし工業上顕著な効果を奏するものである。   According to the present invention, since a solution containing nickel with high purity can be obtained easily and at low cost from a positive electrode material constituting a nickel metal hydride battery without using a special process or chemical, It can be reused and has a significant industrial effect.

本発明のニッケル水素電池等の正極材からニッケル溶解液を生成する製造工程図である。It is a manufacturing-process figure which produces | generates nickel solution from positive electrode materials, such as a nickel metal hydride battery of this invention.

以下、本発明のニッケル水素電池等の正極材からニッケル溶解液を得る方法を説明する。
本発明は、使用済みニッケル水素電池(以下ニッケル水素電池と呼ぶ)を解体して分別回収した正極材、あるいは製造工程で発生した不良品などの正極材から効率的にニッケルを回収する方法で、この正極材は、発泡ニッケルメタルを基材とし、表面に若干量の添加成分を含んだ水酸化ニッケルを塗布した構造をしている。
Hereinafter, a method for obtaining a nickel solution from a positive electrode material such as a nickel metal hydride battery of the present invention will be described.
The present invention is a method for efficiently recovering nickel from a positive electrode material that is separated and collected by disassembling a used nickel metal hydride battery (hereinafter referred to as a nickel metal hydride battery), or a positive electrode material such as a defective product generated in a manufacturing process. This positive electrode material has a structure in which nickel hydroxide containing a small amount of an additive component is applied to the surface of a foamed nickel metal as a base material.

そこで、集めた正極材は水洗された(水洗工程)後、濃度の薄い酸溶液で酸洗浄(酸洗工程)し、次いで高濃度の酸、または酸化剤、もしくは酸と酸化剤の両者を用いた浸出処理(溶解工程)を経て、ニッケルを含有する水溶液が得られるものである。また、正極材にはコバルトも含有されるが、コバルトも同様に溶解液となるので、引き続き溶媒抽出などの既知の処理方法によりニッケルとコバルトを分離し、さらに残留するその他の元素も分離することによって、最終的に高純度のニッケル溶液を得るものである。このニッケル溶液は新たな電池材料の製造原料に用いることが可能である。
なお、ニッケル水素電池等には亜鉛を含有する場合もあるが、この亜鉛が次工程以降で問題となる場合には、この得られた溶解液にアルカリを添加してpHを調整し、次いで硫化剤を添加して亜鉛を硫化物として分離する処理を行っても良い。
Therefore, the collected positive electrode material is washed with water (water washing step), then acid washed with a low-concentration acid solution (pickling step), and then a high concentration acid, or an oxidizing agent, or both an acid and an oxidizing agent are used. An aqueous solution containing nickel is obtained through the leaching process (dissolution step). In addition, although the positive electrode material also contains cobalt, since cobalt also becomes a solution, nickel and cobalt should be separated by a known processing method such as solvent extraction, and other remaining elements should be further separated. By this, a high-purity nickel solution is finally obtained. This nickel solution can be used as a raw material for producing new battery materials.
In some cases, nickel-metal hydride batteries and the like contain zinc, but when this zinc becomes a problem in the subsequent steps, the pH is adjusted by adding an alkali to the obtained solution, and then sulfided. An agent may be added to separate zinc as sulfides.

本発明は、図1に示すような工程図によって処理する製造方法であって、以下にその概要を示す。
(1)水洗工程:
ニッケル水素電池の正極材を、水で洗浄処理し、正極材に付着する負極活物質や電解液成分を除去し、水洗後正極材と水洗スラリーを得る水洗処理である。
The present invention is a manufacturing method for processing according to a process diagram as shown in FIG.
(1) Water washing process:
This is a water washing treatment in which the positive electrode material of the nickel metal hydride battery is washed with water to remove the negative electrode active material and the electrolyte component adhering to the positive electrode material, and the positive electrode material and the water washing slurry are obtained after washing with water.

(2)酸洗工程:
水洗工程で得られた水洗後正極材を、希酸を用いて洗浄し、水洗後正極材に固着する負極活物質を除去し、酸洗後正極材と酸洗スラリーを得る酸洗処理である。
(2) Pickling process:
This is a pickling treatment in which the washed positive electrode material obtained in the water washing step is washed with a dilute acid, the negative electrode active material fixed to the positive electrode material is removed after water washing, and the positive electrode material and the pickled slurry are obtained after pickling. .

(3)溶解工程:
酸洗工程で得られた酸洗後正極材を、酸(特に硫酸が好ましい。)による洗浄、酸化剤(塩素や臭素などのハロゲンが好ましい。)による洗浄、酸と酸化剤の両者を用いた洗浄のいずれかにより洗浄し、酸洗後正極材からニッケルを硫酸溶液中に浸出させる浸出処理である。なお、酸と酸化剤の両者を用いる場合、酸として塩酸を使用する場合には酸化剤に塩素を用いると良く、硫酸を酸として使用する時にはハロゲン以外の酸化剤(空気、オゾン、過酸化水素などで、特に空気が好ましい。)を使用できる。
(3) Dissolution process:
After the pickling, the positive electrode material obtained in the pickling step was washed with an acid (particularly sulfuric acid is preferred), washed with an oxidizing agent (halogen such as chlorine or bromine is preferred), and both an acid and an oxidizing agent were used. This is a leaching process in which nickel is leached into the sulfuric acid solution from the positive electrode material after washing by pickling and pickling. When both acid and oxidant are used, chlorine should be used as the oxidant when hydrochloric acid is used as the acid. When sulfuric acid is used as the acid, oxidants other than halogen (air, ozone, hydrogen peroxide) In particular, air is preferable.

本発明は、上記3工程を経てニッケル含有溶液を形成するものであり、さらに各工程を詳細する。
先ず、先に示した3工程を行う前に、前処理工程が必要な場合には、下記方法で行われる。
The present invention forms a nickel-containing solution through the above three steps, and further details each step.
First, when the pretreatment process is necessary before performing the above-described three processes, the following process is performed.

[前処理工程]
なお、本発明で処理する正極材が、使用済みニッケル水素電池から得たものである場合、本発明の水洗工程を適用するに先立って電池を解体することが必要となるが、この場合、使用済みニッケル水素電池を不活性雰囲気下で焙焼処理に付し、使用済みニッケル水素電池を失活化し、同時に、そのままでは希薄な酸や酸化剤と反応しないニッケルの酸化物を還元し、次いで解体、分別して正極材を準備する前処理工程を含むことが必要である。
[Pretreatment process]
In addition, when the positive electrode material to be treated in the present invention is obtained from a used nickel metal hydride battery, it is necessary to disassemble the battery before applying the water washing step of the present invention. The spent nickel-metal hydride battery is subjected to roasting treatment in an inert atmosphere, the used nickel-metal hydride battery is deactivated, and at the same time, nickel oxide that does not react with dilute acid or oxidant is reduced and then disassembled. It is necessary to include a pretreatment step for separating and preparing the positive electrode material.

この解体、分別において、正極材が必要以上に細断されたり破砕されたりすることは洗浄効率やハンドリングの点で望ましくなく、1辺の長さが1〜5cm程度の角状とすることが好ましい。   In this disassembly and separation, it is not desirable in terms of cleaning efficiency and handling that the positive electrode material is shredded or crushed more than necessary, and it is preferable that the length of one side is a square of about 1 to 5 cm. .

また、使用済みニッケル水素電池から取り出した正極材には、アルカリ性の電解液も付着している。この電解液のアルカリ金属イオンが正極材中に残存すると、硫酸または、硫酸イオンを含む酸や酸化剤水溶液で浸出する場合、水に溶解しにくい希土類の硫酸複塩を形成し、また、これらの形成により、ニッケルやコバルトの溶解も抑制されるため、アルカリ金属の残存量は、1%以下まで低減することが望ましい。   Moreover, alkaline electrolyte also adheres to the positive electrode material taken out from the used nickel metal hydride battery. When alkali metal ions in the electrolyte remain in the positive electrode material, when leached with sulfuric acid or an acid or oxidizer aqueous solution containing sulfate ions, a rare-earth sulfate double salt that is difficult to dissolve in water is formed. Since the formation also suppresses dissolution of nickel and cobalt, it is desirable to reduce the remaining amount of alkali metal to 1% or less.

[水洗工程]
水洗工程で用いる洗浄機には、ドラム式攪拌機など正極材を転動させつつ洗浄できるタイプの洗浄方式を用いると、付着している負極活物質の除去効率が上がるので、好ましい。
この水洗工程で回収された水洗スラリーには、懸濁している負極活物質や正極細片や正極活物質が含有されているため、これらは濾過、回収して、負極活物質と正極活物質の混合物をそのまま処理できる専用の設備に投入して処理すればよい。
[Washing process]
For the washing machine used in the water washing step, it is preferable to use a washing system of a type that can be washed while rolling the positive electrode material, such as a drum stirrer, because the removal efficiency of the attached negative electrode active material is increased.
Since the washing slurry recovered in this washing step contains suspended negative electrode active material, positive electrode strips and positive electrode active material, these are filtered and collected to obtain the negative electrode active material and the positive electrode active material. What is necessary is just to throw into a special equipment which can process a mixture as it is, and to process.

[酸洗工程]
酸洗工程では、水洗後正極材に水と希酸溶液を添加、攪拌しつつ、pHを、0.0〜3.5の間に調整する。この酸洗中は、攪拌により正極材を転動または流動させる。酸洗にともなって酸洗溶液中に懸濁した負極活物質粉が遊離するので適宜分離除去しながら、酸洗を継続してもよい。
使用する希酸溶液としては、希塩酸、希硫酸、などを利用する。そのpHが0.0以下では、正極板自体が不純物とともに溶解し、損失となり、pHが3.5を超えると、不純物の除去効率は著しく低下するので好ましくない。
[Pickling process]
In the pickling step, the pH is adjusted between 0.0 and 3.5 while adding water and dilute acid solution to the positive electrode material after washing and stirring. During this pickling, the positive electrode material is rolled or fluidized by stirring. Since the negative electrode active material powder suspended in the pickling solution is released along with the pickling, the pickling may be continued while appropriately separating and removing.
As the dilute acid solution to be used, dilute hydrochloric acid, dilute sulfuric acid, or the like is used. If the pH is 0.0 or less, the positive electrode plate itself dissolves together with the impurities and is lost. If the pH exceeds 3.5, the impurity removal efficiency is remarkably lowered, which is not preferable.

[溶解工程]
溶解工程では、酸洗工程で得られた酸洗浄済みの正極材(酸洗後正極材)に酸、あるいは酸化剤、もしくは酸と酸化剤の両者の水溶液を添加し、正極材からニッケルを硫酸溶液中に浸出させる。
用いる酸としては、ニッケルの溶解度と反応速度、経済性を考慮すると塩酸溶液や硫酸溶液が利用できる。また、酸化剤としては、同様に、ニッケルの溶解度と反応速度、経済性を考慮すると塩素が好ましい。
[Dissolution process]
In the dissolution process, an acid or an oxidizing agent or an aqueous solution of both an acid and an oxidizing agent is added to the acid-washed positive electrode material (positive electrode material after pickling) obtained in the pickling process, and nickel is sulfated from the positive electrode material. Leach in solution.
As the acid to be used, a hydrochloric acid solution or a sulfuric acid solution can be used in consideration of nickel solubility, reaction rate, and economy. Similarly, chlorine is preferable as the oxidizing agent in consideration of nickel solubility, reaction rate, and economy.

さらに、浸出処理により得られたニッケルを含有する酸性溶液を、電池材料の原料として供する場合は、一般的には溶解工程にて用いる酸として硫酸を用いることが望ましく、その硫酸濃度は100g/l〜200g/l程度の濃度とすることが望ましい。浸出処理の進行とともに硫酸が減少するので反応中に適宜追加し、望ましい濃度範囲を維持させる。
また、60℃以上、さらに好ましくは80℃以上95℃以下の温度に加熱すると効率的に反応が進行するので、より好ましい。
Furthermore, when the acidic solution containing nickel obtained by the leaching process is used as a raw material for battery materials, it is generally desirable to use sulfuric acid as the acid used in the dissolution step, and the sulfuric acid concentration is 100 g / l. It is desirable that the concentration be about 200 g / l. Since sulfuric acid decreases with the progress of the leaching treatment, it is appropriately added during the reaction to maintain the desired concentration range.
Further, heating to a temperature of 60 ° C. or higher, more preferably 80 ° C. or higher and 95 ° C. or lower is more preferable because the reaction proceeds efficiently.

この溶解工程時に酸のみによる溶解でなく、時には酸化剤を併用すると効果的に溶解を進めることができる。硫酸溶解時に、塩素系酸化剤の汚染を嫌う場合は、酸化剤には、例えば空気、酸素、過酸化水素、オゾン等を用いることができる。   The dissolution can be effectively promoted by using an oxidant in combination with the acid in the dissolution process. In the case where the contamination with the chlorine-based oxidizing agent is disliked during the dissolution of sulfuric acid, for example, air, oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, ozone or the like can be used as the oxidizing agent.

[脱亜鉛工程]
なお、上記で得たニッケル溶解液に多量の亜鉛が含有されていると、ニッケル溶解液、または、それから得られるニッケル化合物、ニッケルメタル等の製品を製造できなくなるので分離が必要となる。
[Dezincing process]
In addition, when a large amount of zinc is contained in the nickel solution obtained as described above, a product such as a nickel solution or a nickel compound or nickel metal obtained therefrom cannot be produced, so that separation is necessary.

そこで、本発明では、溶解液中に許容限度を超えて亜鉛が含有される場合には、溶解工程で得られた溶解液に硫化剤を添加して硫化し、亜鉛を硫化澱物として分離除去する方法を採用すると良い。
なお、硫化剤を添加する前に中和剤を添加してpHを2.0〜2.5の範囲に維持することが望ましい。pHが2.0以下では、回収対象とする亜鉛の硫化反応が不完全で、亜鉛除去の目的を達成できず、2.5以上では、回収対象となるニッケルの硫化、沈殿反応が進み、損失するためである。
Therefore, in the present invention, when zinc exceeds the allowable limit in the solution, it is sulfided by adding a sulfurizing agent to the solution obtained in the dissolution step, and zinc is separated and removed as a sulfided starch. It is good to adopt the method to do.
In addition, it is desirable to add a neutralizing agent and maintain pH in the range of 2.0-2.5 before adding a sulfurizing agent. When the pH is 2.0 or less, the zinc sulfidation reaction to be recovered is incomplete and the purpose of zinc removal cannot be achieved. It is to do.

添加する中和剤としては様々なものを用いることができるが、多くの用途においてアルカリ金属の共存を嫌う場合が多いことから中和能力があるニッケル化合物である水酸化ニッケルや炭酸ニッケルが適している。
硫化剤には、硫化水素ガス、硫化ナトリウム、硫化水素ナトリウムなど様々なものを用いることができるが、アルカリ金属を嫌う場合は、硫化水素がもっとも適している。
Various neutralizing agents can be used, but nickel hydroxide and nickel carbonate, which are nickel compounds with neutralizing ability, are suitable because they often dislike the coexistence of alkali metals in many applications. Yes.
Although various things, such as hydrogen sulfide gas, sodium sulfide, and sodium hydrogen sulfide, can be used for the sulfiding agent, hydrogen sulfide is most suitable when an alkali metal is disliked.

硫化剤を添加し、含有した亜鉛を硫化澱物として分離した後に得た脱亜鉛ニッケル溶解液は、目的とするニッケルを含有する溶液として、さらにニッケルとコバルトとの分離、および不純物除去処理を行い、電池材料の原料として供することができる。   The dezincized nickel solution obtained after adding a sulfurizing agent and separating the contained zinc as sulfided starch is further subjected to separation of nickel and cobalt and impurity removal treatment as a target nickel-containing solution. It can be used as a raw material for battery materials.

以下に、本発明の実施例によって本発明を更に詳細に説明する。
金属成分は、ICP発光分析法を用いて分析した。
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail by way of examples of the present invention.
The metal component was analyzed using ICP emission spectrometry.

(参考例)
残留する電荷を事前に還元焙焼によって失活させ、同時にニッケル、コバルトをメタル状態に還元した使用済みニッケル水素電池を、解体、分別して、正極材の部分を取り出した。次に正極材を1辺のサイズが1〜5cmの範囲に収まるように切断機を用いて切断片として、この焙焼済み正極材を1kg用意して、以下の工程に供した。なお、還元焙焼による電池残留電荷の失活処理は、使用済みニッケル水素電池を電気炉に装入し、窒素ガスを流して不活性雰囲気としながら550℃の温度に維持し、1時間をかけて還元焙焼して行った。
(Reference example)
The remaining charge was previously deactivated by reduction roasting, and at the same time, the used nickel metal hydride battery in which nickel and cobalt were reduced to a metal state was disassembled and separated, and the positive electrode material portion was taken out. Next, 1 kg of this roasted positive electrode material was prepared as a cut piece using a cutting machine so that the size of one side was within a range of 1 to 5 cm, and was subjected to the following steps. In addition, the deactivation treatment of the battery residual charge by reduction roasting is carried out by charging the spent nickel metal hydride battery into an electric furnace and maintaining the temperature at 550 ° C. while flowing nitrogen gas to maintain an inert atmosphere. It was reduced and roasted.

(1)水洗工程
焙焼済みの正極材1kgに水10リットルを加え、室温で60分攪拌して水洗した。水洗後、目開き1mmの篩を用いて水洗後正極材と水洗後液(水洗スラリー)とに分離し、水洗後正極材は真空乾燥器を用いて乾燥した。乾燥後の水洗後正極材の量は0.96kgであった。
(1) Water washing step 10 liters of water was added to 1 kg of the fired positive electrode material, and the mixture was stirred for 60 minutes at room temperature and washed with water. After washing with water, the positive electrode material after washing with water and a liquid after washing with water (water washing slurry) were separated using a sieve having an opening of 1 mm, and after washing with water, the positive electrode material was dried using a vacuum dryer. The amount of the positive electrode material after washing with water after drying was 0.96 kg.

(2)酸洗工程
水洗工程で得られた水洗後正極材に、水10リットルを加えて攪拌してスラリーを形成した。次に、このスラリーのpHが3.5を維持するように硫酸を添加して調整しながら60分間攪拌した。所定の時間終了後、目開き1mmの篩を用いて濾過し、酸洗後正極材と酸洗スラリーとに分離した。分離した酸洗後正極材は、真空乾燥機を用いて乾燥し、重量0.83kgの酸洗後正極材を得た。
(2) Pickling process 10 liters of water was added to the positive electrode material after the water washing obtained in the water washing process and stirred to form a slurry. Next, the slurry was stirred for 60 minutes while adding and adjusting sulfuric acid so that the pH of the slurry was maintained at 3.5. After the predetermined time, the mixture was filtered using a sieve having an opening of 1 mm, and after pickling, it was separated into a positive electrode material and a pickling slurry. The separated positive electrode material after pickling was dried using a vacuum dryer to obtain a positive electrode material after pickling with a weight of 0.83 kg.

(3)溶解工程
酸洗工程で得られた酸洗後正極材を,容量15リットルの浸出槽に装入して濃度17重量%の硫酸水溶液8.0リットルを添加し、液温を80℃に維持しながら、酸化剤として空気を毎分1リットルの流量で吹き込んだ。この状態で8時間の攪拌後に濾過してニッケル溶解液Aを得た。
そのニッケル溶解液Aの分析値を表1に示す。ニッケルとコバルトが、他の希土類成分などから選択的に分離できることが確かめられる。
(3) Dissolution process After the pickling, the positive electrode material obtained in the pickling process was charged into a 15 liter leaching tank, and 8.0 liters of a 17% strength by weight aqueous sulfuric acid solution was added. The air was blown in as a oxidant at a flow rate of 1 liter per minute. In this state, nickel solution A was obtained by filtration after stirring for 8 hours.
The analytical values of the nickel solution A are shown in Table 1. It is confirmed that nickel and cobalt can be selectively separated from other rare earth components.

参考例で得られたニッケル溶解液Aは、液中のZn濃度が、1.1[g/L]であったので、以下に示す脱亜鉛工程を施した。 Since the nickel solution A obtained in the reference example had a Zn concentration of 1.1 [g / L], the following zinc removal step was performed.

(4)脱亜鉛工程
得られたニッケル溶解液A1リットルを、容量2リットルの脱亜鉛槽に入れた。この脱亜鉛槽に硫化水素ガスを0.3g/minの流速で吹き込み、その時に、生成されたスラリーのpHが2.0〜2.5の範囲内を維持するように炭酸ニッケルを添加している。
この状態でさらに10分間攪拌を継続して反応を進めた。反応終了後、脱亜鉛槽の内容物を濾別して溶解液と硫化澱物とに分離し、脱亜鉛ニッケル溶解液Aを得た。その成分分析結果を表1に示す。表1から解るように、ニッケル溶解液Aと比較して、含まれていた亜鉛をNi/Zn=82から890へと約10分の1まで低減させていることがわかる。
(4) Dezincing step 1 liter of the obtained nickel solution A was put in a 2 liter dezincification tank. Hydrogen sulfide gas was blown into the dezincification tank at a flow rate of 0.3 g / min, and at that time, nickel carbonate was added so that the pH of the generated slurry was maintained within the range of 2.0 to 2.5. Yes.
In this state, the reaction was continued by further stirring for 10 minutes. After completion of the reaction, the contents of the dezincing tank were separated by filtration and separated into a solution and a sulfide starch to obtain a dezinced nickel solution A. The component analysis results are shown in Table 1. As can be seen from Table 1, compared to the nickel solution A, the contained zinc is reduced from Ni / Zn = 82 to 890 to about 1/10.

参考例と同様の焙焼済みの正極材1.1kgを、参考例の(1)水洗工程と同様の条件・操作で水洗と分離、乾燥を行い、乾燥後の重量が0.97kgの水洗後正極材を得た。その水洗後正極材を、参考例の(2)酸洗工程と同様の条件・操作で酸洗と分離、乾燥を行い、重量0.94kgの酸洗後正極材を得た。
さらに、この酸洗後正極材を、容量15リットルの浸出槽に装入して水8.0リットルを加え、液温を70℃に維持しながら、酸化剤として塩素ガスをボンベから毎分1リットルの流量で吹き込んだ。この状態で8時間攪拌した後に、塩素ガスの吹き込みを止め、濾過してニッケル溶解液Dを得た。
Similar roasting already cathode material 1.1kg and reference example, separation and washed with (1) water washing step and the same conditions and operation of the reference example, and dried, washed with water by weight after drying 0.97kg A positive electrode material was obtained. The positive electrode material after the water washing was separated from the pickling under the same conditions and operation as in the (2) pickling step of Reference Example , and dried to obtain a positive electrode material after pickling with a weight of 0.94 kg.
Further, after the pickling, the positive electrode material was charged into a leaching tank having a capacity of 15 liters, added with 8.0 liters of water, and maintained at a liquid temperature of 70 ° C. It was blown at a flow rate of liters. After stirring for 8 hours in this state, blowing of chlorine gas was stopped and filtered to obtain a nickel solution D.

そのニッケル溶解液Dの分析値は、Ni:91g/L、Co:3.6g/L、Fe:0.03g/L、Zn:1.2g/L、La:<0.01g/L、K:0.06g/Lであり、塩素ガスを吹き込むことでも硫酸を用いた浸出と同様に浸出可能であることを確認した。   The analysis values of the nickel solution D are as follows: Ni: 91 g / L, Co: 3.6 g / L, Fe: 0.03 g / L, Zn: 1.2 g / L, La: <0.01 g / L, K : 0.06 g / L. It was confirmed that leaching was possible by blowing chlorine gas in the same manner as leaching using sulfuric acid.

(比較例1)
参考例の焙焼済みの正極材と同じものを別に0.8kg用意した。これを参考例の溶解工程と同様の操作で浸出槽に装入し同様の条件・操作で浸出処理を行い、ニッケル溶
解液Bを生成した。その分析結果を表1に示す。このニッケルの浸出処理においてカリウ
ム、亜鉛、希土類などの溶出が多い結果となっていることがわかる。
(Comparative Example 1)
Separately, 0.8 kg of the same positive-fired positive electrode material as in the reference example was prepared. This was charged into the leaching tank by the same operation as the melting step of the reference example , and leaching treatment was performed under the same conditions and operations to produce a nickel solution B. The analysis results are shown in Table 1. It can be seen that this nickel leaching treatment resulted in a large amount of elution of potassium, zinc, rare earth and the like.

(比較例2)
参考例の焙焼済みの正極材と同じものを別に1.0kg用意し、それを参考例の(1)水洗工程と同様の条件・操作で水洗と分離を行い、乾燥重量0.94kg相当の水洗後正極材を得た。その水洗後正極材を、参考例の(3)浸出工程と同様に浸出槽に装入して同様条件・操作で浸出処理を行い、ニッケル溶解液Cを得た。その分析結果を表1に示す。
比較例1と比較すると水洗のみではカリウムは低下するが、その他の不純物元素は除去が困難であった。
(Comparative Example 2)
Apart 1.0kg prepared the same as the roasting already positive electrode material of Reference Example, it was subjected to water washing and separation under the same conditions and operation as the step in (1) washing reference example, the dry weight 0.94kg equivalent After washing with water, a positive electrode material was obtained. After washing with water, the positive electrode material was charged into a leaching tank in the same manner as in the (3) leaching step of Reference Example , and leaching treatment was performed under the same conditions and operations to obtain a nickel solution C. The analysis results are shown in Table 1.
Compared with Comparative Example 1, potassium was lowered only by washing with water, but removal of other impurity elements was difficult.

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金属ニッケルの基材と前記基材表面に塗布された水酸化ニッケルとから構成されるニッケル水素電池の正極材を、下記(1)〜(3)に示す工程を経て処理して得られたニッケル溶解液に、アルカリを添加してpHを2.0以上2.5以下の範囲に調整、保持しながら、硫化アルカリまたは硫化水素を添加して、脱亜鉛ニッケル溶解液と硫化澱物とに分離する脱亜鉛工程を経て処理することを特徴とするニッケル含有酸性溶液の製造方法。
(1)ニッケル水素電池の正極材に水を加えて水洗した後、分離して水洗後正極材と水洗スラリーとを得る水洗工程。
(2)前記水洗工程で形成した水洗後正極材に、酸を加えて混合し、pHを0.0以上3.5以下の範囲に維持しながら、酸洗後正極材と酸洗スラリーとに分離、生成する酸洗工程。
(3)前記酸洗工程で得た酸洗後正極材を酸水溶液に装入してニッケル溶解液と溶解残渣とに分解する溶解工程、前記酸洗後正極材を酸水溶液に装入後、さらに酸化剤を添加してニッケル溶解液と溶解残渣とに分解する溶解工程、前記酸洗後正極材を水に装入後、さらに酸化剤を添加してニッケル溶解液と溶解残渣とに分離する溶解工程のいずれかの溶解工程。
Nickel obtained by processing a positive electrode material of a nickel metal hydride battery composed of a metallic nickel base material and nickel hydroxide applied to the surface of the base material through the steps shown in the following (1) to (3) Add alkali to the solution to adjust and maintain the pH in the range of 2.0 to 2.5, and add alkali sulfide or hydrogen sulfide to separate into zinc-free nickel solution and sulfide starch. A method for producing a nickel-containing acidic solution, wherein the treatment is performed through a dezincing step .
(1) A water washing step in which water is added to the positive electrode material of the nickel metal hydride battery and washed, and then separated and washed to obtain a positive electrode material and a water washing slurry.
(2) An acid is added to and mixed with the positive electrode material after the water washing formed in the water washing step, and the positive electrode material after the pickling and the pickling slurry are maintained while maintaining the pH in the range of 0.0 to 3.5. Pickling process to separate and generate.
(3) After the pickling process, the positive electrode material obtained in the pickling step is charged into an acid aqueous solution and decomposed into a nickel solution and a dissolution residue; after the pickling, the positive electrode material is charged into the acid aqueous solution; Further, an oxidant is added to decompose into a nickel solution and a dissolution residue. After the pickling, the positive electrode material is charged into water, and then an oxidant is added to separate the nickel solution and the dissolution residue. Any dissolution step of the dissolution step.
前記溶解工程において、
酸のみが添加される場合には、前記酸が硫酸または塩酸で、
酸化剤のみが添加される場合には、前記酸化剤がハロゲンであり、
酸と酸化剤の両者が添加される場合には、前記酸が硫酸である時には空気を酸化剤に使用し、前記酸が塩酸である場合には塩素を酸化剤に使用すること特徴とする請求項1に記載のニッケル含有酸性溶液の製造方法。
In the dissolving step,
When only acid is added, the acid is sulfuric acid or hydrochloric acid,
When only the oxidizing agent is added, the oxidizing agent is a halogen,
When both an acid and an oxidizing agent are added, air is used as the oxidizing agent when the acid is sulfuric acid, and chlorine is used as the oxidizing agent when the acid is hydrochloric acid. Item 2. A method for producing a nickel-containing acidic solution according to Item 1.
金属ニッケルの基材と前記基材表面に塗布された水酸化ニッケルとから構成されるニッケル水素電池の正極材を、下記(1)〜(3)に示す工程を経て処理することにより、ニッケルを含有する酸性溶解液を得ることを特徴とするニッケル含有酸性溶液の製造方法。By treating the positive electrode material of a nickel metal hydride battery composed of a metallic nickel base material and nickel hydroxide applied to the surface of the base material through the steps shown in the following (1) to (3), nickel is obtained. A method for producing a nickel-containing acidic solution, comprising obtaining an acidic solution to be contained.
(1)ニッケル水素電池の正極材に水を加えて水洗した後、分離して水洗後正極材と水洗スラリーとを得る水洗工程。(1) A water washing step in which water is added to the positive electrode material of the nickel metal hydride battery and washed, and then separated and washed to obtain a positive electrode material and a water washing slurry.
(2)前記水洗工程で形成した水洗後正極材に、酸を加えて混合し、pHを0.0以上3.5以下の範囲に維持しながら、酸洗後正極材と酸洗スラリーとに分離、生成する酸洗工程。(2) An acid is added to and mixed with the positive electrode material after the water washing formed in the water washing step, and the positive electrode material after the pickling and the pickling slurry are maintained while maintaining the pH in the range of 0.0 to 3.5. Pickling process to separate and generate.
(3)前記酸洗工程で得た酸洗後正極材を水に装入後、さらに酸化剤のハロゲンを添加してニッケル溶解液と溶解残渣とに分離する溶解工程。(3) A dissolving step of charging the positive electrode material after pickling obtained in the pickling step into water, and further adding a halogen as an oxidizing agent to separate into a nickel solution and a dissolving residue.
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