CN112090837B - Ultrasonic washing equipment for high-nickel ternary lithium battery anode powder material - Google Patents

Ultrasonic washing equipment for high-nickel ternary lithium battery anode powder material Download PDF

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CN112090837B
CN112090837B CN202010801472.2A CN202010801472A CN112090837B CN 112090837 B CN112090837 B CN 112090837B CN 202010801472 A CN202010801472 A CN 202010801472A CN 112090837 B CN112090837 B CN 112090837B
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The invention discloses ultrasonic washing equipment for a high-nickel ternary lithium battery anode powder material, which comprises a washing tank with an inner washing cavity and an outer washing cavity, wherein the cross section of the inner washing cavity is in a regular n-edge shape, the top of the outer wall of the inner washing cavity is provided with an overflow outlet, and the bottom of the inner washing cavity is provided with a liquid inlet. The bottom of the outer cleaning cavity is provided with a liquid outlet, the outer wall surface of the outer cleaning cavity is uniformly provided with a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, the cross section of the outer cleaning cavity is in a shape of a regular n-edge ring, and n is an integer larger than 4. The inner cleaning cavity is internally provided with a baffle plate, the bottom end, the inner end face and the outer end face of the baffle plate are respectively connected with the inner surface of the bottom of the tank, the outer surface of the inner baffle plate and the inner surface of the outer baffle plate in a sealing way, and the overflow outlet and the liquid outlet are positioned at two sides of the baffle plate and are arranged close to the baffle plate. The device has a simple structural form, can effectively remove residual alkali in the high-nickel ternary lithium anode powder material with low power consumption and better material treatment in a short time.

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Ultrasonic washing equipment for high-nickel ternary lithium battery anode powder material
Technical Field
The invention relates to particle washing equipment, in particular to ultrasonic washing equipment for a high-nickel ternary lithium battery anode powder material.
Background
At present, lithium cobaltate, lithium manganate and ternary lithium materials are mainly adopted in the field of electric automobiles as anode materials of automobile batteries. Among them, the ternary lithium material gradually becomes a new mainstream positive electrode material because of the advantages of better comprehensive performance, low price and the like. However, the high-nickel ternary lithium positive electrode powder material generates gas due to residual alkali during use, so that the safety of a battery cell is reduced, and therefore, the reduction of the alkaline residue on the surface of the high-nickel ternary lithium positive electrode powder material becomes a key for the wide application of the high-nickel ternary lithium positive electrode powder material to a power battery positive electrode material.
The residual alkali on the surface of the material can be reduced by washing the high-nickel ternary lithium anode powder material with water, but the residual alkali tightly attached to the surface of the material cannot be sufficiently cleaned by only adopting deionized water or ethanol for leaching. Compared with the traditional cleaning method, the ultrasonic cleaning method is more thorough in cleaning, can effectively remove residual alkali on the surface of the material, has less water resource waste and is beneficial to improving environmental pollution.
Disclosure of Invention
The purpose of the invention is: the ultrasonic washing equipment for the high-nickel ternary lithium battery anode powder material can overcome the defects of the existing washing equipment, achieves ultrasonic washing with a simple structure, is simple to operate and maintain, and can effectively remove residual alkali in materials due to good washing effect and low power consumption and short time of better treatment materials.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: the utility model provides a anodal powder material supersound washing of high nickel ternary lithium cell is equipped, includes:
the cleaning tank comprises a tank wall and a tank bottom; an inner partition plate and an outer partition plate are sequentially arranged in the cleaning tank from inside to outside at intervals along the axial direction of the cleaning tank, the inner partition plate and the outer partition plate are cylindrical, the bottom ends of the inner partition plate and the outer partition plate are hermetically connected with the inner surface of the tank bottom, an overflow port is formed in the top of the inner partition plate, and an annular space is formed between the outer partition plate and the tank wall; the inner partition plate and the tank bottom jointly enclose an inner cleaning cavity, the cross section of the inner cleaning cavity is in a regular n-edge shape, a liquid inlet is formed in the tank bottom of the inner cleaning cavity, an outer cleaning cavity is formed by the inner partition plate, the outer partition plate and the tank bottom jointly, the cross section of the outer cleaning cavity is in a regular n-edge ring shape, n is an integer larger than 4, and a liquid outlet is formed in the tank bottom of the outer cleaning cavity;
the bottom end of the baffle is hermetically connected with the inner surface of the tank bottom, the inner end surface of the baffle is hermetically connected with the outer surface of the inner partition plate, the outer end surface of the baffle is hermetically connected with the inner surface of the outer partition plate, and the overflow outlet and the liquid outlet are positioned at two sides of the baffle and are arranged close to the baffle;
the ultrasonic transducers are arranged in the annular space and are uniformly arranged on the outer partition plate.
Preferably, a liquid level sensor for monitoring the liquid level in the outer cleaning cavity is further arranged on the outer partition plate.
Preferably, n is 6, the number of the ultrasonic transducers is 24, and the adjustment range of a single ultrasonic transducer is 20W-100W.
Preferably, the diameters of the liquid inlet and the overflow outlet are both 25 mm.
The working process of cleaning the high-nickel ternary lithium battery anode powder material by the ultrasonic water washing equipment based on the high-nickel ternary lithium battery anode powder material comprises the following steps: the high-nickel ternary lithium anode powder material to be cleaned and deionized water are mixed into slurry through stirring, the ultrasonic washing equipment for the high-nickel ternary lithium battery anode powder material is started, then the slurry is conveyed to the inner washing cavity through the liquid inlet, when the liquid level of the slurry rises to the overflow outlet, the slurry flows into the outer washing cavity through the overflow outlet, and due to the arrangement mode of the overflow outlet, the baffle and the liquid outlet, the slurry flows in the outer washing cavity in a spiral mode and gradually flows to the liquid outlet. In the ultrasonic water washing equipment for the high-nickel ternary lithium battery positive electrode powder material, a large number of micro bubbles generated by ultrasonic cavitation penetrate into gaps between the material and impurities (the impurities are alkaline residues on the surface of the high-nickel ternary lithium positive electrode powder material), so that the adsorption of the impurities on the surface of the material is gradually weakened, and the impurities are stripped. The slurry flows out of the liquid outlet and then flows to subsequent filtering equipment through a pipeline, and is further dried and roasted to finally prepare a finished product. The liquid outlet is provided with a sampling port, so that the cleaning effect can be sampled and analyzed at any time.
The invention has the following beneficial effects: the equipment structure form is comparatively simple, and operation maintenance is simple. The equipment can be used for better treating materials in lower power consumption and shorter time, has good washing effect, and can effectively remove residual alkali in the high-nickel ternary lithium anode powder material.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram (in a top view direction, an upper cover is not shown) of an ultrasonic water washing device for a high-nickel ternary lithium battery positive electrode powder material in an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram (in the rear view direction) of an ultrasonic water washing device for a high-nickel ternary lithium battery positive electrode powder material in an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 1-inner partition board, 2-outer partition board, 3-ultrasonic transducer, 4-liquid inlet, 5-overflow outlet, 6-baffle, 7-liquid outlet, 8-tank wall, 9-liquid level sensor, 10-liquid inlet pipe, 11-liquid outlet pipe, 12-upper cover.
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The invention is described in further detail below with reference to the figures and the detailed description, which do not limit the scope of the invention as claimed.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the ultrasonic washing device for the high-nickel ternary lithium battery anode powder material comprises a washing tank, wherein the washing tank comprises a tank wall 8 and a tank bottom. An inner partition plate 1 and an outer partition plate 2 are sequentially arranged in the cleaning tank from inside to outside at intervals along the axial direction of the cleaning tank, the inner partition plate 1 and the outer partition plate 2 are both in a cylindrical shape, and the bottom ends of the inner partition plate 1 and the outer partition plate 2 are hermetically connected with the inner surface of the tank bottom. The top of the inner partition plate 1 is provided with an overflow outlet 5, the inner partition plate 1 and the tank bottom jointly enclose an inner cleaning cavity, the cross section of the inner cleaning cavity is in a regular n-edge shape, the tank bottom of the inner cleaning cavity is provided with a liquid inlet 4, the inner partition plate 1, the outer partition plate 2 and the tank bottom jointly enclose an outer cleaning cavity, the cross section of the outer cleaning cavity is in a regular n-edge annular shape, n is an integer larger than 4, and the tank bottom of the outer cleaning cavity is provided with a liquid outlet 7. An annular space is formed between the outer partition plate 2 and the groove wall 8, specifically, the outer partition plate 2, the groove wall 8 and the groove bottom jointly enclose an annular space with a bottom and without a top, a plurality of ultrasonic transducers 3 are arranged in the annular space, and the plurality of ultrasonic transducers 3 are uniformly arranged on the outer partition plate 1.
The cleaning device is characterized by further comprising a baffle 6 arranged in the outer cleaning cavity along the axial direction, the bottom end of the baffle 6 is hermetically connected with the inner surface of the bottom of the tank, the inner end face of the baffle 6 is hermetically connected with the outer surface of the inner partition plate 1, the outer end face of the baffle 6 is hermetically connected with the inner surface of the outer partition plate 2, and the overflow port 5 and the liquid outlet 7 are located on two sides of the baffle 6 and are arranged close to the baffle 6.
More specifically: the outer partition board 2 is also provided with a liquid level sensor 9 for monitoring the liquid level in the outer cleaning cavity, wherein n is 6, the number of the ultrasonic transducers 3 is 24, and the power adjustment range of the single ultrasonic transducer 3 is 20W-100W. The diameters of the liquid inlet 4 and the overflow outlet 5 are both 25 mm.
The ultrasonic washing equipment for the high-nickel ternary lithium battery positive electrode powder material based on the embodiment is used for cleaning the high-nickel ternary lithium battery positive electrode powder material, and the working process comprises the following steps: will need abluent anodal powder material of high nickel ternary lithium and deionized water through stirring mixing into thick liquids, during the use, feed liquor pipe 10 is connected to the inlet 4 that anodal powder material ultrasonic washing of high nickel ternary lithium cell was equipped, drain pipe 11 is connected to liquid outlet 7, then open anodal powder material ultrasonic washing of high nickel ternary lithium cell and equip, then carry thick liquids to interior washing chamber via inlet 4, when treating that the thick liquids liquid level rises to 5 departments of overflow outlet, thick liquids flow into the outer washing chamber via 5 of overflow outlet, because the setting mode of overflow outlet 5, baffle 6 and liquid outlet 7, thick liquids flow gradually to liquid outlet 7 with the form of spiral in the outer washing chamber. In the ultrasonic water washing equipment for the high-nickel ternary lithium battery positive electrode powder material, a large number of micro bubbles generated by ultrasonic cavitation penetrate into gaps between the material and impurities (the impurities are alkaline residues on the surface of the high-nickel ternary lithium positive electrode powder material), so that the adsorption of the impurities on the surface of the material is gradually weakened to strip the impurities, the purpose of ultrasonic washing is achieved, and slurry after ultrasonic washing flows out from a liquid outlet 7. The slurry flowing out from the liquid outlet 7 can be further connected with a filtering device, and then flows into the filtering device through the liquid outlet pipe 11, and is further dried and roasted after being filtered to finally obtain a finished product. A sampling port can be arranged at the liquid outlet 7, and the effect of sampling, analyzing and cleaning can be performed at any time.
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art should be considered to be within the technical scope of the present invention, and the technical solutions and their concepts should be equivalent or changed within the technical scope of the present invention.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art can implement the present invention in other embodiments according to the disclosure of the present invention, or make simple changes or modifications on the design structure and idea of the present invention, and fall into the protection scope of the present invention. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art through specific situations.

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1. The utility model provides a anodal powder material supersound washing of high nickel ternary lithium cell is equipped which characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps:
the cleaning tank comprises a tank wall (8) and a tank bottom; the cleaning tank is characterized in that an inner partition plate (1) and an outer partition plate (2) are sequentially arranged in the cleaning tank from inside to outside at intervals along the axial direction of the cleaning tank, the inner partition plate (1) and the outer partition plate (2) are both cylindrical, the bottom ends of the inner partition plate (1) and the outer partition plate (2) are hermetically connected with the inner surface of the tank bottom, an overflow outlet (5) is formed in the top of the inner partition plate (1), the inner partition plate (1) and the tank bottom jointly form an inner cleaning cavity, the cross section of the inner cleaning cavity is in a shape of a regular n-edge, a liquid inlet (4) is formed in the tank bottom of the inner cleaning cavity, an outer cleaning cavity is formed by the inner partition plate (1), the outer partition plate (2) and the tank bottom jointly, the cross section of the outer cleaning cavity is in a shape of a regular n-edge ring, n is an integer larger than 4, and a liquid outlet (7) is formed in the tank bottom of the outer cleaning cavity;
the device comprises a baffle (6) which is arranged in an outer cleaning cavity along the axial direction, the bottom end of the baffle (6) is hermetically connected with the inner surface of the bottom of the tank, the inner end surface of the baffle (6) is hermetically connected with the outer surface of an inner baffle (1), the outer end surface of the baffle (6) is hermetically connected with the inner surface of an outer baffle (2), and an overflow outlet (5) and a liquid outlet (7) are positioned at two sides of the baffle (6) and are arranged close to the baffle (6);
an annular space is formed between the outer partition plate (2) and the groove wall (8), a plurality of ultrasonic transducers (3) are arranged in the annular space, and the plurality of ultrasonic transducers (3) are uniformly arranged on the outer partition plate (2).
2. The ultrasonic water washing device for the high-nickel ternary lithium battery positive powder material according to claim 1, characterized in that: and a liquid level sensor (9) for monitoring the liquid level in the outer cleaning cavity is also arranged on the outer partition plate (2).
3. The ultrasonic water washing device for the high-nickel ternary lithium battery positive powder material according to claim 1, characterized in that: the number n is 6, the number of the ultrasonic transducers (3) is 24, and the adjustment range of the single ultrasonic transducer (3) is 20W-100W.
4. The ultrasonic water washing device for the high-nickel ternary lithium battery positive powder material according to claim 1, characterized in that: the diameters of the liquid inlet (4) and the overflow outlet (5) are both 25 mm.
5. The ultrasonic water washing device for the high-nickel ternary lithium battery positive powder material according to claim 1, characterized in that: the cleaning tank is characterized by further comprising an upper cover (12) buckled on the top opening of the cleaning tank, when the upper cover (12) is buckled on the top opening of the cleaning tank, the bottom of the upper cover (12) is hermetically matched with the top of the tank wall (8) and the top of the outer partition plate (2).
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