US20040170897A1 - Process for producing zinc or zinc alloy powder for battery - Google Patents

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US20040170897A1
US20040170897A1 US10/792,832 US79283204A US2004170897A1 US 20040170897 A1 US20040170897 A1 US 20040170897A1 US 79283204 A US79283204 A US 79283204A US 2004170897 A1 US2004170897 A1 US 2004170897A1
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Tadayoshi Odahara
Seiji Fuchino
Mitsuo Shinoda
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  • the present invention provides a process of producing a zinc or zinc alloy powder for batteries which comprises dropping molten zinc or a molten zinc alloy to form a stream of molten metal droplets and striking a jet of an atomizing medium emitted from the orifice of a nozzle against the molten metal stream at right angles to atomize the molten zinc or the molten zinc alloy, wherein
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a stream of molten zinc or zinc alloy droplets being broken up into atomized powder by an atomizing medium jet from a nozzle.
  • numeral 1 denotes a molten zinc or zinc alloy stream
  • numeral 2 denotes a nozzle
  • numeral 3 denotes an atomizing medium jet
  • numeral 4 denotes atomized powder respectively.
  • a zinc or zinc alloy (hereinafter sometimes inclusively referred to as metal) material is put into a melting furnace and melted into a molten metal.
  • the molten metal is dropped through an orifice of given size at a predetermined flow rate to make a molten metal stream 1 .
  • the flow rate is adjusted by the orifice diameter. Flow rates lower than 0.04 kg/sec can cause clogging of the orifice. Flow rates higher than 0.25 kg/sec tend to make normal atomization difficult.
  • the atomizing pressures of the nozzles 21 and 22 are set low within the above-specified range of 4 to 9 kg/cm 2 (e.g., selected from a range less than 6 kg/cm 2 ), while those of the nozzles 23 and 24 are set high within the range of 4 to 9 kg/cm 2 (e.g., selected from a range of 6 kg/cm 2 and higher); and the flow rate of the molten metal at the nozzle 21 is set low within the above-specified range of 0.04 to 0.25 kg/sec (e.g., selected from a range of 0.16 kg/sec and lower), while the flow rates of the molten metal streams at the nozzles 22 , 23 and 24 are set high within the range 0.04 to 0.25 kg/sec (e.g., selected from a range of 0.09 kg/sec and higher). If necessary, the distances from the nozzle exits to the molten metal streams are adjusted.
  • the nozzle 21 coupled with a molten metal stream having a lower flow rate produces powder in a smaller amount
  • the nozzles 22 to 24 coupled with molten metal streams having higher flow rates produce powder in larger amounts
  • the nozzles 21 and 22 having lower atomizing pressures predominantly produce coarse particles of +100 mesh
  • the nozzles 23 and 24 having higher atomizing pressures predominantly produce fine particles of ⁇ 200 mesh.
  • the two or more nozzles may have two or more different cross-sections at their orifices (exits).
  • the orifices of the nozzles 21 and 22 may have a V-shaped cross-section ( 2 a of FIG. 2), while the orifices of the nozzles 23 and 24 may have a U-shaped cross-section ( 2 b of FIG. 3).
  • Use of nozzles with different cross-sections at their exits makes it possible to control the particle size distribution of the resulting powder more precisely.
  • the process according to the present invention saves the trouble of mixing up fractions of different particle sizes, has an advantage in mass productivity, and copes with diversity of requests from industry for particle sizes through fine adjustments of conditions.
  • Molten zinc was atomized by using three nozzles ( 21 , 22 , and 23 ) under the following conditions.
  • Atomizing medium air

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An alkaline battery having as an anode a zinc or zinc alloy powder obtained by dropping molten zinc or a molten zinc alloy to form a molten metal droplets stream and striking an atomizing medium jet emitted from a nozzle against the molten metal stream at right angles to atomize the molten zinc or the molten zinc alloy, wherein two or more the nozzles are arranged in parallel to each other, the orifice of each of the nozzles has a V-shaped, U-shaped, X-shaped or arc-shaped cross-section, the atomizing medium is air or an inert gas, two or more the molten metal streams have at least two different flow rates selected from a range 0.04 to 025 kg/sec, and two or more of the atomizing medium jets have at least two different atomizing pressures selected from a range 4 to 9 kg/cm2.

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    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  • 1. Field of the Invention [0001]
  • The present invention relates to a process for producing zinc or zinc alloy powder for batteries. More particularly, it relates to a process for producing zinc or zinc alloy powder for batteries as a well-balanced mixture of fine powder and coarse powder which exhibits satisfactory workability in gelation and acquires satisfactory gel viscosity, ensures excellent battery characteristics with reduced gas evolution when used in batteries, and can be produced in large quantity in good yield. [0002]
  • 2. Description of Related Art [0003]
  • Zinc or zinc alloy powder for use in batteries, especially as an anode active material of alkaline batteries, has been produced by gas atomization in which molten zinc or zinc alloy is atomized by an air jet or an inert gas jet. [0004]
  • In carrying out gas atomization, zinc or a zinc alloy material is melted in a melting furnace, and a predetermined amount of the molten metal is dropped in a stream. The stream of falling molten metal droplets is struck at right angles by an atomizing gas jet emitted from a nozzle exit and broken up into particles, which are collected. The orifice of the nozzle usually used in gas atomization has a circular or annular cross-section. Air has been frequently used as an atomizing gas. Zinc or zinc alloy powders produced by the gas atomization generally comprise 20 to 200 mesh particles in a proportion of about 75% by weight. [0005]
  • With the recent rapid development of digitization, the demand for higher-rate alkaline batteries has been growing, and further improvement on activation of zinc or zinc alloy powder by particle size reduction has been required accordingly. On the other hand, it is required for the zinc or zinc alloy powder to contain coarse particles greater than a certain size from the standpoint of workability in gelation, the resultant gel viscosity, and suppression of gas evolution within batteries. For these reasons, it has been demanded to establish a technique suited to commercial production of a zinc or zinc alloy powder comprising coarse particles and fine particles in a given ratio and satisfying the performance requirements described above. [0006]
  • Zinc or zinc alloy powders having a prescribed particle size distribution have been obtained by classifying gas-atomized powders into fractions according to size and mixing the fractions. However such classification and mixing operations are extremely inefficient, contributing to poor yield and poor productivity. [0007]
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a process of producing a zinc or zinc alloy powder for batteries which can yield a powder containing fine particles and coarse particles in arbitrary amounts in a good balance, exhibiting satisfactory workability in gelation and satisfactory gel viscosity, and, in batteries, manifesting excellent battery characteristics and suppressing gas evolution and which realizes large volume production with good yield. [0008]
  • As a result of extensive investigation, the present inventors have found that the above object is accomplished by carrying out a gas atomizing process for producing a zinc or zinc alloy powder by using a plurality of nozzles arranged in parallel with each other and optimizing the molten metal flow rate and the atomizing pressure for each nozzle. [0009]
  • Completed based on the above finding, the present invention provides a process of producing a zinc or zinc alloy powder for batteries which comprises dropping molten zinc or a molten zinc alloy to form a stream of molten metal droplets and striking a jet of an atomizing medium emitted from the orifice of a nozzle against the molten metal stream at right angles to atomize the molten zinc or the molten zinc alloy, wherein [0010]
  • two or more the nozzles are arranged in parallel to each other, the orifice of each of the nozzles has a V-shaped, U-shaped, X-shaped or arc-shaped cross-section, the atomizing medium is air or an inert gas, [0011]
  • two or more the molten metal streams have at least two different flow rates selected from a range of from 0.04 to 0.25 kg/sec, and two or more the jets of the atomizing medium have at least two different atomizing pressures selected from a range of from 4 to 9 kg/cm[0012] 2.
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  • The present invention will be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: [0013]
  • FIG. 1 shows a stream of molten zinc or zinc alloy droplets being atomized by a jet of an atomizing medium from a nozzle according to the process of the present invention; [0014]
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-section of a V-shaped orifice of a nozzle used in the present invention; [0015]
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-section of a U-shaped orifice of a nozzle used in the present invention; [0016]
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-section of an arc-shaped orifice of a nozzle used in the present invention; [0017]
  • FIG. 5 is a plan of an atomizing chamber used in the process of the present invention; and [0018]
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-section of an alkaline battery in which a zinc or zinc alloy powder obtained by the process of the present invention is used as an anode active material.[0019]
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  • Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a stream of molten zinc or zinc alloy droplets being broken up into atomized powder by an atomizing medium jet from a nozzle. In FIG. 1, numeral [0020] 1 denotes a molten zinc or zinc alloy stream, numeral 2 denotes a nozzle, numeral 3 denotes an atomizing medium jet and numeral 4 denotes atomized powder respectively.
  • A zinc or zinc alloy (hereinafter sometimes inclusively referred to as metal) material is put into a melting furnace and melted into a molten metal. The molten metal is dropped through an orifice of given size at a predetermined flow rate to make a molten metal stream [0021] 1. The flow rate is adjusted by the orifice diameter. Flow rates lower than 0.04 kg/sec can cause clogging of the orifice. Flow rates higher than 0.25 kg/sec tend to make normal atomization difficult.
  • An atomizing medium is emitted from the orifice of the [0022] nozzle 2 into an atomizing medium jet 3, which strikes against the molten metal stream 1 at right angles to break up the stream 1 into atomized metal powder 4.
  • The atomizing medium which can be used in the present invention includes air and inert gases, such as nitrogen and argon. The atomizing pressure should range from 4 to 9 kg/cm[0023] 2 for obtaining powder in high yield. With the molten metal flow rate being in a general range, atomizing pressures lower than 4 kg/cm2 result in instable atomization and poor yield. Atomizing pressures higher than 9 kg/cm2 result in production of very fine particles and make it difficult to adjust the nozzle position for obtaining stable atomizing.
  • The cross-section of the orifice of the [0024] nozzle 2 used in the present invention should have a V shape (2 a of FIG. 2), a U shape (2 b of FIG. 3), an X shape (now shown), or an arc shape (2 c of FIG. 4). Nozzles 2 with such a specific orifice cross-section are successful for efficient atomization of molten metal.
  • As shown in FIG. 5, the gas atomization is effected with two or more, preferably three or four, nozzles [0025] 2 (21 to 24) that are arranged in a parallel configuration. It is preferred that three or four nozzles 2 be arranged in parallel on the same plane. Use of a plurality of the nozzles 2 in such a configuration makes it feasible to produce atomized powder efficiently and stably on a large production scale.
  • In the gas atomizing process according to the present invention, the two or more molten metal streams have at least two different flow rates selected from a range of from 0.04 to 0.25 kg/sec, and the two or more jets of the atomizing medium have at least two different atomizing pressures selected from a range of from 4 to 9 kg/cm[0026] 2. In an example, the atomizing pressures of the nozzles 21 and 22 are set low within the above-specified range of 4 to 9 kg/cm2 (e.g., selected from a range less than 6 kg/cm2), while those of the nozzles 23 and 24 are set high within the range of 4 to 9 kg/cm2 (e.g., selected from a range of 6 kg/cm2 and higher); and the flow rate of the molten metal at the nozzle 21 is set low within the above-specified range of 0.04 to 0.25 kg/sec (e.g., selected from a range of 0.16 kg/sec and lower), while the flow rates of the molten metal streams at the nozzles 22, 23 and 24 are set high within the range 0.04 to 0.25 kg/sec (e.g., selected from a range of 0.09 kg/sec and higher). If necessary, the distances from the nozzle exits to the molten metal streams are adjusted.
  • In the example shown supra, the [0027] nozzle 21 coupled with a molten metal stream having a lower flow rate produces powder in a smaller amount, whereas the nozzles 22 to 24 coupled with molten metal streams having higher flow rates produce powder in larger amounts; and the nozzles 21 and 22 having lower atomizing pressures predominantly produce coarse particles of +100 mesh, while the nozzles 23 and 24 having higher atomizing pressures predominantly produce fine particles of −200 mesh. As a result, coarse particles and fine particles are produced simultaneously in arbitrary quantities, and the product exhibits stable quality in terms of mixing properties of the coarse and the fine particles.
  • The two or more nozzles may have two or more different cross-sections at their orifices (exits). For example, the orifices of the [0028] nozzles 21 and 22 may have a V-shaped cross-section (2 a of FIG. 2), while the orifices of the nozzles 23 and 24 may have a U-shaped cross-section (2 b of FIG. 3). Use of nozzles with different cross-sections at their exits makes it possible to control the particle size distribution of the resulting powder more precisely.
  • The inner atmosphere of the atomizing [0029] chamber 7, in which the molten metal is broken up into atomized powder 4, is maintained under positive pressure by introducing clean air through a high performance filter 6. By maintaining the inner atmosphere of the atomizing chamber in a clean state under positive pressure, incorporation of impurity into the atomized powder 4 is prevented, and gas evolution is suppressed when the resulting zinc or zinc alloy powder is used as an anode active material of a battery. In FIG. 5, numeral 5 indicates a chamber.
  • The atomized powder thus obtained contains particles of −200 mesh in a proportion of 20 to 70% by weight and comprises arbitrary amounts of fine powder and coarse powder in a good balance. A zinc or zinc alloy powder having such a well-balanced particle size distribution exhibits satisfactory workability in gelation to acquire satisfactory gel viscosity or like characteristics. While used in a battery as an anode active material, it manifests excellent battery characteristics and suppresses gas evolution. The process of the present invention makes it feasible to produce zinc or zinc alloy powder with these characteristics in good yield. [0030]
  • In FIG. 6 is shown a schematic cross-sectional view of an alkaline battery, to which the zinc or zinc alloy powder obtained by the process of the present invention is applied as an anode active material. The alkaline battery of FIG. 6 comprises a [0031] cathode case 31, a cathode 32, an anode (gelled zinc or zinc alloy powder) 33, a separator 34, a seal 35, a negative cap 36, an anode current collector 37, a positive cap 38, a thermally shrinkable resin tube 39, insulating rings 40 and 41, and an battery case 42.
  • The process according to the present invention saves the trouble of mixing up fractions of different particle sizes, has an advantage in mass productivity, and copes with diversity of requests from industry for particle sizes through fine adjustments of conditions. [0032]
  • The present invention will now be illustrated in greater detail with reference to Examples. [0033]
    • EXAMPLE 1
  • Molten zinc was atomized by using three nozzles ([0034] 21, 22, and 23) under the following conditions.
  • 1) [0035] Nozzle 21
  • Molten metal flow rate: 0.09 kg/sec [0036]
  • Cross-section of nozzle orifice: U shape [0037]
  • Atomizing medium: air [0038]
  • Atomizing pressure: 4.5 kg/cm[0039] 2
  • 2) [0040] Nozzle 22
  • Molten metal flow rate: 0.16 kg/sec [0041]
  • Cross-section of nozzle orifice: V shape [0042]
  • Atomizing medium: air [0043]
  • Atomizing pressure: 7.6 kg/cm[0044] 2
  • 3) [0045] Nozzle 23
  • Molten metal flow rate: 0.16 kg/sec [0046]
  • Cross-section of nozzle orifice: V shape [0047]
  • Atomizing medium: air [0048]
  • Atomizing pressure: 7.6 kg/cm[0049] 2
  • 4) Other Conditions [0050]
  • Molten zinc temperature (when atomized): 490-500° C. [0051]
  • Angle between molten zinc stream and atomizing medium jet: 90°[0052]
  • Distance between molten zinc stream and nozzle exit: 25-65 mm [0053]
  • Pressure in atomizing chamber: positive pressure [0054]
  • The resulting atomized zinc powder comprised 45 wt % of particles of −200 mesh and 30 wt % of particles of +80 mesh. [0055]
  • The process of the invention provides a zinc or zinc alloy powder comprising fine particles and coarse particles of arbitrary amounts in a good balance. The resulting zinc or zinc alloy powder has satisfactory workability in gelation to acquire a satisfactory gel viscosity, etc. and, when used in batteries, greatly contributes to excellent battery characteristics and suppresses gas evolution. The process of the invention is suited to mass production to achieve good yield. [0056]

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What is claimed is:
1. An alkaline battery, comprising:
a battery case;
a cathode; and
an anode;
wherein said anode is a zinc or zinc alloy powder obtained by dropping molten zinc or a molten zinc alloy to form a stream of molten metal droplets and striking a jet of an atomizing medium emitted from the orifice of a nozzle against the molten metal stream at right angles to atomize the molten zinc or the molten zinc alloy, wherein
two or more said nozzles are arranged in parallel to each other, the orifice of each of said nozzles has a V-shaped, U-shaped, X-shaped or arc-shaped cross-section, said atomizing medium is air or an inert gas,
two or more said molten metal streams have at least two different flow rates selected from a range of from 0.04 to 0.25 kg/sec, and two or more said jets of said atomizing medium have at least two different atomizing pressures selected from a range of from 4 to 9 kg/cm2.
2. The alkaline battery according to claim 1, wherein the powder contains particles of −200 mesh in a proportion of 20 to 70% by weight.
3. The alkaline battery according to claim 1, wherein the cathode is in a cathode case.
4. The alkaline battery according to claim 3, further comprising a separator separating the cathode from the anode, a seal, a negative cap, an anode current collector, and a positive cap.
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