PyroGenesis signs emissions reduction contract with battery recycler

A company that develops, manufactures and commercializes advanced plasma processes and greenhouse gas emission reduction solutions, Montreal-based PyroGenesis Canada Inc. has announced that it has signed a contract with a North American lithium-ion battery recycler through its wholly owned subsidiary, Pyro Green-Gas.

Under the scope of the contract, Pyro Green-Gas will develop a system to decontaminate the dust generated during the battery recycling process. PyroGenesis says the value of the contract is to remain confidential but confirms that it is more than $500,000 and less than $1 million. PyroGenesis says the name of the battery recycler, which utilizes a unique process that rescues the highest percentage of minerals and materials such as cobalt, lithium and manganese, will remain confidential for competitive reasons.

Pyro Green-Gas will design and fabricate a system with a volume capacity of up to 4,000 normal cubic meters per hour, or Nm3/h. PyroGenesis says this represents the combined exhaust from shredding battery materials and handling and transfer via pneumatic conveying of the powdered and granular materials resulting from the battery recycler’s process.

PyroGenesis says the efficiency and compact design of the system proposed by Pyro Green-Gas is expected to provide highly effective destruction of airborne contaminants with minimal energy use, resulting in reduced operating costs and environmental impact for the battery recycler.

P. Peter Pascali, PyroGenesis’ CEO and chairman, says the advantages of the company’s solution, combined with a competitive cost and rapid execution were key to securing the contract bid. Delivery of the contract is expected in June of this year.

“This agreement is an example of yet another industry requiring factory-ready technology solutions that fit within the decarbonization and energy transition value chains,” Pascali says. “With the growth of the electric vehicle market, and the resulting demands on battery producers to find closed-loop solutions to battery production and commodity recovery, we are pleased to showcase, in this contract, the engineering and emission-reduction expertise of Pyro Green-Gas to battery recyclers, producers and the EV industry as a whole.”