Reflections from NAATBatt's Battery Industry Workshop
Photo by Headway on Unsplash Over the past 15 years, NAATBatt has grown from a suggestion by then-Senator Barack Obama to support the battery industry. Today, NAATBatt is an international organization promoting "the development and commercialization of electrochemical energy storage technology and the revitalization of advanced battery manufacturing in North America." This August, I attended the sixth annual NAATBatt Workshop in Indianapolis bringing battery industry and supply chain…
P&ID Out Front for Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Waters
Photo by Joey Clover on Unsplash P&ID is proudly out front for lithium production and sustainable processes. In a recent column in Chemical Processing, Barry on Batteries, I discussed how the chemical industry can prepare for a new market segment, lithium extraction from geothermal waters. Geothermal water is the product of water-rock interactions over a long time at a high temperature and depth. The water contains lithium as well as other minerals, such as bromine. In direct lithium…
Lithium Industry Innovation is Ongoing
Credit: unsplash.com Lithium industry innovation is widely apparent, and P&ID is proud to be part of the ongoing development. While speaking at the International Battery Seminar & Conference, I was excited to hear the latest lithium supply chain innovations, especially as they reflected thinking I was already doing for my web-exclusive Chemical Processing column, Barry on Batteries. Take conventional lithium mining. Traditionally lithium production involves mining of lithium-containing…
Lithium Ion Battery Materials and Solid-liquid Separation Safety
In the many lithium ion battery (LIB) plants that I have visited, one critical area of concern is solid-liquid separation safety in manual operations. After all, a LIB is, in reality, a small chemical plant. The detailed structure is as follows: Figure 1. Structure diagrams of LIBs . a) Main components, b) Internal structure and c) Structure of cathode materials and Al foil (Yellow coating represents PVDF film). Reproduced from Global Challenges 2023, 7, 2200237, © 2023 The Authors.…
Battery Technology: Speaking at the International Seminar
Photo by Vardan Papikyan on Unsplash Need more convincing that battery technology is a growing field? This week the International Battery Seminar and Exhibit takes place in Orlando, Florida. In 2022, more than 1,500 battery technologists attended. This year, the event is expected to be even larger with many speakers from around the world. I’m excited to attend and discuss battery tech with others as interested in this area as I am. The March 20 to 23 Seminar has four streams: R & D:…