IP Library Granted Patent US 12691429
Granted Patent B2
US 12691429 · App. 17/849,974 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Fluidized bed reactor and method for recovering active metal of lithium secondary battery utilizing same

Inventors: Sung Real Son (Daejeon, KR); Min Ji Sung (Daejeon, KR); Choon Hwan Song (Daejeon, KR); Ji Min Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
B01J8/44B01J8/1827B01J8/1872B01J8/24H01M10/54B01J2208/00902B01J2208/00938
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Patent No.
US 12691429
App. No.
17/849,974
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluidized bed reactor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a reactor body, and a dispersion plate coupled to a bottom portion of the reactor body. The dispersion plate may include a base plate and injection columns protruding from a top surface of the base plate. The injection columns include first injection columns arranged at a central portion of the dispersion plate, and second injection columns arranged at a peripheral portion of the dispersion plate. The second injection column has a greater height than a height of the first injection column. A reactive gas is uniformly injected to a wall surface of the reactor through the dispersion plate, thereby increasing a recovery ratio for an active metal of a lithium secondary battery.

Claims (12)

1 . A fluidized bed reactor, comprising:

a reactor body; and

a dispersion plate coupled to a bottom portion of the reactor body, the dispersion plate comprising a base plate and injection columns protruding from a top surface of the base plate;

wherein the injection columns comprise:

first injection columns arranged at a central portion of the dispersion plate; and

second injection columns arranged at a peripheral portion of the dispersion plate, the second injection columns having a greater height than a height of the first injection columns,

wherein the first injection column comprises a first column body extending from the top surface of the base plate, a first cap portion covering an upper portion of the first column body, and a first injection hole penetrating through the first column body, and

the second injection column comprises a second column body extending from the top surface of the base plate, a second cap portion covering an upper portion of the second column body, and a second injection hole penetrating through the second column body,

wherein the second injection hole comprises an upper injection hole and a lower injection hole, and a height of the upper injection hole is greater than a height of the first injection hole,

wherein the upper injection hole is inclined toward the base plate, and the lower injection hole is inclined from the base plate toward a top portion of the reactor body.

2 . The fluidized bed reactor of claim 1 , wherein the injection columns are arranged in a constant pitch or in a constant grid shape.

3 . The fluidized bed reactor of claim 1 , further comprising a reactive gas flow path for supplying a reactive gas from a portion of the reactor body under the base plate.