Reinventing what drives the wheel
The use of electric cars is on the rise, creating huge demand for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. The era of green mobility is here. GEA can help you get and stay ahead of the trend, ready for the changes and additions that may be necessary in your manufacturing processes.
The challenge
Transport drives economic activity and is fundamental for the humanity´s welfare, it has been played a toral role in its development. Sadly, this sector is also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution, with significant impacts on the environment and human health.
Today, this is changing in large part due to the boom of green mobility and electric vehicles powered by lithium batteries, already considered by many as “the new gasoline”.
The massive, and growing, demand for lithium comes from the rapidly increasing popularity of EV’s, domestic solar usage and digital devices that require Li-ion batteries as well. As if that were not enough, li-ion batteries can be used to store energy from wind and solar sources, removing even more CO2 from the environment.
Our take – GEA drives the change
Electric cars and lightweight vehicles are building the smart mobility of the future today. They consume less fuel and resort to li-ion batteries to their energy from less harmful sources, here at GEA, we pioneer in the field of lithium processing, from close-to-mine through the entire materials supply chain, we offer an end-to-end process portfolio that allows for:
Building the foundation.
A lot of chemical processes are involved in making a battery and GEA has all what`s necessary for all the major steps, from precipitation through membrane filtration systems or for removing impurities by centrifugal separation, concentration, crystallization and purification. A transportable high battery-grade material can be achieved by fluid bed drying for purified lithium salt compounds with the aid of GEA technologies as well.
Produce higher performance batteries.
Our centers of excellence give our customers access to a full range of test facilities and put them in direct touch with dedicated teams of experts who work with them to optimize procedures for spray drying of battery-grade powder to produce advanced lithium battery materials.
Significantly reduce fuel consumption
We are experts in particle processing for lightweight materials, such as high-performance polymers.
When Chemistry Works With Engineering
GEA is taking bold action helping manufacturers worldwide embrace more sustainable, less wasteful and more energy-efficient and cost-effective procedures and processes.
