POSCO Holdings Inc.
METHOD FOR PREPARING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRECURSOR FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND PREPARATION APPARATUS USING SAME

Abstract:

A method for preparing a cathode active material precursor for a secondary battery, including: moving a co-precipitation filtrate generated after a co-precipitation reaction to a co-precipitation filtrate storage tank; removing a metal hydroxide by passing the co-precipitation filtrate through a filter; reacting the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide is removed with sulfuric acid or nitric acid to produce an ammonium sulfate or an ammonium nitrate while removing ammonia from the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide is removed; cooling and crystallizing the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide and ammonia are removed to precipitate a sodium sulfate; filtering the precipitated sodium sulfate to separate the precipitated sodium sulfate from the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide and ammonia are removed; drying the sodium sulfate separated from the co-precipitation filtrate and moving the co-precipitation filtrate separated from the sodium sulfate to a circulation concentration tank; and heating the co-precipitation filtrate stored in the circulation concentration tank to a predetermined temperature for recycling and performing N.sub.2 purging or bubbling, is provided.