Third-party recycling refers to the direct recycling of spent power batteries by third-party recycling companies that possess recycling qualifications. Sources of recycling include power battery manufacturers, new energy vehicle manufacturers, 4S shops, service centers, and vehicle dismantling and processing enterprises. Compared with power battery and automobile manufacturers, third-party recyclers lack established recycling channels in production and distribution processes, thus requiring substantial human and material resources to invest in building recycling networks. They establish cooperative relationships with vehicle manufacturers and battery manufacturers, as well as collect spent power batteries from consumers or other channels. Collected retired power batteries are transported in two stages to recycling companies: first from collection points to storage facilities, and then from storage facilities to recycling enterprises.
In this dataset, the recycling model includes temporary storage at collection points and storage at storage facilities. There are 20 collection points, each occupying 50㎡, and 2 storage facilities, each occupying 500㎡. The electricity consumption for the operation of each collection point is 0. 5 kWh/day, with storage point operation consuming 5 kWh/day. A 3-ton diesel truck is selected for transportation from the collection point to the storage point, with a transport distance of 160 km. A 10-ton diesel truck is chosen for transportation from the storage point to the recycling facility, with a transport distance of 650 km. Batteries are temporarily stored for 5 days at the collection point and 3 days at the storage point.
This dataset is applicable to professional third-party recycling of retired power batteries.