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US 11,229,880 B2Granted
Modular extraction apparatus
AssigneeInternational Battery Metals, Ltd.
InventorJohn Burba
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for extracting desired chemical species including, without limitation, lithium, specific lithium species, and/or other chemical compounds from input flows in a modular unit. The input flows may be raw materials in which lithium metal and/or lithium species are dissolved and/or extracted. The apparatuses and methods may include daisy chain flow through separate tanks, a column array, and combinations thereof.
Claims10
A modular extraction system, comprising:
- at least one tank;
- one or more valves for selectively directing a brine input stream and a dilute stream to the at least one tank;
- an amount of sorbent material contained within the at least one tank, in which the sorbent material extracts at least one constituent from the brine input stream;
- and
- a concentration membrane for processing the extracted at least one constituent into at least one output stream,
- wherein the at least one tank and the concentration membrane are sized such that the modular extraction system is mobile;
- wherein the at least one tank is sized such that the at least one tank maintains a substantially constant pressure within the at least one tank, and
- wherein the at least one tank is sized such that the at least one tank creates a substantially sharp concentration profile between the brine input stream and the dilute stream that is presented to the sorbent material and travels along the length of the at least one tank.
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