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US 11,986,816 B2Granted
Ion exchange devices for lithium extraction
AssigneeLilac Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDavid Henry Snydacker, Nicolás Andrés Grosso Giordano, Amos Indranada, Alysia Lukito, Mustafa Juzer Bootwala, Daniel Keane Laporte, Christina Fleming
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the extraction of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from clays and minerals, and recycled products.
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A system for industrial lithium extraction from a liquid resource, the system comprising one or more beds and one or more flow distributors,
- wherein the one or more flow distributors are configured to direct a flow of a liquid through the one or more beds,
- wherein the one or more beds comprise an ion exchange material, wherein the ion exchange material exchanges lithium ions and hydrogen ions, wherein the ion exchange material selectively absorbs lithium relative to other ions,
- wherein the one or more flow distributors and one or more beds are configured to minimize a distance required to flow the liquid through each of the one or more beds,
- wherein the distance required to flow the liquid through each of the one or more beds is less than about one meter, and
- wherein the distance required to flow the liquid through each of the one or more beds is less than the diameter, height, or width of the one or more beds.
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