Back to results
US 12,616,955 B2Granted
Metal-organic frameworks for selective ion extraction
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsFlorence Binet, Dominic Perroni, Gary W. Sams, Prasanna Nirgudkar, Rod William Shampine, Sharath Chandra Mahavadi, Arindam Bhattacharya
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A metal-organic framework (MOF) may include a body including a MOF crystal having a composition selected to selectively extract one or more elements of interest from an aqueous solution. The MOF may include a plurality of MOF crystals bound by a bonding agent.
Claims8
An apparatus for extracting an element of interest from an aqueous extraction feed, the apparatus comprising:
- a vessel comprising:
- a first plurality of metal-organic framework (MOF) bodies, each of the first plurality of MOF bodies including a monolithic MOF crystal;
- and
- a bonding agent connecting the first plurality of MOF bodies, wherein the bonding agent comprises a second plurality of MOFs, wherein each of the second plurality of MOFs is in a non-crystallized state;
- a fluid tank;
- and
- a fluid circulation device in fluid communication with the fluid tank and the vessel, the fluid circulation device configured to circulate an aqueous extraction fluid from the fluid tank in the vessel so that the aqueous extraction fluid contacts the first plurality of MOF bodies.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.