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US 2018/0111892 A1Published application
Materials and methods for the selective recovery of multivalent products
AssigneeInvista North America S.A.R.L.
InventorsMariusz Kamionka, Alex Conradie
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Abstract
Described herein are processes and apparatus for the high purity and high concentration recovery of multivalent products via continuous ion exchange from aqueous solutions for further down-stream purification.
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A method of recovering multivalent products from aqueous solutions using continuous ion exchange comprising;
- (a) adsorbing the multivalent product principally as divalent specie onto an ion exchange resin;
- (b) converting the adsorbed multivalent product to principally the monovalent valence state;
- (c) concentrating the multivalent product through re-adsorption onto the ion exchange resin;
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- (d) eluting the multivalent product.
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An apparatus for recovering multivalent products from aqueous solutions comprising one or more of the below zones:
- (a) an adsorption zone comprising an ion exchange resin, for adsorption of the multivalent product as principally a divalent specie;
- (b) a monovalent strip zone, for desorbing impurities and converting the adsorbed multivalent product to the monovalent state;
- (c) a monovalent adsorption zone, for adsorbing recycled multivalent product recycled from a steam stripper;
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- (d) an elution zone, for eluting the multivalent product using a concentrated ammonia, ammonium bicarbonate or ammonium carbonate solution.
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