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US 2025/0128186 A1Published application
Devices for efficient sorbent utilization in lithium extraction
AssigneeLilac Solutions, Inc.
InventorsNicolás Andrés GROSSO GIORDANO, David Henry SNYDACKER, David James ALT, Eric Nathan GUYES, Alysia LUKITO, Amos INDRANADA, Edson Barton PACKER
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to the extraction of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from clays and minerals, and recycled products.
Claims47
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A method of extracting lithium from a liquid resource, the method comprising:
- (i) providing a device comprising one or more filter banks;
- (ii) conveying the liquid resource through the one or more filter banks to contact a sorbent material, wherein the sorbent material selectively absorbs lithium;
- (iii) optionally conveying a wash solution or a gas through the one or more filter banks;
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- (iv) releasing absorbed lithium from the sorbent material by conveying an aqueous solution through the one or more filter banks;
- wherein each of the one or more filter banks comprises:
- (a) two opposing filter plates;
- (b) one or more permeable partitions;
- (c) one or more flow distributors;
- and
- (d) one or more inlets and one or more outlets;
- wherein the sorbent material is retained within the one or more filter banks;
- and
- wherein the one or more flow distributors and the one or more filter banks uniformly distribute the flow of liquid through the sorbent material contained in the one or more filter banks.
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