Method and Apparatus for Mineral Extraction
AssigneeThe University of Manchester
InventorsSebastian James Allender Leaper, Ahmed Abdelkarim
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Abstract
A method 30 and an apparatus 31 for mineral extraction. The method 30 comprising providing a solution comprising 40 a plurality of solutes and selectively extracting a mineral from the solution 60 by adsorption to provide a mineral-rich solution. The method further comprises distilling the mineral-rich solution by membrane distillation 80 to increase the concentration of the mineral in the mineral-rich solution and subsequently removing the mineral from the mineral-rich solution 90.
Claims26
A method for mineral extraction comprising:
- providing a solution comprising a plurality of solutes;
- selectively extracting a first mineral from the solution by adsorption to provide a first mineral-rich solution, wherein the first mineral-rich solution comprises the first mineral;
- distilling the first mineral-rich solution by membrane distillation to increase the concentration of the first mineral in the first mineral-rich solution;
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- subsequently removing the first mineral from the first mineral-rich solution.
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An apparatus for mineral extraction comprising:
- means for selectively extracting a first mineral from a solution by adsorption to provide a first mineral-rich solution, wherein the solution comprises a plurality of solutes;
- means for distilling the first mineral-rich solution by membrane distillation to increase the concentration of the first mineral in the first mineral-rich solution;
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- means for removing the first mineral from the distilled first mineral-rich solution.
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