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Title: Lithium extraction composite for recovery of lithium from brines, and process of using said composition

Abstract

A lithium extraction composite comprising: (i) a porous support and (ii) particles of a lithium-selective sorbent material coated on at least one surface of the support, wherein the support has a planar membrane, fiber (or rod), or tubular shape. A method for extracting and recovering a lithium salt from an aqueous solution by use of the above-described composition is also described, the method comprising (a) flowing the aqueous source solution through a first zone or over a first surface of the lithium extraction composite to result in selective lithium intercalation in the lithium-selective sorbent material in the first zone or first surface; and (b) simultaneously recovering lithium salt extracted in step (a) from said lithium-selective sorbent material by flowing an aqueous stripping solution through a second zone or over a second surface of the lithium extraction composite in which lithium ions from the first zone or first surface diffuse.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); All American Lithium LLC, El Paso, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1892629
Patent Number(s):
11253820
Application Number:
16/296,943
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN); All American Lithium LLC (El Paso, TX)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 03/08/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Bhave, Ramesh R., Harrison, Stephen, Moyer, Brian A., and Paranthaman, M. Parans. Lithium extraction composite for recovery of lithium from brines, and process of using said composition. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Bhave, Ramesh R., Harrison, Stephen, Moyer, Brian A., & Paranthaman, M. Parans. Lithium extraction composite for recovery of lithium from brines, and process of using said composition. United States.
Bhave, Ramesh R., Harrison, Stephen, Moyer, Brian A., and Paranthaman, M. Parans. Tue . "Lithium extraction composite for recovery of lithium from brines, and process of using said composition". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892629.
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