Systems and methods for recovering lithium from brines

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12018347
APP PUB NO 20230192503A1
SERIAL NO

17602808

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Systems and methods using solar evaporation to preconcentrate lithium containing brines to at or near lithium saturation, followed by a separation processes to separate lithium from impurities. A separated impurity stream is recycled to a point in the evaporation sequence where conditions are favorable for their precipitation and removal or disposed in a separate evaporation pond or reinjected underground, while a lower impurity stream is transferred to one or more of the removal location, to a subsequent pond in the sequence, or to a lithium plant or concentration facility. Further concentration of lithium by evaporation can then take place because impurities are removed thus eliminating lithium losses due to co-precipitation and achieving significantly higher concentrations of lithium.

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ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES INC1624 HEADWAY CIRCLE AUSTIN TX 78754

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Egan, Teague Dorado, US 6 2
Patwardhan, Amit Austin, US 16 0

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