Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Processes and systems for preparing lithium carbonate
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Application No.: US15031746Application Date: 2014-10-23
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Publication No.: US10144990B2Publication Date: 2018-12-04
- Inventor: Guy Bourassa , Gary Pearse , Stephen Charles Mackie , Mykolas Gladkovas , Peter Symons , David J. Genders , Jean-François Magnan , Geneviève Clayton
- Applicant: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
- Applicant Address: CA Québec
- Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
- Current Assignee: NEMASKA LITHIUM INC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Québec
- Agency: Bereskin & Parr LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l.
- International Application: PCT/CA2014/000768 WO 20141023
- International Announcement: WO2015/058287 WO 20150430
- Main IPC: C01D7/07
- IPC: C01D7/07 ; C25B1/16 ; C22B26/12 ; B01D61/42 ; B01D61/44 ; C22B3/44 ; C22B4/02 ; C25B1/14 ; C25B9/08 ; C25B9/18

Abstract:
There are provided processes comprising submitting an aqueous composition comprising lithium sulphate and/or bisulfate to an electrolysis or an electrodialysis for converting at least a portion of said sulphate into lithium hydroxide. During electrolysis or electrodialysis, the aqueous composition is at least substantially maintained at a pH having a value of about 1 to about 4; and converting said lithium hydroxide into lithium carbonate. Alternatively, lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can be submitted to a first electromembrane process that comprises a two-compartment membrane process for conversion of lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate to lithium hydroxide, and obtaining a first lithium-reduced aqueous stream and a first lithium hydroxide-enriched aqueous stream; and submitting said first lithium-reduced aqueous stream to a second electromembrane process comprising a three-compartment membrane process to prepare at least a further portion of lithium hydroxide and obtaining a second lithium-reduced aqueous stream and a second lithium-hydroxide enriched aqueous stream.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160265085A1 PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR PREPARING LITHIUM CARBONATE Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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