Abstract:
A securing device is disclosed which retains membranes in electrolytic cells during assembly and disassembly thereof and which allows safe, effective storage during disassembly of the cell.
Abstract:
An improved spacer clip for mounting on an anode header bar joined to and supporting a planar anode sheet in an electrolytic cell containing a plurality of anodes and cathodes provides improved protection against direct anode-to-cathode contact and maintenance of more uniform spacing between adjacent anodes and cathodes. The spacer clip, formed of a resilient electrically non-conducting material such as medium density polypropylene, comprises a central body defining a vertex, a pair of arms extending from the vertex adapted to fit over the header bar, and a pair of exterior wings depending from the arms and diverging to a maximum spacing coextensive with the ends of the arms and thence converging towards each other to terminate in ends substantially tangential to the supported anode sheet.
Abstract:
The presently disclosed concepts relate to improved techniques for critical mineral extraction, purification, precipitation, ion exchange, and metal production using a solid electrolyte membrane. By using a solid electrolyte embedded in a matrix, alkali metal (such as lithium) can be more effectively separated from feed solutions. Additionally, energy used to initially extract critical minerals from a feed solution may be stored as electrochemical energy, which in turn, may be discharged when critical minerals are depleted from the electrode. This discharged energy may therefore be reclaimed and reused to extract additional critical minerals.