METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM HYDROXIDE

    公开(公告)号:US20230079295A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17797397

    申请日:2021-01-08

    摘要: A method for producing lithium hydroxide that allows reducing a load of removing divalent or more ions with an ion-exchange resin is provided. The method for producing lithium hydroxide includes steps (1) to (3) below. (1) a neutralization step: a step of adding an alkali to a first lithium chloride containing liquid to obtain a post-neutralization liquid, (2) an ion-exchange step: a step of bringing the post-neutralization liquid into contact with an ion-exchange resin to obtain a second lithium chloride containing liquid, and (3) a conversion step: a step of electrodialyzing the second lithium chloride containing liquid to obtain a lithium hydroxide containing liquid. Since this producing method allows roughly removing divalent or more ions in the neutralization step, a load of metal removal with the ion-exchange resin is reducible.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM-CONTAINING SOLUTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220024776A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-27

    申请号:US17297227

    申请日:2019-12-06

    摘要: Provided is a method for producing a lithium-containing solution that prevents the dissolution of the whole lithium manganese oxide while maintaining the efficiency of an elution step. The method for producing a lithium-containing solution comprises performing an adsorption step of contacting a lithium adsorbent obtained from lithium manganese oxide with a low lithium-containing liquid for adsorption to give post-adsorption lithium manganese oxide, an elution step of contacting the post-adsorption lithium manganese oxide with an acid solution to give a lithium-containing solution with residual manganese, and a manganese oxidation step of oxidating manganese to give a lithium-containing solution with a suppressed manganese concentration, performed in this order. The acid solution is a 0.5 mol/L or more and 4.0 mol/L or less hydrochloric acid solution. According to the production method, in the elution step, the dissolution of the whole lithium manganese oxide can be suppressed while maintaining the efficiency of exchange reaction between cations including Li+ and H+. Thus, the repeated use of the lithium adsorbent becomes possible.

    PRODUCING METHOD OF GRANULATED BODY FOR LITHIUM ADSORPTION

    公开(公告)号:US20240238760A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18007704

    申请日:2022-06-16

    IPC分类号: B01J20/30

    摘要: Provided is a producing method of granulated body for lithium adsorption that allows sufficiently suppressing a manganese elution in an eluting step when producing lithium on a commercial basis.
    A producing method of granulated body for lithium adsorption includes a kneading step of kneading a powder of a lithium adsorbent precursor and a binder to obtain a kneaded product, a granulating step of granulating the kneaded product to obtain a 1st granulated body, and a sintering step of sintering the 1st granulated body to obtain a 2nd granulated body. The configuration allows a manganese valence contained in the lithium adsorbent precursor to change from 2 to 4, and thus allowing the suppressed manganese elution in the eluting step. Further, in production on a commercial basis, the lithium adsorbent can be used repeatedly. In addition, a manganese concentration in an eluent obtained in the eluting step can be suppressed, thus allowing loads in steps after the eluting step to be reduced.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM-CONTAINING SOLUTION

    公开(公告)号:US20230174385A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-08

    申请号:US17923111

    申请日:2022-03-30

    摘要: Provided is a method for producing a lithium-containing solution that allows increasing a content rate of lithium in a solution after an eluting step, and suppressing an amount of an eluted solution used in a process after the eluting step, thus suppressing production cost of lithium.
    A method for producing a lithium-containing solution includes an adsorption step of bringing a lithium adsorbent obtained from lithium manganese oxide in contact with a low lithium-containing solution to obtain post-adsorption lithium manganese oxide, an eluting step of bringing the post-adsorption lithium manganese oxide in contact with an acid-containing solution to obtain an eluted solution, and a manganese oxidation step of oxidating manganese to obtain a lithium-containing solution with a suppressed manganese concentration. The adsorption step, the eluting step, and the manganese oxidation step are performed in this order, and the acid-containing solution includes the eluted solution with acid added. The method allows the usage amount of the acid in the eluting step to be suppressed, the content rate of lithium in the eluted solution after the eluting step to be increased, and thus the production cost of the lithium-containing solution to be suppressed.