CONCENTRATION OF PRECIOUS METALS AND RARE EARTH ELEMENTS

    公开(公告)号:WO2021257646A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-23

    申请号:PCT/US2021/037544

    申请日:2021-06-16

    Applicant: LIEN, Larry

    Inventor: LIEN, Larry

    Abstract: Methods of recovering precious metals from unconventional feed water sources. In approaches, the methods use a combination of one or more of ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and/or reverse osmosis membranes. The unconventional feed water source may be salt lake brines, coal-fired plant flue-gas scrubber blowdown water, high salinity brines, concentrated brine from desalination of seawater and the like sources. The recovered precious metals may include gold tetrachloride, gold sulfate, silver tetrachloride, silver sulfate, rare earth elements, or mixtures thereof.

    CONCENTRATION OF LITHIUM FROM UNCONVENTIONAL WATER SOURCES

    公开(公告)号:WO2022125547A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-16

    申请号:PCT/US2021/062206

    申请日:2021-12-07

    Inventor: LIEN, Larry

    Abstract: Methods of recovering precious metals and/or lithium from unconventional feed water sources. In approaches, the methods use a combination of one or more of ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and/or reverse osmosis membranes. The unconventional feed water source may be salt lake brines, coal-fired plant flue-gas scrubber blowdown water, concentrated brine from desalination of seawater, high-salinity brines, and the like sources. The recovered precious metals may include gold tetrachloride, gold sulfate, silver tetrachloride, silver sulfate, rate earth elements, lithium, or mixtures thereof.

    RECOVERY OF LITHIUM FROM AN ACID SOLUTION
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2019018333A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:PCT/US2018/042378

    申请日:2018-07-17

    Applicant: LIEN, Larry

    Inventor: LIEN, Larry

    Abstract: Methods of recovering lithium from a lithium source or a lithium-containing material using low pH solutions and membrane technologies to purify and concentrate the recovered lithium. The lithium sources may include a spent lithium-ion battery /cell, a lithium- containing mineral deposit, or other lithium containing materials. The processes described herein recovery the lithium after digestion of the lithium-containing material with a low pH solution through one or more acid-stable, semipermeable membranes.

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