METHODS FOR RECOVERING METALS FROM METAL-CONTAINING MATERIALS

    公开(公告)号:WO2020086509A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-04-30

    申请号:PCT/US2019/057319

    申请日:2019-10-22

    IPC分类号: B09B3/00 B09B5/00 C22B1/02

    摘要: Methods for recovering metals from metal-containing materials are provided. The metal-containing material comprises either Co and Li (e.g., an electrode material from a spent lithium ion battery) or Fe and Al (e.g., bauxite). The metal-containing material is exposed to a leaching solution comprising ammonium hydrogen oxalate, oxalic acid, or both, to provide a solid composed of either cobalt oxalate or iron oxalate, and a solution of either lithium oxalate or aluminum oxalate. The solid is processed to provide either cobalt oxide or iron oxide; the solution is processed to provide either a lithium precipitate or an aluminum precipitate, and a filtrate comprising an oxalate; and the filtrate comprising the oxalate is processed to recover ammonium hydrogen oxalate, oxalic acid, or both. The method further comprises repeating the digestion step with the recovered ammonium hydrogen oxalate, the recovered oxalic acid, or both.

    PROCESSES FOR THE ACYLATION OF AN AROMATIC COMPOUND

    公开(公告)号:WO2022046552A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:PCT/US2021/046882

    申请日:2021-08-20

    IPC分类号: C08F10/06 C08F10/02 C07C45/46

    摘要: Processes for acylating an aromatic compound are provided. In embodiments, such a process comprises combining an aromatic compound, an acylating agent, and a catalyst composition under conditions to induce acylation of the aromatic compound with the acylating agent, the catalyst composition comprising components selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic acid of formula R-SO3H, wherein R is a linear alkyl group substituted with one or more halogen atoms; an ionic liquid and an acid; an acid and a base capable of forming an ionic liquid with the acid; an ionic liquid, an acid, and an aromatic; and an acid, a base capable of forming an ionic liquid with the acid, and an aromatic. The ionic liquid does not comprise a metal halide and the catalyst composition is free of a metal halide and the aromatic, if present in the catalyst composition, is not the aromatic compound being acylated.

    PROCESS FOR SEPARATING COMPONENTS OF AZEOTROPIC MIXTURES USING IONIC LIQUIDS

    公开(公告)号:WO2021076480A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-22

    申请号:PCT/US2020/055338

    申请日:2020-10-13

    摘要: Processes for separating an azeotropic mixture are provided. In an embodiment, such a process comprises exposing an azeotropic mixture comprising a first (hydro)fluorocarbon and a second (hydro)fluorocarbon to an ionic liquid comprising a cation and a non-fluorinated anion at a temperature and a pressure at which the ionic liquid absorbs more of one of the first and second (hydro)fluorocarbons than another of the first and second (hydro)fluorocarbons as determined on a mass basis to form a (hydro)fluorocarbon-containing ionic liquid and a processed azeotropic mixture.