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Technology for the Recovery of Lithium from Geothermal Brines
By † William T. Stringfellow * and Patrick F. Dobson
Energy Geosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; [email protected]
* Correspondence: [email protected]
† This paper is an extended version of our paper published in the Proceedings of the 46th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, 15–17 February 2021.
https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/e...y/energies-14-06805-v2.pdf?version=1634719223
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Lithium Resources
1.2. Lithium Demand is Expected to Grow
1.3. Potential for Geothermal Brine to Supply Demand
1.4. Resource Estimates for the Salton Sea Geothermal Field
1.5. Resource Estimates for Other U.S. Geothermal Fields
1.6. Lithium in Geothermal Brines Outside of the US
1.7. Current Practices for Lithium Extraction from Brine: Evaporative Concentration
1.8. Future Practices: Direct Extraction of Lithium from Brines
1.9. Objective of This Paper
2. Technology for the Direct Extraction of Lithium from Brine
2.1. Concentration and Precipitation
2.2. Organic Sorbents
2.3. Inorganic Molecular Sieve Ion-Exchange Adsorbents
2.3.1. Aluminum Hydroxides 2.3.2. Manganese Oxides
2.3.3. Titanium Oxides
2.3.4. Other Metal Oxides
2.3.5. Other Inorganic Sorbents
2.4. Solvent Separations
2.4.1. Crown Ether
2.4.2. Multicomponent Solvent Systems
2.4.3. Cyclic Siloxane
2.4.4. Ionic Liquids
2.4.5. Modification of Solvent Extraction: Supported Liquid Membranes and Other Surfaces
2.4.6. Modification of Solvent Extraction: Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
2.5. Membrane Separations Technology
2.6. Electrochemical Separation
3. Applications of Lithium Sorption Technology
3.1. Patented Lithium Adsorption Technology
3.2. Modifications to Improve Sorbent Stability
3.3. Interfering Chemicals and Pretreatment Challenges
3.3.1. Alkali Metals
3.3.2. Alkaline Earth Metals
3.3.3. Iron and Base Metals
3.3.4. Metalloids and Other Elements Silica Boron Arsenic Phosphates and Fluorides
4. Mineral Recovery from Salton Sea Geothermal Brines
4.1. Dry Ice Production
4.2. Calcium Chloride
4.3. Base Metals
4.4. US Bureau of Mines: Lithium Recovery by Precipitation Process
4.5. Simbol, Inc.: Integrated System for Lithium Recovery and Purification
4.6. EnergySource: Integrated System for Lithium Recovery and Purification
5. Results and Conclusions
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Technology for the Recovery of Lithium from Geothermal Brines
By † William T. Stringfellow * and Patrick F. Dobson
Energy Geosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; [email protected]
* Correspondence: [email protected]
† This paper is an extended version of our paper published in the Proceedings of the 46th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, 15–17 February 2021.
https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/e...y/energies-14-06805-v2.pdf?version=1634719223
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Lithium Resources
1.2. Lithium Demand is Expected to Grow
1.3. Potential for Geothermal Brine to Supply Demand
1.4. Resource Estimates for the Salton Sea Geothermal Field
1.5. Resource Estimates for Other U.S. Geothermal Fields
1.6. Lithium in Geothermal Brines Outside of the US
1.7. Current Practices for Lithium Extraction from Brine: Evaporative Concentration
1.8. Future Practices: Direct Extraction of Lithium from Brines
1.9. Objective of This Paper
2. Technology for the Direct Extraction of Lithium from Brine
2.1. Concentration and Precipitation
2.2. Organic Sorbents
2.3. Inorganic Molecular Sieve Ion-Exchange Adsorbents
2.3.1. Aluminum Hydroxides 2.3.2. Manganese Oxides
2.3.3. Titanium Oxides
2.3.4. Other Metal Oxides
2.3.5. Other Inorganic Sorbents
2.4. Solvent Separations
2.4.1. Crown Ether
2.4.2. Multicomponent Solvent Systems
2.4.3. Cyclic Siloxane
2.4.4. Ionic Liquids
2.4.5. Modification of Solvent Extraction: Supported Liquid Membranes and Other Surfaces
2.4.6. Modification of Solvent Extraction: Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
2.5. Membrane Separations Technology
2.6. Electrochemical Separation
3. Applications of Lithium Sorption Technology
3.1. Patented Lithium Adsorption Technology
3.2. Modifications to Improve Sorbent Stability
3.3. Interfering Chemicals and Pretreatment Challenges
3.3.1. Alkali Metals
3.3.2. Alkaline Earth Metals
3.3.3. Iron and Base Metals
3.3.4. Metalloids and Other Elements Silica Boron Arsenic Phosphates and Fluorides
4. Mineral Recovery from Salton Sea Geothermal Brines
4.1. Dry Ice Production
4.2. Calcium Chloride
4.3. Base Metals
4.4. US Bureau of Mines: Lithium Recovery by Precipitation Process
4.5. Simbol, Inc.: Integrated System for Lithium Recovery and Purification
4.6. EnergySource: Integrated System for Lithium Recovery and Purification
5. Results and Conclusions
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