US 12,257,529 B2
Lithium extraction enhanced by an alternate phase
David Henry Snydacker, San Francisco, CA (US); Nicolás Andrés Grosso Giordano, Oakland, CA (US); Amos Indranada, Oakland, CA (US); Alysia Lukito, Emeryville, CA (US); Sean Utan, Oakland, CA (US); Mustafa Juzer Bootwala, Oakland, CA (US); Daniel Keane Laporte, Menlo Park, CA (US); Andrew Bolt Barber, San Francisco, CA (US); Christina Fleming, Naperville, IL (US); and Garrett Lau, Castro Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to LILAC SOLUTIONS, INC., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Lilac Solutions, Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/476,195.
Application 18/476,195 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/016438, filed on Mar. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/401,453, filed on Aug. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/324,559, filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0026495 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B01D 15/22 (2006.01); B01D 15/10 (2006.01); B01D 15/20 (2006.01); B01D 15/36 (2006.01); B01D 25/164 (2006.01); B01D 25/30 (2006.01); B01J 39/02 (2006.01); B01J 39/10 (2006.01); B01J 47/018 (2017.01); B01J 47/022 (2017.01); B01J 49/06 (2017.01); B01J 49/57 (2017.01); B01J 49/60 (2017.01); C01D 15/00 (2006.01); C22B 3/06 (2006.01); C22B 3/22 (2006.01); C22B 3/42 (2006.01); C22B 3/44 (2006.01); C22B 26/12 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 15/22 (2013.01) [B01D 15/10 (2013.01); B01D 15/203 (2013.01); B01D 15/361 (2013.01); B01D 15/362 (2013.01); B01D 25/164 (2013.01); B01D 25/302 (2013.01); B01J 39/02 (2013.01); B01J 39/10 (2013.01); B01J 47/018 (2017.01); B01J 47/022 (2013.01); B01J 49/06 (2017.01); B01J 49/57 (2017.01); B01J 49/60 (2017.01); C01D 15/00 (2013.01); C22B 3/06 (2013.01); C22B 3/22 (2013.01); C22B 3/42 (2013.01); C22B 3/44 (2013.01); C22B 26/12 (2013.01); B01D 2251/302 (2013.01); B01D 2259/4146 (2013.01); B01D 2313/40 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for extracting lithium from a liquid resource comprising:
a) contacting a lithium selective sorbent with the liquid resource, wherein the liquid resource comprises lithium ions, and wherein lithium ions in the liquid resource are at least partially absorbed by the lithium selective sorbent to yield an enriched lithium selective sorbent;
b) contacting said enriched lithium selective sorbent with an eluent such that lithium is at least partially eluted from said enriched lithium selective sorbent to yield an enriched eluate and the lithium selective sorbent; and
c) contacting an alternate phase with said lithium selective sorbent, said enriched lithium selective sorbent, said liquid resource, said eluent, said enriched eluate, or any combination thereof, wherein the alternate phase is a non-aqueous liquid or a gas.