US 12,264,078 B2
Lithium recovery thermal management
Rod William Shampine, Sugar Land, TX (US); Gary W. Sams, Houston, TX (US); Miguel Angel Lopez, Sugar Land, TX (US); and Prasanna Nirgudkar, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/293,532
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 1, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/039015
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 30, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/009887, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/203,773, filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0336490 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. C01D 15/02 (2006.01); C02F 1/28 (2023.01); C02F 101/20 (2006.01)
CPC C01D 15/02 (2013.01) [C02F 1/28 (2013.01); C02F 2101/20 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of recovering lithium from a brine source, comprising:
extracting lithium from the brine source using a sorption/desorption process to form a lithium extract;
providing electricity for the extracting using an energy source; and
recovering thermal energy from the energy source for use in the extracting;
storing recovered thermal energy within the brine source.