US 12,076,662 B2
Devices for efficient sorbent utilization in lithium extraction
Nicolás Andrés Grosso Giordano, Oakland, CA (US); David Henry Snydacker, San Francisco, CA (US); David James Alt, North Vancouver (CA); Eric Nathan Guyes, Oakland, CA (US); Alysia Lukito, Emeryville, CA (US); Amos Indranada, Emeryville, CA (US); and Edson Barton Packer, Alameda, CA (US)
Assigned to LILAC SOLUTIONS, INC., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed by Lilac Solutions, Inc., Oakland, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/365,090.
Application 18/365,090 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/016443, 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 2023/0381687 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
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)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for lithium extraction from a liquid resource, the device comprising:
(i) a sorbent material that selectively absorbs lithium from the liquid resource; and
(ii) one or more filter banks;
wherein each of the one or more filter banks comprises:
(a) two filter plates that, when placed together, form a compartment;
(b) one or more permeable partitions, wherein the one or more permeable partitions line the interior of the compartment and contain the sorbent material;
(c) one or more inlets and one or more outlets, wherein the one or more inlets and the one or more outlets are each configured to allow fluid to flow through the one or more filter banks.