Lithium recovery from desalination brines using specific ion-exchange resins

Arroyo, F.; Morillo, José; Usero, José; Rosado, Daniel; Bakouri, Hicham El

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2019.114073

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“…Using strong acid cation-exchange resins to selectively collect and recover lithium from seawater and other lithium-containing solutions has been investigated since at least the 1970s [56,[79][80][81][82][83]. However, early studies showed that organic ion-exchange resins exhibited low selectivity for lithium ions [56,83].…”

Section: Organic Sorbents 221 Organic Ion-exchange Resinsmentioning

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Technology for the Recovery of Lithium from Geothermal Brines

Stringfellow

Dobson

2021

Energies

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Lithium is the principal component of high-energy-density batteries and is a critical material necessary for the economy and security of the United States. Brines from geothermal power production have been identified as a potential domestic source of lithium; however, lithium-rich geothermal brines are characterized by complex chemistry, high salinity, and high temperatures, which pose unique challenges for economic lithium extraction. The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze direct lithium extraction technology in the context of developing sustainable lithium production from geothermal brines. In this paper, we are focused on the challenges of applying direct lithium extraction technology to geothermal brines; however, applications to other brines (such as coproduced brines from oil wells) are considered. The most technologically advanced approach for direct lithium extraction from geothermal brines is adsorption of lithium using inorganic sorbents. Other separation processes include extraction using solvents, sorption on organic resin and polymer materials, chemical precipitation, and membrane-dependent processes. The Salton Sea geothermal field in California has been identified as the most significant lithium brine resource in the US and past and present efforts to extract lithium and other minerals from Salton Sea brines were evaluated. Extraction of lithium with inorganic molecular sieve ion-exchange sorbents appears to offer the most immediate pathway for the development of economic lithium extraction and recovery from Salton Sea brines. Other promising technologies are still in early development, but may one day offer a second generation of methods for direct, selective lithium extraction. Initial studies have demonstrated that lithium extraction and recovery from geothermal brines are technically feasible, but challenges still remain in developing an economically and environmentally sustainable process at scale.

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Section: Organic Sorbents 221 Organic Ion-exchange Resinsmentioning

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Technology for the Recovery of Lithium from Geothermal Brines

Stringfellow

Dobson

2021

Energies

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“…Langmuir model quantitively describes the formation of a monolayer adsorbate on the external surface of the resin, and after that, no further maintenance happens [7,15]. The Langmuir is relevant for monolayer adsorption containing a limited number of identical sites corresponding to adsorption energy.…”

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“…Check for updates into an excellent candidate method, including parting and extracting lithium from brine using lithium-selective adsorbents or chemical resin. The selective extraction technologies are challenging due to the low concentrations, the complexity of the brine matrix, and resin characteristic [7]. Anion, cation, and mixed bed resin are commonly used in lithium separation chromatography [8].…”

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Effectiveness and Isotherm Models of Lewatit Monoplus S-108 on Lithium Adsorption Process from Bledug Kuwu Brine with Continuous Flow

Rohmah¹,

Suharyanto²,

Lalasari³

et al. 2021

J. Kim. Sains Apl.

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Sorption of a series of alkali metals (Ca, Mg, Li, and K) from Bledug Kuwu’s Brine into Lewatit MonoPlus S-108 resins has been studied. Bledug Kuwu’s Brine comprised 15.11 ppm Li, 179.91 ppm K, 72.01 ppm Ca, and 29.76 ppm Mg. The adsorption was carried out by varying pH of brine (4, 6, 8, and 10) and contact time (1, 2, and 4 hours) with continuous flow in column test at room temperature. The result showed the quantity adsorbate in outer resin: K>Li>Ca>Mg in all conditions, which is 0.038–0.043 mmol/g lithium, 0.087–0.09 mmol/g potassium, 0.031–0.035 mmol/g calcium, and 0.023–0.024 mmol/g magnesium into outer resin surface. The selectivity factor to lithium followed Mg/Li > K/Li> Ca/Li in all conditions. Contact time variable provided high lithium separation after the adsorption process for 2–3 hours, while pH had little effect. FTIR results affirm that resin was changed at new peaks M-O-M at low wavenumber with polystyrene crosslinked-divinylbenzene matrix and contains the sulfonic type. The results obtained from ICP were fitted to isotherm models in ion exchange, as follows: Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin, and Dubinin-Radushkevic models. The best model of lithium adsorption into Lewatit S-108 is represented by Freundlich and Temkin Model (R2 ≥ 0.82) with 1.0056 mg/g of adsorption capacity (Kf) and 64.885 J/mol of heat process of sorption.

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“…Many techniques were applied to achieve this goal, from membrane-based processes ( [2]) and sorbent materials ( [3]) to ion exchange resins [4]. To produce lithium-ion batteries, two main solid compounds are used, namely lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate [5].…”

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Solvent extraction of lithium from simulated shale gas produced water with a bifunctional ionic liquid

Zante

Trébouet

Boltoeva

2020

Applied Geochemistry

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The recovery of lithium from brines is a major field of study with an increase in lithium-ion batteries consumption and the subsequent growth of lithium consumption. The recovery of lithium from shale gas produced water is promising since these sources could contain nonnegligible concentrations of lithium. In this study, lithium extraction was investigated using solvent extraction with a bifunctional ionic liquid (IL) as an extracting agent diluted in ndodecane. The components of these IL are cheap and commercially available products, namely Aliquat-336 (methyltrioctylammonium chloride) and DEHPA (di-(2ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid), and its synthesis is straightforward. Lithium extraction was optimized by studying several experimental parameters (mixing time, aqueous phase acidity, IL concentration in the solvent phase, aqueous lithium concentration). The mechanism of extraction was detailed, and the stripping was shown to be complete with 0.5 mol.L -1 of HCl. A two stages strategy was defined to recover lithium from synthetic brine. In the first stage, divalent metals are removed using five successive cycles of extraction with DEHPA (1 mol.L -1 ) dissolved in n-dodecane. In the second stage, the IL extracting agent [DEHPA] (1 mol.L -1 ) allowed to remove 83% of lithium in one cycle of extraction, which is higher than reported solvent extraction results with conventional extracting molecules.

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Lithium recovery from desalination brines using specific ion-exchange resins

Cited by 69 publications

References 30 publications

Technology for the Recovery of Lithium from Geothermal Brines

Technology for the Recovery of Lithium from Geothermal Brines

Effectiveness and Isotherm Models of Lewatit Monoplus S-108 on Lithium Adsorption Process from Bledug Kuwu Brine with Continuous Flow

Solvent extraction of lithium from simulated shale gas produced water with a bifunctional ionic liquid

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