Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for recovering lithium
- Patent Title (中): 锂回收装置及方法
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Application No.: US13656165Application Date: 2012-10-19
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Publication No.: US09243308B2Publication Date: 2016-01-26
- Inventor: Haruo Uehara
- Applicant: Haruo Uehara
- Agency: Dingman, McInnes & McLane, LLP
- Main IPC: C22B26/12
- IPC: C22B26/12 ; C22B3/02 ; C22B3/22 ; C22B3/24

Abstract:
The apparatus for recovering Lithium comprises: a supply unit (1) in which lithium-containing water is passed through a filter membrane to yield lithium solution; an adsorption unit (2) in which said solution adsorb the lithium in a column; an elution unit (3) by which hydrochloric acid elute the lithium in the column, yielding a lithium elute containing hydrochloric acid and lithium chloride; a cleaning unit (4) by which the column is washing; a condensing unit (5) in which the lithium elute is circularly vaporized, and the vapor is condensed to yield concentrated lithium chloride solution; a collecting unit (6) in which sodium carbonate is added to lithium chloride solution to collect the lithium as concentrated lithium solution; and a hydrochloric acid recycling unit (7) in which the residue from lithium chloride solution is cooled to yield the hydrochloric acid as used in the elution unit (3).
Public/Granted literature
- US20130108527A1 Apparatus and Method for Recovering Lithium Public/Granted day:2013-05-02
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