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App. No. 18/977,040

ELECTRODIALYSIS PROCESS FOR HIGH ION REJECTION IN THE PRESENCE OF BORON

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18/977,040
Abstract

Provided are water treatment systems and methods of treating water that include separating boron and concentrating lithium. For example, described are water treatment systems comprising: a first phase comprising a first plurality of electrodialysis units configured to separate boron from a feed stream, and a second phase comprising a second plurality of electrodialysis units, wherein the feed stream of at least one electrodialysis unit of the second plurality of electrodialysis units comprises an outlet brine stream of at least one electrodialysis unit of the first plurality of electrodialysis units, and wherein the second plurality of electrodialysis units are configured to produce a product brine stream achieving 90-99% lithium recovery.

Claims (6)

1 . A method of separating boron and concentrating lithium comprising:

passing water through a first phase comprising a first plurality of electrodialysis units configured to separate boron from a feed stream, wherein each electrodialysis unit of the first plurality of electrodialysis units comprises an inlet feed stream, an inlet brine stream, an outlet product stream, and an outlet brine stream; and

passing water through a second phase comprising a second plurality of electrodialysis units, wherein each electrodialysis unit of the second plurality of electrodialysis units comprises an inlet feed stream, an inlet brine stream, an outlet product stream, and an outlet brine stream,

wherein the feed stream of at least one electrodialysis unit of the second plurality of electrodialysis units comprises an outlet brine stream of at least one electrodialysis unit of the first plurality of electrodialysis units, and

wherein the second plurality of electrodialysis units are configured to produce a product brine stream achieving 90-99% lithium recovery.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the outlet product stream of the third electrodialysis unit of the first phase recovers greater than 95% of the boron ions of the feed stream.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2025
From: MIS IP HOLDINGS, LLC
To: TEXOPCO, LLC
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