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Granted Patent B2
US 10,385,423 · App. 15/021,668 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Sea water lithium-recovery device and lithium-recovery station using coastal-water-based lithium-adsorption equipment and shore-based lithium-isolation equipment, and lithium desorption device using aeration

Inventors: Kang Sup Chung (Daejeon, KR); Byoung Gyu Kim (Daejeon, KR); Tae Gong Ryu (Daejeon, KR); Jung Ho Ryu (Daejeon, KR); In Su Park (Daejeon, KR); Hye Jin Hong (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
C22B26/12C02F1/28C02F1/4691C22B3/10C25C1/22C25C7/02C25C7/08C02F1/46109C02F2001/46138C02F2103/08C02F2201/008C02F2201/4616C02F2201/4618
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Patent No.
US 10,385,423
App. No.
15/021,668
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for recovering lithium included in a solution such as sea water, and to a sea water lithium-recovery device and a lithium-recovery station using coastal-water-based lithium-adsorption equipment and shore-based lithium-isolation equipment and a lithium desorption device using aeration.

Claims (27)

1. A sea water lithium-recovery device using coastal-water-based lithium-adsorption equipment and shore-based lithium-isolation equipment for recovering lithium included in sea water, comprising:

a lithium-adsorption means positioned at a coast to adsorb the lithium included in the sea water;

a lithium-isolation means positioned at a shore or land adjacent to the shore and isolating the lithium adsorbed to the lithium-adsorption means to obtain the lithium; and

an adsorbed lithium moving means moving a portion to which the lithium is adsorbed in the lithium-adsorption means to the lithium-isolation means to supply the adsorbed lithium.

2. The sea water lithium-recovery device of claim 1 , wherein the adsorbed lithium moving means moves a lithium adsorbent to which the lithium is adsorbed along a line and supplies the lithium adsorbent to the lithium-isolation means.

3. A lithium-recovery device using coastal-water-based lithium-adsorption equipment and shore-based lithium-isolation equipment for recovering lithium included in sea water, comprising:

a lithium-adsorption means positioned at a coast to adsorb the lithium included in the sea water;

a high-concentration lithium solution preparing means positioned at the coast and isolating the lithium adsorbed to the lithium-adsorption means to be a high-concentration lithium containing solution;

a lithium-extraction means positioned at a shore or a land adjacent to the shore and supplied with the high-concentration lithium solution obtained by the high-concentration lithium solution preparing means to extract the lithium; and

a lithium solution supply means supplying the high-concentration lithium solution obtained by the high-concentration lithium solution preparing means to the lithium-extraction means.

4. The lithium-recovery device of claim 3 , wherein the lithium solution supply means includes a supply pipe connecting between the high-concentration lithium solution preparing means and the lithium-extraction means and a pump supplying the high-concentration lithium solution to the supply pipe.

5. The sea water lithium-recovery device of claim 1 , wherein the lithium-adsorption means includes:

a first electrode having a carrier of which a surface is coated with an adsorbent including manganese oxide;

a second electrode dipped in the sea water including the lithium, disposed to face the first electrode at a predetermined interval, and applied with electricity; and

a power supplier applying electricity to the first electrode and the second electrode and applying a negative electrode (−electrode) and a positive electrode (+electrode) to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively.

6. The sea water lithium-recovery device of claim 2 , wherein the lithium-adsorption means includes:

a first electrode having a carrier of which the surface is coated with an adsorbent including manganese oxide;

a second electrode dipped in the sea water including the lithium, disposed to face the first electrode at a predetermined interval, and applied with electricity; and

a power supplier applying electricity to the first electrode and the second electrode and applying a negative electrode (−electrode) and a positive electrode (+electrode) to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively.

7. The lithium-recovery device of claim 3 , wherein the lithium-adsorption means includes:

a first electrode having a carrier of which the surface is coated with an adsorbent including manganese oxide;

a second electrode dipped in the sea water including the lithium, disposed to face the first electrode at a predetermined interval, and applied with electricity; and

a power supplier applying electricity to the first electrode and the second electrode and applying a negative electrode (−electrode) and a positive electrode (+electrode) to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively.

8. The lithium-recovery device of claim 4 , wherein the lithium-adsorption means includes:

a first electrode having a carrier of which a surface is coated with an adsorbent including manganese oxide;

a second electrode dipped in the sea water including the lithium, disposed to face the first electrode at a predetermined interval, and applied with electricity; and

a power supplier applying electricity to the first electrode and the second electrode and applying a negative electrode (−electrode) and a positive electrode (+electrode) to the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2016
From: CHUNG, KANG SUP; KIM, BYOUNG GYU; RYU, TAE GONG; RYU, JUNG HO; PARK, IN SU; HONG, HYE JIN
To: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2013-0109481 · Sep 12, 2013 · national
KR 10-2013-0116206 · Sep 30, 2013 · national
KR 10-2013-0123073 · Oct 16, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160230250A1 · Aug 11, 2016
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