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Abstract: Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants generate high volumes of concentrates, which contain, in addition to major salts, some elements of growing interest in minor concentrations. This is the case of lithium, highly demanded in the battery industry. In this work, the separation of Li+ from model SWRO brines has been evaluated by obtaining Li+ extraction curves with the combination of extractants DBM-TOPO and FDOD-TOPO, proving that both mixtures are capable of extracting Li+ under basic pH conditions, due to the keto-enolic tautomerism of the b-diketones. Li+ extraction values of 95.4 % for DBM-TOPO (pH = 12.2) and 100 % for FDOD-TOPO (pH = 9.0) were achieved. This behaviour was verified by the FT-IR analysis of the sample before and after the Li+ extraction. Finally, the selective separation of Li+ against other cations, such as Na+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+ and Sr2+, present in the model brines at higher concentrations, was determined. Under mentioned experimental conditions, these cations are not extracted, reaching to Li+ selective separation close to 100 %. This study shows the first results on the selective extraction of lithium in complex SWRO brines, fostered through promising extractants mixtures showing a synergic effect towards Li+ in such multicomponent matrices.
Authorship: Fernández-Escalante E., Ibañez R., San-Román M.F.,
Fuente: Desalination, 2023, 556, 116525
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication date: 15/06/2023
No. of pages: 9
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2023.116525
ISSN: 0011-9164
Spanish project: PID2020-115409RB-I00
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.116525
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ELENA FERNANDEZ-ESCALANTE BARQUIN
MARIA FRESNEDO SAN ROMAN SAN EMETERIO
RAQUEL IBAÑEZ MENDIZABAL
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