Patents Assigned to QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
  • Patent number: 11851340
    Abstract: A method for preparing potassium chloride from carnallite includes: carrying out high-temperature water solution mining treatment on carnallite with fresh water to obtain potassium-rich saturated brine; mixing the potassium-rich saturated brine, a sylvine saturated solution, and bittern for mixing brine, evaporation and decomposition to obtain artificial sylvine; and carrying out low-temperature selective dissolution treatment on the artificial sylvine with fresh water to prepare potassium chloride. The carnallite is mined by using hot water, which reduces the content of sodium chloride in the potassium-rich saturated brine; artificial sylvine is only subjected to low-temperature selective dissolution once, which avoids unnecessary energy consumption and impurity accumulation unnecessary for multifold cycles of thermal dissolution-cold crystallization treatment of sylvine while guaranteeing the high yield and high quality of potassium chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Min Wang, Lijie Shi
  • Patent number: 11740032
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for enhancing thermal energy storage performance of industrial grade hydrated salts based on phase change, comprising: heating an aqueous system of industrial grade hydrated salts containing 105-130 percent (%) by mass of m0 industrial grade hydrated salt to m0, taking a sample for differential scanning calorimeter testing and recording its melting enthalpy as ?H1; melting and adding water into, or melting and evaporating the residual aqueous system of industrial grade hydrated salts or the residual industrial grade hydrated salts system with a mass of m1 to increase or decrease the mass by 0.4-0.8% m0 until a melting enthalpy ?Hn of a sample that taken from the residual aqueous system of industrial grade hydrated salts with a mass of mn satisfies ?H2< . . . <?Hn>?Hn+1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Yue Shen, Yuan Zhou, Xiang Li, Shengdi Zhang, Chunxi Hai, Yanxia Sun, Jinbo Zeng, Xiufeng Ren
  • Publication number: 20230192502
    Abstract: A method for preparing potassium chloride from carnallite includes: carrying out high-temperature water solution mining treatment on carnallite with fresh water to obtain potassium-rich saturated brine; mixing the potassium-rich saturated brine, a sylvine saturated solution, and bittern for mixing brine, evaporation and decomposition to obtain artificial sylvine; and carrying out low-temperature selective dissolution treatment on the artificial sylvine with fresh water to prepare potassium chloride. The carnallite is mined by using hot water, which reduces the content of sodium chloride in the potassium-rich saturated brine; artificial sylvine is only subjected to low-temperature selective dissolution once, which avoids unnecessary energy consumption and impurity accumulation unnecessary for multifold cycles of thermal dissolution-cold crystallization treatment of sylvine while guaranteeing the high yield and high quality of potassium chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Min WANG, Lijie SHI
  • Patent number: 11542172
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for preparing high-purity boehmite and porous gamma-alumina nano-powder, comprising: adding aluminum isopropoxide into water and stirring the aluminum isopropoxide added water, then adding aluminum hydroxide generated by hydrolysis of high-purity aluminum powder into that stirred water, stirring that aluminum hydroxide added water to obtain a mixed system; carrying out hydrothermal reaction on the mixed system, performing centrifuging, washing, drying and crushing to the reacted mixed system, obtaining high-purity boehmite; calcining the high-purity boehmite to obtain porous gamma (?)-alumina nano-powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jinbo Zeng, Chunxi Hai, Yue Shen, Yuan Zhou, Xiang Li, Xiufeng Ren, Yanxia Sun, Xia Shen, Chengrong Zhang, Jianghua Liu
  • Publication number: 20220041460
    Abstract: A preparation method of lithium hydroxide includes the following steps: A. coprecipitating a lithium extraction mother solution of salt lake brine with an aluminum salt solution and a sodium hydroxide solution, aging and then performing solid-liquid separation, washing and drying to obtain lithium aluminum hydrotalcite; B. acidifying the lithium aluminum hydrotalcite to obtain a lithium aluminate solution; C. performing nanofiltration on the lithium aluminate solution for lithium-aluminum separation, and sequentially performing primary concentration by reverse osmosis to obtain a primary concentrated lithium-rich solution; D. deeply removing aluminum from the lithium-rich solution to obtain an aluminum-removed lithium-rich solution; E. performing bipolar membrane electrodialysis on the aluminum-removed lithium-rich solution to obtain a secondary concentrated lithium-rich solution; F. evaporating the secondary concentrated lithium-rich solution for concentration to obtain lithium hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Min WANG, Huaiyou WANG, Youjing ZHAO, Jinli LI
  • Patent number: 11219862
    Abstract: A method for separation and enrichment of lithium includes the following steps: pretreatment: diluting and filtering salina aged brine to obtain pretreated brine; separation: separating the pretreated brine via a nanofiltration separation system to obtain nanofiltration permeate and nanofiltration concentrate; first concentration: carrying out first concentration on the nanofiltration permeate via a reverse osmosis system to obtain reverse osmosis concentrate and reverse osmosis permeate; second concentration: carrying out second concentration on the reverse osmosis concentrate via an electrodialysis system to obtain electrodialysis concentrate and electrodialysis permeate, and the electrodialysis concentrate is solution enriching lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Min Wang, Youjing Zhao, Yan Li, Huaiyou Wang, Hongjun Yang
  • Patent number: 11219864
    Abstract: A method for efficient separation and enrichment of lithium includes the following steps: pretreatment: diluting and filtering salina aged brine to obtain pretreated brine; separation: separating the pretreated brine via a nanofiltration separation system to obtain nanofiltration permeate and nanofiltration concentrate, wherein the operation pressure of the nanofiltration separation system is 1.0 MPa˜5.0 MPa; first concentration: carrying out first concentration on the nanofiltration permeate via a reverse osmosis system to obtain reverse osmosis concentrate and reverse osmosis permeate; and second concentration: carrying out second concentration on the reverse osmosis concentrate via an electrodialysis system to obtain electrodialysis concentrate and electrodialysis permeate, wherein the electrodialysis concentrate is a solution enriching lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Min Wang, Youjing Zhao, Yan Li, Huaiyou Wang
  • Patent number: 11219863
    Abstract: A method for separation and enrichment of lithium includes the following steps: pretreatment: carrying out at least two dilutions and at least two filtrations on salina aged brine to obtain pretreated brine; separation: separating the pretreated brine via a nanofiltration separation system to obtain nanofiltration permeate and nanofiltration concentrate; first concentration: carrying out first concentration on the nanofiltration permeate via a reverse osmosis system to obtain reverse osmosis concentrate and reverse osmosis permeate; second concentration: carrying out second concentration on the reverse osmosis concentrate via an electrodialysis system to obtain electrodialysis concentrate and electrodialysis permeate, and the electrodialysis concentrate is solution enriching lithium ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Min Wang, Youjing Zhao, Yan Li, Huaiyou Wang, Hongjun Yang
  • Patent number: 11180369
    Abstract: A renewable magnesium removing agent and its use in a preparation of a low-magnesium lithium-rich brine are provided. The magnesium removing agent includes a magnesium phosphate double salt of an alkali metal or ammonium. A regeneration of the magnesium removing agent is realized by adding the magnesium removing agent into Mg2+-containing chloride salt solution, wherein Mg2+ in the chloride salt solution and the magnesium removing agent are subjected to a magnesium removing reaction to form a solid-phase reaction product and carrying out a solid-liquid separation on an obtained mixed reaction product after the magnesium removing reaction is ended to separate the solid-phase material comprising a magnesium phosphate hydrate and then separating out a chlorine salt of the alkali metal or the ammonium from a remaining liquid-phase material, and finally carrying out a regeneration reaction on the magnesium phosphate hydrate and the chlorine salt of the alkali metal or the ammonium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE, ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Dongdong Li, Wu Li, Yaping Dong, Dandan Gao
  • Publication number: 20210246025
    Abstract: A renewable magnesium removing agent and its use in a preparation of a low-magnesium lithium-rich brine are provided. The magnesium removing agent includes a magnesium phosphate double salt of an alkali metal or ammonium. A regeneration of the magnesium removing agent is realized by adding the magnesium removing agent into Mg2+-containing chloride salt solution, wherein Mg2+in the chloride salt solution and the magnesium removing agent are subjected to a magnesium removing reaction to form a solid-phase reaction product and carrying out a solid-liquid separation on an obtained mixed reaction product after the magnesium removing reaction is ended to separate the solid-phase material comprising a magnesium phosphate hydrate and then separating out a chlorine salt of the alkali metal or the ammonium from a remaining liquid-phase material, and finally carrying out a regeneration reaction on the magnesium phosphate hydrate and the chlorine salt of the alkali metal or the ammonium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Dongdong LI, Wu LI, Yaping DONG, Dandan GAO
  • Publication number: 20200338502
    Abstract: A method for efficient separation and enrichment of lithium includes the following steps: pretreatment: diluting and filtering salina aged brine to obtain pretreated brine; separation: separating the pretreated brine via a nanofiltration separation system to obtain nanofiltration permeate and nanofiltration concentrate, wherein the operation pressure of the nanofiltration separation system is 1.0 MPa˜5.0 MPa; first concentration: carrying out first concentration on the nanofiltration permeate via a reverse osmosis system to obtain reverse osmosis concentrate and reverse osmosis permeate; and second concentration: carrying out second concentration on the reverse osmosis concentrate via an electrodialysis system to obtain electrodialysis concentrate and electrodialysis permeate, wherein the electrodialysis concentrate is a solution enriching lithium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Min WANG, Youjing ZHAO, Yan LI, Huaiyou WANG
  • Publication number: 20200330925
    Abstract: A method for separation and enrichment of lithium includes the following steps: pretreatment: diluting and filtering salina aged brine to obtain pretreated brine; separation: separating the pretreated brine via a nanofiltration separation system to obtain nanofiltration permeate and nanofiltration concentrate; first concentration: carrying out first concentration on the nanofiltration permeate via a reverse osmosis system to obtain reverse osmosis concentrate and reverse osmosis permeate; second concentration: carrying out second concentration on the reverse osmosis concentrate via an electrodialysis system to obtain electrodialysis concentrate and electrodialysis permeate, and the electrodialysis concentrate is solution enriching lithium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Min WANG, Youjing ZHAO, Yan LI, Huaiyou WANG, Hongjun YANG
  • Publication number: 20200306696
    Abstract: A method for separation and enrichment of lithium includes the following steps: pretreatment: carrying out at least two dilutions and at least two filtrations on salina aged brine to obtain pretreated brine; separation: separating the pretreated brine via a nanofiltration separation system to obtain nanofiltration permeate and nanofiltration concentrate; first concentration: carrying out first concentration on the nanofiltration permeate via a reverse osmosis system to obtain reverse osmosis concentrate and reverse osmosis permeate; second concentration: carrying out second concentration on the reverse osmosis concentrate via an electrodialysis system to obtain electrodialysis concentrate and electrodialysis permeate, and the electrodialysis concentrate is solution enriching lithium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Min WANG, Youjing ZHAO, Yan LI, Huaiyou WANG, Hongjun YANG