Patents Assigned to Simbol Inc.
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Patent number: 9650555Abstract: This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of iron and silica compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions of the treated brine contain concentration of silica ranging from 0 to 80 mg/kg and concentration of iron ranging from 0 to 300 mg/kg. Exemplary compositions of the reduced silica and iron brines also contain reduced concentrations of elements like arsenic, barium, lead, and lithium.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Simbol, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Harrison, John Burba, III
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Patent number: 9644126Abstract: This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of iron, silica, and zinc compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions contain concentration of zinc ranges from 0 to 300 mg/kg, concentration of silica ranges from 0 to 30 mg/kg, concentration of iron ranges from 0 to 300 mg/kg. Exemplary compositions also contain reduced concentrations of elements like lithium, manganese, arsenic, barium, and lead. Exemplary compositions include Salton Sea brines containing a concentration of zinc less than 10 mg/kg, a concentration of silica ranging from less than 10 mg/kg, and a concentration of iron less than 10 mg/kg.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Simbol, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Harrison, John Burba
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Patent number: 9644866Abstract: This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of silica, iron, and potassium compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions of the treated brine contain a concentration of silica ranging from about 0 mg/kg to about 15 mg/kg, a concentration of iron ranging from about 0 mg/kg to about 10 mg/kg, and a concentration of potassium ranging from about 300 mg/kg to about 8500 mg/kg. Other exemplary compositions of the treated brines also contain reduced concentrations of elements like rubidium, cesium, and lithium.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Simbol, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Harrison, John Burba, III
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Patent number: 9249478Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the selective recovery of manganese and zinc from brines that includes the steps of contacting a brine with an ionic liquid in order to selectively extract manganese and zinc from the brine into the ionic liquid; and treating the ionic liquid containing extracted manganese and zinc with an aqueous solution to selectively precipitate manganese, producing a manganese depleted, zinc rich ionic liquid. The method can further include the steps of treating the manganese depleted, zinc rich ionic liquid with an aqueous solution to selectively precipitate zinc.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Simbol, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Harrison, C. V. Krishnmohan Sharma, Pei-Yu Lan
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Patent number: 9238851Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the selective recovery of manganese and zinc from geothermal brines that includes the steps of removing silica and iron from the brine, oxidizing the manganese and zinc to form precipitates thereof, recovering the manganese and zinc precipitates, solubilizing the manganese and zinc precipitates, purifying the manganese and zinc, and forming a manganese precipitate, and recovering the zinc by electrochemical means.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Simbol, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Harrison, Samaresh Mohanta, C. V. Krishnamohan Sharma, Elizabeth Geler
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Patent number: 9222149Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines. The method can include a silica removal step, capturing lithium chloride, recovering lithium chloride, supplying lithium chloride to an electrochemical cell and producing lithium hydroxide, contacting the lithium hydroxide with carbon dioxide to produce lithium carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Simbol Inc.Inventor: Stephen Harrison
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Patent number: 9074265Abstract: The invention generally relates to methods of selectively removing lithium from various liquids, methods of producing high purity lithium carbonate, methods of producing high purity lithium hydroxide, and methods of regenerating resin.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Simbol, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Harrison, Robert Blanchet
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Patent number: 9057117Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the selective recovery of manganese and zinc from geothermal brines that includes the steps of removing silica and iron from the brine, oxidizing the manganese and zinc to form precipitates thereof, recovering the manganese and zinc precipitates, solubilizing the manganese and zinc precipitates, purifying the manganese and zinc, and forming a manganese precipitate, and recovering the zinc by electrochemical means.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: Simbol, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Harrison, Samaresh Mohanta
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Publication number: 20150152309Abstract: This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of lithium, iron and silica compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions contain concentration of lithium ranges from 0 to 200 mg/kg, concentration of silica ranges from 0 to 30 mg/kg, concentration of iron ranges from 0 to 300 mg/kg. Exemplary compositions also contain reduced concentrations of elements like arsenic, barium, and lead.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Simbol IncInventors: Stephen Harrison, John Burba, III
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Patent number: 9034294Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines. The method can include a silica removal step, capturing lithium chloride, recovering lithium chloride, supplying lithium chloride to an electrochemical cell and producing lithium hydroxide, contacting the lithium hydroxide with carbon dioxide to produce lithium carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Simbol, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Harrison
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Patent number: 9034295Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines. The method can include a silica removal step, capturing lithium chloride, recovering lithium chloride, supplying lithium chloride to an electrochemical cell and producing lithium hydroxide, contacting the lithium hydroxide with carbon dioxide to produce lithium carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Simbol, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Harrison
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Patent number: 9012357Abstract: This invention relates to a particulate extraction material for the extraction of lithium from a geothermal brine or lithium containing solution. The particulate material includes an inorganic or polymer based substrate that includes a lithium aluminate intercalate layer applied to the exterior of the substrate, wherein the lithium aluminate intercalate layer is operable to capture lithium ions from solution.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Simbol, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Harrison, C.V. Krishnamohan Sharma, Brian E. Viani, Diana Rex
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Patent number: 8901032Abstract: This invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium activated alumina intercalate solid by contacting a three-dimensional activated alumina with a lithium salt under conditions sufficient to infuse lithium salts into activated alumina for the selective extraction and recovery of lithium from lithium containing solutions, including brines.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Simbol Inc.Inventors: Stephen Harrison, C. V. Krishnamohan Sharma, M. Scott Conley
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Publication number: 20140301922Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines. The method can include a silica removal step, capturing lithium chloride, recovering lithium chloride, supplying lithium chloride to an electrochemical cell and producing lithium hydroxide, contacting the lithium hydroxide with carbon dioxide to produce lithium carbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: Simbol Inc.Inventor: Stephen Harrison
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Publication number: 20140239224Abstract: This invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium aluminate intercalate (LAI) matrix solid and methods for the selective extraction and recovery of lithium from lithium containing solutions, including brines. The method for preparing the LAI matrix solid includes reacting aluminum hydroxide and a lithium salt for form the lithium aluminate intercalate, which can then be mixed with up to about 25% by weight of a polymer to form the LAI matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Simbol Inc.Inventors: John L. Burba, Ray F. Stewart, Brian E. Viani, Stephen Harrison, Christine ellen Vogdes, John Galil Salim Lahlouh
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Publication number: 20140239221Abstract: This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of lithium, iron and silica compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions contain concentration of lithium ranges from 0 to 200 mg/kg, concentration of silica ranges from 0 to 30 mg/kg, concentration of iron ranges from 0 to 300 mg/kg. Exemplary compositions also contain reduced concentrations of elements like arsenic, barium, and lead.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Simbol IncInventors: Stephen Harrison, John Burba, III
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Publication number: 20140231041Abstract: This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of iron and silica compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions of the treated brine contain concentration of silica ranging from 0 to 80 mg/kg and concentration of iron ranging from 0 to 300 mg/kg. Exemplary compositions of the reduced silica and iron brines also contain reduced concentrations of elements like arsenic, barium, lead, and lithium.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Simbol IncInventors: Stephen Harrison, John Burba, III
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Publication number: 20140227154Abstract: This invention relates to a method for the preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines. The method can include a silica removal step, capturing lithium chloride, recovering lithium chloride, supplying lithium chloride to an electrochemical cell and producing lithium hydroxide, contacting the lithium hydroxide with carbon dioxide to produce lithium carbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Simbol Inc.Inventor: Stephen Harrison
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Publication number: 20140187452Abstract: This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of iron, silica, and manganese compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions contain a concentration of manganese less than 10 mg/kg, a concentration of silica ranging from less than 10 mg/kg, and a concentration of iron less than 10 mg/kg, and the treated geothermal brine is derived from a Salton Sea geothermal reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Simbol IncInventors: Stephen Harrison, John Burba, III
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Publication number: 20140174745Abstract: This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of iron, silica, and zinc compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions contain concentration of zinc ranges from 0 to 300 mg/kg, concentration of silica ranges from 0 to 30 mg/kg, concentration of iron ranges from 0 to 300 mg/kg. Exemplary compositions also contain reduced concentrations of elements like lithium, manganese, arsenic, barium, and lead. Exemplary compositions include Salton Sea brines containing a concentration of zinc less than 10 mg/kg, a concentration of silica ranging from less than 10 mg/kg, and a concentration of iron less than 10 mg/kg.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: Simbol IncInventors: Stephen Harrison, John Burba, III