Patents by Inventor Itzhak Efraim

Itzhak Efraim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5552126
    Abstract: A process for producing potassium sulfate, sodium sulfate, and sodium chloride from potash and a sodium sulfate/water source, which includes: (a) treating the sodium sulfate/water source to produce a slurry containing anhydrous sodium sulfate; (b) concentrating the slurry to form a concentrate and a diluent; (c) treating the diluent to precipitate out anhydrous sodium sulfate; (d) subjecting the anhydrous sodium sulfate from steps (b) and/or (c) and/or from a different source to conversion with potash in an aqueous medium to yield glaserite and a first mother liquor, with any excess anhydrous sodium sulfate being taken as co-product; (e) converting the glaserite with potash and water to produce a precipitate of potassium sulfate and a second mother liquor; (f) returning the second mother liquor to step (d); (g) subjecting the first mother liquor to evaporative crystallization such that substantially pure sodium chloride is precipitated in a third mother liquor; and (h) returning the third mother liquor for co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Dead Sea Works Ltd.
    Inventors: Itzhak Efraim, Shalom Lampert, Curt Holdengraber