Patents by Inventor Javier TORROBA

Javier TORROBA 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).

  • Publication number: 20250007023
    Abstract: A method of recycling one or more valuable metal elements from a source material comprising the one or more valuable metal elements, the method comprising: forming an acidic aqueous recycling feed by acid leaching the source material or a derivative thereof, the acidic aqueous recycling feed comprising the one or more valuable metal elements and iron in solution; contacting the acidic aqueous recycling feed with a solid phase extractant material which adsorbs the iron, the one or more valuable metal elements remaining in solution; recovering the one or more valuable metal elements from the acidic aqueous recycling feed via one or more further process steps selected from solvent extraction, solid phase extraction, electrochemical extraction, and precipitation processes; and recovering the iron from the solid phase extractant material by contacting the solid phase extractant material with a stripping agent comprising a solution of organic chelating molecules which form a complex with the iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Adam William Deacon, Daniel Marin Florido, Julia Vallejo Navarret, Javier Torroba
  • Publication number: 20160221838
    Abstract: Method, apparatus and adsorbents for the removal of selenium from feeds such as waste water streams from refineries and power plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen William COLLEY, Pasi Markus KAUPPINEN, Matthew Alexander LINCOLN, Javier TORROBA