Patents by Inventor Wouter Schutyser

Wouter Schutyser 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).

  • PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF LITHIUM
    Publication number: 20240384371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the concentration of lithium in metallurgical fumes wherein a metallurgical charge is smelted, thus obtaining a molten bath comprising a slag phase and optionally an alloy phase and fuming the lithium from the molten slag, by addition of a halogen intermediate, wherein the halogen intermediate is produced from the Li halide fumed from the molten slag. The halide is thus efficiently re-used in the process, while the lithium is recovered and isolated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Lennart SCHEUNIS, Wouter SCHUTYSER, Pieter VERHEES
  • PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF LITHIUM
    Publication number: 20240384370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the concentration of lithium in metallurgical fumes wherein a metallurgical charge is smelted, thus obtaining a molten bath comprising a slag phase and optionally an alloy phase and fuming the lithium from the molten slag, by addition of a halogen intermediate, wherein said halogen intermediate is a gaseous halogen or gaseous halogen compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Lennart SCHEUNIS, Wouter Schutyser, Pieter Verhees