Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery
Solvent-driven separation processes can extract water and high-value minerals from high salinity or contaminated brines, simultaneously reducing the environmental impact of brine disposal and enabling resource recovery. The efficient dewatering of hypersaline brines is essential for the sustainable...
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| author | Foo, Zi Hao Stetson, Caleb Dach, Elizabeth Deshmukh, Akshay Lee, Hyeonseok Menon, Akanksha K. Prasher, Ravi Yip, Ngai Yin Lienhard, John H Wilson, Aaron D. |
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| description | Solvent-driven separation processes can extract water and high-value minerals from high salinity or contaminated brines, simultaneously reducing the environmental impact of brine disposal and enabling resource recovery. The efficient dewatering of hypersaline brines is essential for the sustainable minimal and zero liquid discharge processing of industrial wastewaters. Fractional crystallization can selectively extract ions from contaminated waste streams, allowing critical materials to be recycled, including transition and lanthanide metals required for renewable energy generation and storage. Mass transfer in solvent-driven water extraction occurs across a liquid–liquid interface, eliminating the scaling and fouling of membrane and heat exchanger surfaces and limiting the need for extensive pretreatment. Solvent-driven fractional crystallization can leverage sequential treatment and control of process conditions to rapidly recover salts without requiring evaporation of water. Despite promising applications, the principles and potential of solvent-driven aqueous separations remain poorly understood. This critical review explores the opportunities presented by solvent-based aqueous separations from the molecular to process scale, evaluating the chemistry of solvation and system design in the broader context of desalination, resource recovery, water softening, and mineral production. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1537472024-11-20T20:20:39Z Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery Foo, Zi Hao Stetson, Caleb Dach, Elizabeth Deshmukh, Akshay Lee, Hyeonseok Menon, Akanksha K. Prasher, Ravi Yip, Ngai Yin Lienhard, John H Wilson, Aaron D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering General Chemistry Solvent-driven separation processes can extract water and high-value minerals from high salinity or contaminated brines, simultaneously reducing the environmental impact of brine disposal and enabling resource recovery. The efficient dewatering of hypersaline brines is essential for the sustainable minimal and zero liquid discharge processing of industrial wastewaters. Fractional crystallization can selectively extract ions from contaminated waste streams, allowing critical materials to be recycled, including transition and lanthanide metals required for renewable energy generation and storage. Mass transfer in solvent-driven water extraction occurs across a liquid–liquid interface, eliminating the scaling and fouling of membrane and heat exchanger surfaces and limiting the need for extensive pretreatment. Solvent-driven fractional crystallization can leverage sequential treatment and control of process conditions to rapidly recover salts without requiring evaporation of water. Despite promising applications, the principles and potential of solvent-driven aqueous separations remain poorly understood. This critical review explores the opportunities presented by solvent-based aqueous separations from the molecular to process scale, evaluating the chemistry of solvation and system design in the broader context of desalination, resource recovery, water softening, and mineral production. 2024-03-13T18:14:29Z 2024-03-13T18:14:29Z 2022-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2589-5974 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153747 Foo, Zi Hao, Stetson, Caleb, Dach, Elizabeth, Deshmukh, Akshay, Lee, Hyeonseok et al. 2022. "Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery." Trends in Chemistry, 4 (12). en_US 10.1016/j.trechm.2022.09.004 Trends in Chemistry Creative Commons Attribution https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier BV Elsevier B.V. |
| spellingShingle | General Chemistry Foo, Zi Hao Stetson, Caleb Dach, Elizabeth Deshmukh, Akshay Lee, Hyeonseok Menon, Akanksha K. Prasher, Ravi Yip, Ngai Yin Lienhard, John H Wilson, Aaron D. Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery |
| title | Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery |
| title_full | Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery |
| title_fullStr | Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery |
| title_short | Solvent-driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery |
| title_sort | solvent driven aqueous separations for hypersaline brine concentration and resource recovery |
| topic | General Chemistry |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153747 |
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