Sitration, Inc.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ahmed Helal

Brendan D Smith

Morgan Baima

Jatin Patil

Daniel Bregante

Alexander H Slocum, Jr

Yet-Ming Chiang

W Craig Carter

Zheng Li

Brandon James Hopkins

Xinwei Chen

Kyle C Smith

Frank Yongzhen Fan

Hee Yun Choi Kim

Noah Letwat

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for selectively recovering target metals or minerals from a metal or mineral containing mixture/solution.

Methods and apparatus for extracting metals from materials

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for electrically conductive membrane separation from a mixture solution via membrane nanofiltration, electro-filtration, or electro-extraction by: generating an electric field at the membrane filter, holding the membrane filter at a constant electric potential, or driving a constant current through the membrane filter; feeding a mixture solution through the membrane nanofiltration system; and separating a component from the mixture solution into a permeate solution.

System and method for electrically conductive membrane separation

The flow cell includes first and second reservoirs having a selected volume containing a flowable redox electrode. A membrane separates charged and discharged material. An energy-extraction region includes electronically conductive porous current collectors through or adjacent to which the flowable redox electrodes flow and to which charge transfer occurs. Structure is provided for altering orientation of the flow cell whereby gravity induces flow of the flowable redox electrode between the first and second reservoirs to deliver power. By varying the angle of the cell, flow rate and power delivered on discharge or the charge rate on charge may be varied.

Gravity induced flow cell

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