Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

University of Illinois

Calera Corporation

Apache Corporation

University of Minnesota

Ut-battelle, Inc.

Lithos Industries Inc.

William L Bourcier

Roger D Aines

Eric B Duoss

Joshuah K Stolaroff

Christopher M Spadaccini

John J Vericella

Jeffery James Roberts

Jennifer Ann Lewis

Sarah Elyse Baker

Jeffery J Haslam

William C Floyd, Iii

Kevin C O'Brien

Du Nguyen

Congwang Ye

Charlene M Schaldach

Kenneth M Cowan

James S Oakdale

Edward L Cussler

William Smith

Sarah K Roberts

Souheil M Ezzedine

Jonathan D Hunt

Megan M Smith

Peng Lu

Phillip Harris Paul

Martin Devenney

Chris L Camire

Irvin Chen

James O Kiggans, Jr

Richard T Mayes

Jennifer Marie Knipe

Maxwell R Murialdo

David W DePaoli

William D Wilson

Eric Ha

Amitesh Maiti

Brian E Viani

Sarah Hause

Hood H Whitson

Carol J Bruton

Maira R Cerón Hernández

Guillaume Calas

Costas Tsouris

Teavor Kendall

Geoffrey Garrison

Wesley Paul Kowalczuk

James O Hardin, Iv

Robert Campbell

Treavor Kendall

Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a system and method for enhancing the extraction of lithium from a liquid resource. A volume of midstream-liquid resource may be received from a site like a pipeline, tank, or disposal site where the midstream-liquid resource may undergo a pre-treatment. A treatment regimen may be applied to remove hydrocarbons, organic matter, hydrogen sulfide, ions, and suspended solids along with reduction of excess pre-treatment chemicals and byproducts. Embodiments may further include critical-material extraction. The system for this process includes a pre-treatment station, a filtration station, and a direct-lithium-extraction (DLE) unit, with a reverse-osmosis station to concentrate the lithium product.

Systems and methods for the enhancement of midstream-liquid resources for direct metal extraction

A composite material for gas capture including COcapture and capture of other gases. The composite material includes solid or liquid reactive material, filler material, and a gas-permeable polymer coating such that the reactive material forms micron-scale domains in the filler material.

Composite 3D-printed reactors for gas absorption, purification, and reaction

A composite material for gas capture, notably COcapture and storage. The composite material includes a mixture of a solid or liquid reactive filler and a gas-permeable polymer such that the reactive filler forms micron-scale domains in the polymer matrix.

Method and apparatus for separating a target substance from a fluid or mixture. Capsules having a coating and stripping solvents encapsulated in the capsules are provided. The coating is permeable to the target substance. The capsules having a coating and stripping solvents encapsulated in the capsules are exposed to the fluid or mixture. The target substance migrates through the coating and is taken up by the stripping solvents. The target substance is separated from the fluid or mixture by driving off the target substance from the capsules.

Separation of a target substance from a fluid or mixture using encapsulated sorbents

A system for blocking fast flow paths in geological formations includes preparing a solution of colloidal silica having a nonviscous phase and a solid gel phase. The solution of colloidal silica is injected into the geological formations while the solution of colloidal silica is in the nonviscous phase. The solution of colloidal silica is directed into the fast flow paths and reaches the solid gel phase in the fast flow paths thereby blocking flow of fluid in the fast paths.

Using colloidal silica as a zonal isolation material and fast path blocker in geological formations

A permeable microcapsule embedded fabric acts as a sorbent that creates mold-able, variable geometry fabrics for static or dynamic use. The fabric is composed of micro encapsulated solvent spheres held together by structural members. The fabric provides an excellent means to absorb and separate gases and/or liquids, particularly to separate carbon dioxide from flue gases.

Microcapsule fabric for absorption and release

Using colloidal silica as isolator, diverter and blocking agent for subsurface geological applications

A capsule for carrying a proppant for emplaced in a formation containing formation fluid by a hydraulic fracture operation using a fracturing fluid. The capsule includes a capsule body. The capsule body includes a proppant. There is a surface layer on the capsule body that is permeable to the formation fluid or the fracturing fluid or is permeable to both the formation fluid and the fracturing fluid. The proppant material is dry cement that interacts with the formation fluid or the fracturing fluid or both the formation fluid and the fracturing fluid that migrate through the surface layer and is taken up by the dry cement causing the dry cement to harden.

Encapsulated proppants

Encapsulated solids are made by first encapsulating precursor materials in a polymer shell. The precursors are some combination of solids, liquids, gases, and/or gels. The precursors are then transformed into solids by emplacement of the capsule in an environment where gas or fluid transport into or out of the polymer shell causes transformation into solids.

Systems for production of polymer encapsuated solids

A system for cementing a wellbore penetrating an earth formation into which a pipe extends. A cement material is positioned in the space between the wellbore and the pipe by circulated capsules containing the cement material through the pipe into the space between the wellbore and the pipe. The capsules contain the cementing material encapsulated in a shell. The capsules are added to a fluid and the fluid with capsules is circulated through the pipe into the space between the wellbore and the pipe. The shell is breached once the capsules contain the cementing material are in position in the space between the wellbore and the pipe.

Cementing a wellbore using cementing material encapsulated in a shell

A device according to one embodiment includes a porous membrane having a surface charge and pore configuration characterized by a double layer overlap effect being present in pores of the membrane, where the porous membrane includes functional groups that preferentially interact with either cations or anions. A device according to another embodiment includes a porous membrane having a surface charge in pores thereof sufficient to impart anion or cation selectivity in the pores. Additional devices, systems and methods are also presented.

Nanoengineered field induced charge separation membranes manufacture thereof

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William L Bourcier