Continuous process for purification of brine

US8128897B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Morton Salt, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Roma Gimelfarb · Highland Park, US
• Kurt John Waatti · Crystal Lake, US
• Francis Joseph Lipiecki · Haddonfield, US
• Stephen G. Maroldo · Harleysville, US
• Kenneth Eugene Sloffer · Silver Springs, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C25B1/34
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A continuous process for purification of brine contaminated with alkaline earth metals. The process comprises combining the brine with an aqueous solution containing at least one of an alkali metal hydroxide and an alkali metal carbonate with efficient mixing by a micro-mixing device.