Mineral Extraction from Seawater

Basics

• This Page Aims to Determine

1. What Minerals Can be Extracted from Seawater (Brine)
2. How Can This Be Done / What Machines Does it Require
3. How Does This Fit Into Existing / Future Product Ecologies
4. What Environmental Impacts Would Seawater Mineral Extraction Have, and how does Scale effect this?
5. Can the Same Process(es) be Applied to Brine from Conventional Desalination Plants (A Waste Product with Potential for Ecological Harm), or Produced Water ?

Temporary Trashcan

• https://www.lenntech.com/processes/Brine-Treatment/zero-liquid-discharge-zld.htm Lenntech "Zero Liquid Dischage" equipment (seems to be a good keyword for future searches)
• https://ide-tech.com/en/blog/from-sustainable-to-self-sustained-the-future-of-seawater-desalination-merges-sustainability-with-profitability/ "Desalination Brine Mining (DBM)" "From Sustainable to Self-Sustained: The Future of Seawater Desalination Merges Sustainability with Profitability"
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222363496_Techno-Economic_feasibility_of_extracting_minerals_from_desalination_brines "Techno-Economic feasibility of extracting minerals from desalination brines"
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011916420315228 "Can emerging membrane-based desalination technologies replace reverse osmosis?"

Internal Links

• Mineral Extraction from Industrial Brine / Mineral Extraction from Spent Drilling Fluid
  • Similar concept, less universal feedstock (for better or for worse)
• Sodium-Ion Battery
• Open Source Solar Water Distiller
• Solar Still

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Brine Mining
• The Wikipedia Page on Seawater
  • The Subsection on Mineral Extraction from Seawater
• A 2017 Paper Titled "Mining Valuable Minerals From Seawater: A Critical Review"
• A MIT News Article Titled "Turning desalination waste into a useful resource"