Basics

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

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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?"
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.845113/full "Characteristics of Desalination Brine and Its Impacts on Marine Chemistry and Health, With Emphasis on the Persian/Arabian Gulf: A Review"
https://www.fttm.itb.ac.id/geothermal-forum-experimental-study-of-lithium-extraction-from-geothermal-fluid/ "Geothermal Forum: Experimental Study of Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Fluid"

Short of one paper, it hasn't seemed to have been used much, but "Brine-to-X" may be a useful term, in a similar manner to Power-to-X
ESSENTIALLY:
- Brine-to-Chemicals ( Sodium Hydroxide , Sodium Hypochlorite , Sodium carbonate / Sodium bicarbonate , Metallic Sodium , Magnesium (and it's derivatives) ,
- Brine-to-Fuel (Mainly Hydrogen (and fuel derivatives of hydrogen) as a byproduct of the Chloralkali process (aka Electrolysis of Brine ) )
- Brine-to-Water (Both Desalination as a concept + the math for how much "extra" water would be made by a ZLD Setup
- Brine-to-Materials (Although Roughly the same as Chemicals, could refer to things more useful for construction/Land Reclamation use rather than as a useful chemical)\
- Brine-to-Food ( Sea Salt !)
Also just makes a useful category name
- Although Brine Product Ecology / Sodium Chloride Product Ecology could potentially work as well