The broad adoption of electric vehicles requires a substantial increase in lithium production. To realize this electric future, traditional methods of lithium production must be replaced with new technology that can deliver higher rates of production while meeting basic environmental standards. Brine resources hold a substantial amount of the world's lithium, but until now, the lack of a scalable extraction technology has hindered their development. One of the suitable solutions for lithium brine extraction is ion exchange. LiqTech ultrafiltration (UF) membrane filtration technology shows huge potential to be an excellent pre-treatment step for enhancing the downstream ion exchange process.
“I am very excited with this commercial order. In the past months, we have conducted a couple of small-scale tests at customer sites in the US and illustrated superior performance of our UF membrane filtration technology for lithium brine production,” said Fei Chen, CEO of LiqTech. “This order provides a unique opportunity for LiqTech to demonstrate our UF technology robustness and efficiency in challenging onsite situations. We look forward to meeting the requirements of this customer within this new application, and to seeing the significant opportunity it can bring to both parties over time.”
The new commercial system is scheduled to be delivered to the customer in the fourth quarter of 2024.
