Salt Production Via Hydrohalite Decomposition

Inventors

Timothy Eisele, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

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Abstract

Salt production can include preparing hydrohalite particles by crystallization from saturated brine, adding the hydrohalite particles to the sale brine, thereby forming a hydrohalite-salt brine mixture, agitating the hydrohalite-salt brine mixture until the hydrohalite particles have decomposed into NaCl crystals, and filtering out the NaCl crystals from the salt brine. In some instances, an initial temperature of the salt brine prior to adding the hydrohalite particles is at least 0°C. In some instances, a ratio of salt brine to hydrohalite particles, by weight, is from 0.4 to 29.

Patent Number

US 11,932,551 B2

Assignee

Michigan Technological University

Application Number

17/039,481

Date Filed

9-30-2020

Certificate of Correction

No

Issue Date

3-19-2024

Disciplines

Chemical Engineering

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Recommended Citation

Eisele, Timothy, "Salt Production Via Hydrohalite Decomposition" (2024). Michigan Tech Patents. 159.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/patents/159