Proceso de extracción directa de litio (EDL)

GeoLith’s DLE technology acts like a “lithium filter”

When any lithium rich fluid passes through our patented Li-Capt® active material, it selectively captures lithium ions from that liquid.
Li-Capt® is selective (capacity to only capture lithium) and reversible (capacity to recover all the captured lithium).

CÓMO FUNCIONA

Proceso EDL: desde el recurso hasta obtener un litio refinado

Proceso tradicional frente a la EDL

Proceso tradicional

Li-Capt® de GeoLith

Eficiencia

Entre un 20 % y un 40 % de litio capturado, altas pérdidas de agua por evaporación

> 95 % de litio capturado generación de salmueras sostenibles

CO2 emissions

15 tCO2 de la producción de espodumena 5 tCO2 de la producción de salmuera

Cero emisiones

Production of
Waste

Uso intensivo de productos químicos y consumibles

Cero residuos, bajo uso de productos químicos y reciclaje de consumibles

Production
time

2 años desde la extracción hasta el producto final

Horas, desde la extracción hasta el producto final

Respeto de los recursos hídricos

Pérdidas de agua en regiones áridas (Triángulo del litio en los Andes)

El agua se devuelve a la fuente una vez que se captura el litio

Power
consumption

Uso intensivo de maquinaria y transporte en zonas distantes

Poca potencia requerida para el equipo

Soluciones

4 major applications for
Li-Capt®

Nuestra tecnología es aplicable a todas las fuentes de litio, convencionales y no convencionales, y en todo el mundo.

Geothermal brinesLi-Capt® Direct Lithium Extraction enables local production of lithium from geothermal brines around the world, leveraging renewable energy and heat from these assets for a fully sustainable production. Its extraction efficiency of more than 95% lithium capture, and its exceptional selectivity have been proved thanks to its pilots in Europe (France, Germany and UK). GeoLith believes in the creation of sustainable lithium ecosystems around Europe, North and South America and everywhere else. Read More

Produced WatersExisting assets produce great amounts of water containing important concentrations of lithium. These waters, currently treated as a waste, can be valorised thanks to the exceptional performance of Li-Capt®, turning a cost into a revenue. Considerable resources have been identified in Europe, the US, Argentina and several other countries around the world. Read More

SalarsThanks to the exceptional capacity of extraction of Li-Capt® it is now possible to extract lithium without any evaporation, enabling production from high and low concentrated salars, especially in the lithium of triangle (Argentina, Bolivia and Chile). Li-Capt® brings a more sustainable process of lithium extraction, avoiding depletion of the water reservoirs and allowing to valorise waste-fluids. Read More

Battery RecyclingImportant amounts of manufacturing scraps are produced in the process of fabrication of electric batteries for electrical vehicles. GeoLith Li-Capt® technology will allow to recover lithium from them, circularising the manufacturing process and enhancing the sustainability of this essential equipment for the energy transition. Read More
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NUESTRA TECNOLOGÍA Li-Capt®