US Patent Issued to FLUID TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (FTS) on April 8 for "Methods and systems for reducing magnesium in high salinity salar brines by nanofiltration and forward osmosis" (Oregon Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,992, issued on April 8, was assigned to FLUID TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (FTS) INC. (Albany, Ore.).

"Methods and systems for reducing magnesium in high salinity salar brines by nanofiltration and forward osmosis" was invented by John R. Herron (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems of lowering a concentration of divalent cations in lithium-containing brines are described. A method includes diluting saturated salar brine such that sodium chloride concentration is at most about 80% of saturation. The method also includes feeding the diluted salar brine to a high pressure nanofiltration system operating at pressur...