Re: mineral extraction from ...

Re: mineral extraction from brines

My company- LIghthouse Utility Solutions, Inc. has previously developed an ultra-high efficiency co-generation system that operates with virtually any gaseous or liquid fuel and produces near-potable water from the condensed exhaust. This system is used as the thermal source for another recently developed (and soon to be prototyped) system we call SaveYore that evaporates "dirty" water and condenses it into distilled water. The system can treat "frac" water, sea water or sanitary waste water (or any other "brine" or "dirty" water source).  

For "frac" and sea water, the system removes ALL the water- leaving the chemicals/minerals left from "frac" water and sea salt from sea water. Sanitary waste water is turned into a thick slurry that is fed to an anaerobic digester to produce methane to off-set some of the generator's fuel requirement before it is returned to the input flow for further water removal.

The system processes 27,500 GPD (105,500 LPD) of "dirty" water and produces 31,500 GPD (120,000 LPD) of distilled water (because of the added flow of condensed water) per MW of power produced. The "standard" package is rated for 2 MW of power (which can be paralleled for higher power or water output) but systems are available as low as 250 kW or even smaller if needed. Systems are available for "fixed" installations or mobile for periodically treating "dirty" water at several sites.