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Title Magnesium recovery from RO Brines by membrane crystallization
Status Accepted
Final type Poster
Final session PERMEA 2022 - Electro-membrane processes
Authors J., Fehér1, D., Hoppej2
1 MemBrain, Stráž pod Ralskem, Czechia
2 Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Brief content Large amounts of concentrated seawater brines pose significant environmental and economic thread. Nevertheless, brines can be a convenient source of minerals, like magnesium. Thanks to a very low solubility, magnesium hydroxide can be precipitated from concentrated brines by alkaline reactant. Membrane crystallization with ion-exchange hollow fibres thus might be promising technology for minerals recovery from brines, wastewaters, or other highly concentrated mixed solutions.
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