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An Attempt to Minimize the Cost of Extracting Lithium from Boron Clays Through Robust Process Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Atil Büyükburç  and
Gülser Köksal
Atil Büyükburç
Affiliation:
Eti Mine Works, R&D Department, Güvercinlik, 06377 Ankara, Turkey
Gülser Köksal
Affiliation:
Middle East Technical University, Industrial Engineering Department, 06531 Ankara, Turkey
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Abstract

In this study a robust design method is developed for extracting Li from boron (B) clays with the aim of minimizing cost and maximizing productivity. Lithium is commercially extracted from brines and certain minerals. Its extraction from clays has previously been found to be expensive, a major part of the extraction cost being attributed to the raw materials used. In this study, raw materials from lower-cost resources are used without applying any standardization to them and this might increase variation in the results. To minimize the variation, and achieve high extraction levels, robust design, statistical design and analysis of experiments, and response surface methodologies are utilized. As a result, consistently higher extraction levels have been achieved compared to previous studies. The experiments were conducted using the Bigadiç boron clay fields in Turkey. However, the method is generally applicable to other cases also.

Keywords

Boron ClaysDesign OptimizationExtractionLithiumStatistical Design of ExperimentsResponse Surface MethodologyRobust Design
Type
Research Article
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , June 2005 , pp. 301 - 309
Copyright
Copyright © The Clay Minerals Society 2005

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