Founder
Altillion
Altillion's ALIX technology utilizes Advanced Liquid Ion Exchange to extract and concentrate lithium from brine, achieving concentrations exceeding 30,000 mg/L without the need for costly reverse osmosis or evaporation processes. This method significantly reduces capital and operational expenses for lithium asset developers, addressing the inefficiencies of traditional lithium extraction techniques.
- Clean Technology
- Energy
- Hardware
Updated 6 months ago
Funding
Funding rounds are not available yet.
Founders
Caleb Smathers
CTO
Product
Problem
Traditional lithium extraction from brine resources involves costly and energy-intensive processes like reverse osmosis and evaporation, leading to high capital and operational expenditures for lithium asset developers. These conventional techniques often struggle to efficiently concentrate lithium, especially from low-concentration brines.
Solution
Altillion's ALIX platform employs Advanced Liquid Ion Exchange to selectively extract and concentrate lithium from brine, achieving high concentrations exceeding 30,000 mg/L in a single process. This innovative approach eliminates the need for traditional pre-concentration steps, significantly reducing both capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expenses (OPEX). The ALIX platform is offered in two configurations: LiMEx, which performs both isolation and concentration in a single step for certain brines, and LiCon, which focuses on concentration and is complementary to other DLE media. The resulting lithium output stream can be directly converted to battery-grade products.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes lithium asset developers seeking cost-effective and scalable solutions for extracting lithium from brine resources.
Features
- Advanced Liquid Ion Exchange (ALIX) technology for efficient lithium extraction and concentration from brine.
- LiMEx configuration for single-step isolation and concentration of lithium from suitable brines.
- LiCon configuration for concentrating lithium, designed to complement sorbent and ion exchange DLE media.
- Achieves lithium concentrations exceeding 30,000 mg/L.
- Low organic/aqueous ratio, complete organic recovery and reuse, and short residence time.
- Reduced number of process steps, capital budget, and operating cost compared to traditional methods.