Optimize Lithium Recovery Across the DLE Process
DuPont provides end-to-end direct lithium extraction (DLE) solutions for lithium extraction from brine, addressing every stage of the flowsheet, from pretreatment and selective extraction to purification, concentration, and final polishing. By integrating advanced sorbents, membranes, and ion exchange resins, we help customers efficiently recover high-purity lithium from complex brine streams.
Our solutions are designed for flexibility and performance across diverse operating conditions. Through tailored system design, testing, and modeling capabilities, we help optimize each flowsheet to improve lithium yield, enable more efficient lithium extraction, and support long-term operational reliability.
Compared to traditional extraction methods, our DLE approach helps enable more sustainable lithium production by supporting improved water management and reducing resource loss throughout the process.
Integrated DLE Flowsheet from Brine to Lithium Recovery
This flowsheet represents a typical direct lithium extraction (DLE) process, illustrating how separation technologies are integrated across each stage, from pretreatment and selective extraction to concentration and final polishing.
We work closely with customers to design and optimize the right DLE flowsheet for their specific brine composition and operating conditions. By combining sorbents, membranes, and ion exchange technologies, we provide solutions across the full process, helping to enable efficient lithium recovery and tailored system performance.
Tailored Technologies for Your DLE Process
Lithium brine treatment solutions spanning extraction through purification
Sorbents for both high- and low-temperature brine streams
Broad portfolio of 20+ products across the DLE flowsheet
Technologies designed for high-performance DLE applications
R&D expertise to optimize process efficiency
DLE Solutions Across Every Stage of the Process
Our portfolio includes technologies designed for each stage of the DLE process, helping to enable efficient lithium recovery across a wide range of brine conditions.
| Application | Description | Product Offering |
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| Suspended Solids Removal | Colloidal particle removal from source brine | IntegraTec ™ Ultrafiltration Modules |
| Sulfate Removal | High-productivity, low-energy nanofiltration elements for sulfate removal in brine pretreatment |
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| Selective Extraction | Robust hybrid lithium aluminate-polymeric bead adsorbent for selective lithium extraction from low- or high-temperature brine streams |
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| Divalent Rejection | Nanofiltration elements for maximizing lithium recovery and lithium-to-divalent selectivity for low- or high-TDS brine |
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| Final Polishing | High-capacity ion exchange and chelating resins to remove traces of divalents and boron from lithium-enriched brine | |
| Early-Stage Concentration | Early-stage reverse osmosis elements for 2 – 5x brine concentration via dewatering | |
| Mid-Stage Concentration | High-rejection reverse osmosis elements for achieving 5 – 10x brine concentration | |
| Late-Stage Concentration | Novel reverse osmosis elements for achieving greater than 10x lithium-enriched brines |
Work with Us to Optimize Your DLE Process
We offer chemical processing solutions including feed stock purification, brine and acid purification, as well as chlorine-based and metal-based hydroxide solutions.
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We offer chemical processing solutions including feed stock purification, brine and acid purification, as well as chlorine-based and metal-based hydroxide solutions.
We facilitate the sustainable recovery of valuable raw materials through specialty separation technologies.
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