Patent ID: 6656360
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B01J,C22B,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for continuously removing targeted metal ions from a stream of a first liquid and releasing them into a stream of a stripping liquid, comprising:a plurality of wicking fibers, each including a longitudinally extending channel with a longitudinally extending opening; a second liquid, the composition of which may be the same as or different from said stripping liquid, having an affinity for the targeted metal ions disposed within the channels of said plurality of wicking fibers; means for directing the stream of first liquid across a part of said plurality of wicking fibers into contact with said second liquid along said longitudinally extending openings whereby said second liquid absorbs the targeted metal ions; and said plurality of wicking fibers disposed to extend longitudinally from the stream of first liquid into the stream of stripping liquid which strips the targeted metal ion from said second liquid.