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Battery Recycling
VFT has begun to evaluate fiber reactor technology for the separation of nickel and cobalt from an acidic leach liquor representative of a lithium-ion battery recycling process. In preliminary experiments
Visionary Fiber Technologies has developed patented high-throughput industrial fiber reactors for liquid two-phase systems
Fiber reactor technology provides 10 times the available surface area used to mix immiscible liquids compared to other industrial two-phase column mixers including static columns with packed media and agitated columns.
It is highly efficient at driving chemical processes to equilibrium.
The core of the technology resides in the fiber induced microchannel array extending down the column length where thin layers of liquid streams can be efficiently contacted.
Microchanneling dramatically increases the surface area of interfacial contact between two immiscible liquids and reduces reactor residence time.
Lack of chaotic churn mixing results in rapid and neat phase segregation between the immiscible liquids to permit shorter settling tanks.
Benefits of Fiber Reactor Technology
- Build to Scale
- Continuous & High-Throughput
- Batch-Mode Capable
- Reduced Chemical Reagent
- Small Footprint
- Less Staging
- Minimal Emulsion
- Lowered Energy Consumption
- No moving parts in fiber reactor
- Wastewater Minimization
Applications
- Renewable Fuels
- Food Ingredients
- Cosmetic & Edible Oils
- Rare-Earth Elements & Metals Extraction
PURIFY
VFT fiber reactor technology enables efficient stream processing at low operating expenses to remove contaminants.
EXTRACT
Whether it involves recovery of aromatics used in flavors and fragrances, rare earths and metals needed for various catalysts, electronics and medical devices, or premium ingredients destined for biopharma and nutraceutical compounding, VFT can develop a process which achieves the intended goals while doing so in a cost-effective manner.
REACT
The high surface area achieved by the fiber reactor can be utilized to drive any chemical reaction to equilibrium which requires intimate contact between two immiscible liquids.
Latest Developments
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Rare Earth & Metals Extraction
VFT, Inc has developed a cost-effective fiber reactor extraction process to remove iron impurity from feedstocks. A chloride based Pregnant Leach Solution with a total rare earth content of 89.2
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Renewable Fuels
VFT has developed a cost-effective fiber reactor purification process to prepare superior quality renewable fuel feedstocks (Figure 2). The Fiber Reactor renewable fuels package incorporates microchanel fiber reactors which effectively
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Food Ingredients, Cooking and Edible Oils
VFT has developed a mild and cost-effective fiber reactor edible oil purification process to obtain superior quality edible oils. The Fiber Reactor edible oil package incorporates a sequence of microchannel