Stetson, Caleb http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0729-1261
Prodius, Denis
Lee, Hyeonseok http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9808-2272
Orme, Christopher http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3204-3796
White, Byron
Rollins, Harry http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3926-7445
Ginosar, Daniel
Nlebedim, Ikenna C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0045-4585
Wilson, Aaron D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5865-6537
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Energy (N/A)
Article History
Received: 21 March 2022
Accepted: 18 June 2022
First Online: 1 July 2022
Competing interests
: C.S., H.L., C.O., D.G., and A.D.W. are named inventors on patent US 11,261,111 and patent application PCT/US2022/072792 associated with the described DME-FC processes the details of which are listed below. The remaining authors declare no competing interests. US 11,261,111, “Methods and Systems for Treating a Liquid” Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance. Inventors: A.D.W., Daniel S. Wendt, C.O., Birendra Adhikari, and D.G. This patent covers the general application of dimethyl ether for fractional crystallization of solutes (DME-FC) as discussed in this publication. PCT/US2022/072792 “Selective Precipitation of Metal Ion Salts from Saturated Aqueous Solutions” Applicant: Battelle Energy Alliance. Inventors: C.S., H.L., C.O., D.G., and A.D.W. This application was submitted to World Intellectual Property Organization via Patent Cooperation Treaty on June 7, 2022. Among other things this application covers the application of sequential steps and scaffolds to the fractionation of solutes with dimethyl ether as discussed in this publication.