MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631125523 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology Indian School Of Mines, Dhanbad on October 21, 2026, for A Solvometallurgical Process For Recovery Of Vanadium From Vanadium Sludge Using Deep Eutectic Solvent.

Inventors include Suprabha Palatasingh; Aarti Kumari; and Madhulika Gupta.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: A solvometallurgical process for selective recovery of vanadium from vanadium sludge (10) generated as a by-product of the Bayer process, containing aluminium and sodium as major impurities, comprises drying the sludge (10); preparing a deep eutectic solvent (18) b...