Removing chlorine of CuCl residue from zinc hydrometallurgy by microwave roasting

Most Zn hydrometallurgy factories adopt Cu2SO4 as a dechlorination reagent from zinc solution nowadays, thus much CuCl residue is produced. The existing process of treating this residue is washing with water or sodium carbonate solution, which would cause a lot of troubles to water treatment and waste discharge. A method of microwave roasting was adopted for dechlorination of CuCl residue. A 1.5 kW microwave roasting equipment with dust collection and tail gas adsorption systems was set up and applied during the experiment. By investigating the effect of temperature, heat preservation time, moisture content of raw material and grain size of samples on the dechlorination, the optimal experimental condition is obtained. When the samples with 2% moisture and 〈150 μm grain size are microwave roasted at 400 °C for 2 h, the Cl content turns from 14.27% to 1.35% and the dechlorination rate is as high as 90%, while that with conventional heating is only 60%-80%. The phase change of the roasting process investigated with X-ray diffraction verifies that CuCl in CuCl residue is removed by being transformed into CuO.     

Process optimization for treatment of methyltin mercaptide effluents using modified semi-coke

The central composite process optimization was performed by response surface methodology technique using a design for the treatment of methyltin mercaptide with modified semi-coke. The semi-coke from the coal industry was suitably modified by treating it with phosphoric acid, with a thermal activation process. The objective of the process optimization is to reduce the chemical oxygen demand （COD） and NH4＋-N in the methyltin mercaptide industrial effluent. The process variables considered for process optimization are the semi-coke dosage, adsorption time and effluent pH. The optimized process conditions are identified to be a semi-coke dosage of 80 g/L, adsorption time of 90 min and a pH value of 8.34. The ANOVA results indicate that the adsorbent dosage and pH are the significant parameters, while the adsorption time is insignificant, possibly owing to the large range of adsorption time chosen. The textural characteristics of modified semi-coke were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy and nitrogen adsorption isotherm. The average BET surface area of modified semi-coke is estimated to be 915 mE/g, with the average pore volume of 0.71 cm3/g and a average pore diameter of 3.09 nm, with micropore volume contributing to 52.36%.     

采用水泥制粒的赤泥脱除水溶液中的镉离子(英文)

采用湿赤泥添加水泥作为粘结剂的方法制备出一种新型粒状吸附剂材料,并评价这种粒状赤泥材料脱除水溶液中镉离子的潜力。直接向湿赤泥中添加 2%-8%的水泥,研究不同水泥添加量和保养时间对粒状赤泥基吸附剂材料的粉化率和比表面积的影响。结果表明,在 2%的水泥添加量下保养 6d 后的粒状赤泥的结构特性和强度等参数达到了较好的水平。在pH为6.5,温度分别为 30、40 和 50℃及不同 Cd2+浓度溶液的条件下,进行吸附实验研究。结果表明,随着温度的升高吸附性能提高,并以此采用伪二级动力学模型进行吸附动力学模拟,得到了相关的模型参数。