[article]
Titre : |
An environmentally friendly design for low-grade diasporic-bauxite processing |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Shu-hua Ma, Auteur ; Zong-guo Wen, Auteur ; Ji-ning Chen, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2009 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 793–798 |
Note générale : |
Génie Minier |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Non-ferrous metallic ores Digestion Environmental Mineral economics |
Résumé : |
A new environmentally friendly design for low-grade diasporic-bauxite processing which is different from the Bayer and sintering processes was proposed in this paper. In the redesign of alumina production technology, a mixture of bauxite ore and sodium hydroxide solution was heated at a higher temperature for the purpose of complete decomposition of bauxite. The products were then extracted by water; the resulting sodium aluminate solution was further purified and used for the gibbsite precipitation, the residue being reacted with a caustic liquor to recover sodium oxide and alumina. The experimental results show that during the new process bauxite decomposition rates approach 100% and the residues can be easily recovered. When diasporic ores with mass ratio of alumina to silica of approximately 5:1 are treated, total alumina recovery efficiency of 86% and a sodium oxide presence below 1.5% in the final red mud will be achieved. This new design surpasses previous approaches in terms of high resource efficiency and low environmental impact. |
DEWEY : |
622 |
ISSN : |
0892-6875 |
En ligne : |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687509000491 |
in Minerals engineering > Vol. 22 N° 9/10 (Août/Septembre 2009) . - pp. 793–798
[article] An environmentally friendly design for low-grade diasporic-bauxite processing [texte imprimé] / Shu-hua Ma, Auteur ; Zong-guo Wen, Auteur ; Ji-ning Chen, Auteur . - 2009 . - pp. 793–798. Génie Minier Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Minerals engineering > Vol. 22 N° 9/10 (Août/Septembre 2009) . - pp. 793–798
Mots-clés : |
Non-ferrous metallic ores Digestion Environmental Mineral economics |
Résumé : |
A new environmentally friendly design for low-grade diasporic-bauxite processing which is different from the Bayer and sintering processes was proposed in this paper. In the redesign of alumina production technology, a mixture of bauxite ore and sodium hydroxide solution was heated at a higher temperature for the purpose of complete decomposition of bauxite. The products were then extracted by water; the resulting sodium aluminate solution was further purified and used for the gibbsite precipitation, the residue being reacted with a caustic liquor to recover sodium oxide and alumina. The experimental results show that during the new process bauxite decomposition rates approach 100% and the residues can be easily recovered. When diasporic ores with mass ratio of alumina to silica of approximately 5:1 are treated, total alumina recovery efficiency of 86% and a sodium oxide presence below 1.5% in the final red mud will be achieved. This new design surpasses previous approaches in terms of high resource efficiency and low environmental impact. |
DEWEY : |
622 |
ISSN : |
0892-6875 |
En ligne : |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687509000491 |
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