The method for removing of carbonate in the alumina producing
Technical field:
The present invention relates to a kind of is carbonate (Na in the bayer's process alumina producing of raw material with diaspore or boehmite
2CO
3) method for removing, belong to alumina producing salt discharge technical field.
Technical background:
In the process of producing aluminium oxide by bayer that with diaspore or boehmite is raw material, carbonate is constantly accumulation in the round-robin sodium aluminate solution, cause the alumina producing cycle efficiency to reduce, output reduces, after running up to certain degree, can on the heat exchange surface of equipment such as stripping, seminal fluid heat exchange, evaporation, separate out, make heat transfer efficiency reduce (energy consumption rising), even more serious is pipeline, etc. in separate out, valve causes the obstruction of pipeline, valve and forces production to be interrupted, and therefore must manage salt discharge.
Existing salt discharge technology has: timeliness salt discharge, five kinds of lateral flow causticization salt discharge, barium salt causticization, flash distillation salt discharge and pump circulation salt discharges.First three is planted salt discharge method and has the salt discharge weak effect respectively, causes that alumina loss is big, the salt discharge cost is high and environment had shortcoming such as pollution, should not adopt; Generally adopt back two kinds now, though back two kinds of salt discharge methods have overcome the drawback of first three kind substantially, the salt of exist discharging is that particle is little, the aqueous carbonic acid sodium (Na of sedimentation and strainability difference
2CO
3NH
2O), this not only causes the operational difficulty of subsequent handling and makes carbonate filter cake liquid holdup height, and has the salt of partly separating out to turn back to again in the round-robin sodium aluminate solution, thereby has reduced the salt discharge effect.
Summary of the invention:
The objective of the invention is to: a kind of an amount of crystal seed (carbonate) and method of high density caustic alkali of adding in the process of salt discharge is provided, and is the good anhydrous sodium carbonate (Na of sedimentation and strainability with the salt majority that improves the salt discharge effect and crystallization is separated out
2CO
3), reach and reduce carbonate eqrilibrium concentration (Na in the circulation fluid
2O
cCarbon alkali and Na
2O
TThe ratio of full alkali), improve the sedimentation of salt and the purpose of strainability and the liquid holdup that reduces the salt filter cake.
The present invention is achieved in that and adds an amount of carbonate crystal seed that in existing pump circulation salt discharge vaporizer and flash drum the salt that crystallization is separated out is most to be sedimentation and the good anhydrous sodium carbonate of strainability; In pump circulation and flash distillation, add an amount of high density caustic alkali, make caustic alkali (Na in the solution
2O
k) concentration reaches more than the 320g/l, make after the salt discharge in the solution below the carbonate eqrilibrium concentration to 6%.
Set up a salt crystal seed pump and set up a lye pump in existing salt settling groove one side, adopt above-mentioned two pumps and crystal seed and high density caustic alkali are sent into the salt discharge system by pipeline in high density caustic tank one side.
The present invention compared with prior art, have that can to make the salt crystallization be thicker sedimentation of particle and the good anhydrous carbonate of strainability, thereby improved the salt discharge effect greatly, and can reduce the liquid holdup of salt filter cake and the concentration of carbonate in the salt discharge solution is reduced to 6% with inferior advantage.
Description of drawings:
Accompanying drawing 1 is flash distillation salt discharge synoptic diagram of the present invention;
Accompanying drawing 2 is pump circulation salt discharge synoptic diagram of the present invention.
Wherein, 1, flash drum 2, salt settling groove 3, high density caustic tank 4, salt crystal seed pump 5, lye pump 6, crystallisation chamber 7, heating chamber
Embodiment:
Embodiments of the invention: existing aborning salt settling groove (2) one sides are set up a salt crystal seed pump (4) and are set up a lye pump (5) in high density caustic tank (3) one sides, adopt above-mentioned two pumps and crystal seed and high density caustic alkali are sent into flash drum (1) or send in the crystallisation chamber (6) or heating chamber (7) of pump feed evaporator by pipeline, the salt that crystallization is separated out is most to be sedimentation and the good anhydrous sodium carbonate of strainability; In pump circulation and flash vaporization process, causticity Na in the solution
2O
kConcentration do not reach salt discharge when requiring, add an amount of high density caustic alkali, make caustic alkali (Na in the solution
2O
k) concentration reaches more than the 320g/l, makes after the salt discharge that the salt equilibrium concentration drops to below 6% in the solution.