Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention is, this problem of independent smelting process for not being suitable at present the natural copper mine that copper exists with the elemental metals form provides a kind of smelting process that is suitable for this type of natural copper mine.
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention realizes by following proposal: a kind of smelting process of natural copper mine is provided, and the method may further comprise the steps:
(1) batching: copper ore concentrates, iron slag, lime and flue dust are fully pulverized and are mixed, and obtain initial material, and wherein the parts by weight of copper ore concentrates, iron slag, lime and flue dust are respectively 95~105,35~45,1~5 and 0~10;
(2) granulate: with described initial material granulation;
(3) high temperature reduction melting: after described particle dehydrated, abundant melting and natural separation obtained flue gas, thick slag and first part's blister copper under the reducing atmosphere;
(4) insulation clarification: will described thick slag after 7~8h is clarified in 1150~1250 ℃ of insulations, obtain slag, matte and second section blister copper through natural separation, the first part's blister copper that then described second section blister copper and step (3) is made merges and obtains total blister copper;
(5) further retailoring: after described total blister copper fusing, the ventilation oxidation also adds the silica slag making, makes cupric oxide and surplus slag; Add reductive agent after separating described surplus slag, described cupric oxide makes anode copper through abundant melting; Wherein, described reductive agent is preferably the combination of at least a and charcoal of pine tree or diesel oil;
(6) electrolytic refining: take described anode copper as anode, electrolytic copper foil is negative electrode, fully electrolysis makes electrolytic copper in acid electrolyte.
In the smelting process of above-mentioned natural copper mine, described method also comprises collects the described flue gas that produces in the described step (3), and described flue gas is through precipitating the flue dust that obtains in the described initial material.
In the smelting process of above-mentioned natural copper mine, the parts by weight of copper ore concentrates, iron slag, lime and flue dust are respectively 98~102,38~42,2~4 and 0~8 in the described initial material.
In the smelting process of above-mentioned natural copper mine, in described step (2), described particle is spheroidal particle, and the diameter of described spheroidal particle is 30~45mm.
In the smelting process of above-mentioned natural copper mine, in described step (3), described abundant melting refers at 1300~1400 ℃ of lower melting 2.5~3.5h.
In the smelting process of above-mentioned natural copper mine, in described step (5), described abundant melting refers at 1300~1400 ℃ of lower melting 19~20h.
In the smelting process of above-mentioned natural copper mine, in described step (6), it is that 58~65 ℃, voltage are that 0.2~0.3V, current density are 200~240A/m that described abundant electrolysis refers in temperature
2Lower electrolysis; Cupric concentration in the described acid electrolyte is that 40~45g/L, sulfuric acid concentration are 150~200g/L.
In the smelting process of above-mentioned natural copper mine, the natural separation of described flue gas, thick slag and first part's blister copper is to realize by the difference of specific gravity between them in the high temperature reduction fusion process, and wherein first part's blister copper is deposited on the bottom.
In the smelting process of above-mentioned natural copper mine, the natural separation of described slag, matte and second section blister copper is to realize by the difference of specific gravity between them in the insulation clarifying process, and wherein the second section blister copper is deposited on the bottom.
Implement the smelting process of natural copper mine of the present invention, can obtain following beneficial effect: ferrosilicon ratio is greater than 15 in the copper ore concentrates, and the iron slag that adds suitable proportion during batching (comprises Fe
2O
3, Fe
3O
4With FeS etc.), can regulate the ferrosilicon ratio in the initial material, satisfy the slag making needs in the high temperature reduction fusion process; Simultaneously in the high temperature reduction fusion process, the incomplete combustion of the coke by q.s keeps strongly reducing atmosphere, so that the Fe in the thick slag that produces during melting
3O
4Be reduced to FeO fully, and and SiO
2Slag making realizes separating, and guarantees that the rate of recovery of blister copper is not less than 96.5%; Adopt the technique of high temperature reduction melting, thick slag insulation clarification, total further retailoring of blister copper and anode copper electrorefining to make to contain copper grade to be not less than 99.95% electrolytic copper, comprehensive recovery is not less than 96%.High and the final electrolytic copper quality of metal of the present invention (total blister copper, anode copper and the electrolytic copper) rate of recovery is good, and technical process is simple, the production run cost is low, and because SO in present method
2Discharging little, environmental pollution is little.
Embodiment
The natural copper mine that adopts among the present invention is the special copper ore concentrates that copper exists with elemental metals copper form, and the iron that wherein comprises and the content of sulphur are also very low, and ferrosilicon ratio is greater than 15.The concrete composition of such copper ore concentrates and mass percent separately are: Cu 28-30%, Fe 2%, S 1%, SiO
234%, CaO 6.5%, Al
2O
35.5%, MgO 1%, H
2O 13% etc.Therefore, in the smelting process of copper mine, in order to satisfy the slag making needs, usually allocate the iron slag of suitable proportion in the copper ore concentrates into, so that the slag type that the slag making reaction is carried out smoothly and obtained wishing in the smelting process.Here used iron slag is the product behind the sulfurous iron ore process fluidized bed roasting, and in the strong oxidizing atmosphere of fluidized bed roasting, the Fe element in the iron slag is Fe substantially
2O
3And Fe
3O
4State; In the incomplete situation of roasting, there is a small amount of FeS.Here said " the slag type of hope " refers to that the slag type is controlled to be SiO
240-42%, Fe 24-25%, CaO 9-11%.
Below by specific embodiment, the present invention is described in further details, it should be understood that and use the purpose of following examples to be more fully to explain and open the present invention, and the scope that does not limit the present invention in any way.
Embodiment 1:
The flue dust that by rotary conveyor parts by weight is respectively 100,40,3 and 7 copper ore concentrates, iron slag, lime and outsourcing is transported to respectively in the mixing pan, mixes after fully pulverizing, and obtains initial material; Should change in the apparatus for making pearl ball by initial material, each material is bonded together equably, make the spheroidal particle that diameter is 35mm; By rotary conveyor spheroidal particle is transported in the smelting furnace, after dehydrating, carbonate in the spheroidal particle, sulphate decomposition, further, in the high-temperature zone of smelting furnace at 1350 ℃, because the various material meltings of the incomplete combustion spheroidal particle of coke also are reduced, obtain respectively flue gas behind the melting 3h, comprise thick slag and first part's blister copper of part copper; Adopt dust arrester installation to collect flue gas, flue gas is back to the flue dust that obtains in the batch bin through fully obtaining flue dust after the precipitation, uses when preparing burden next time; Thick slag is changed in the electrothermal front bed, behind 1200 ℃ of insulation clarification 8h, obtain slag, matte and second section blister copper through the gravity natural separation, discharge slag from top slag blanket relief outlet, obtain the second section blister copper from row's copper mouth of bottom, then the first part's blister copper that makes in the smelting furnace and the second section blister copper that makes merging are obtained total blister copper herein; By charging machine described total blister copper is changed over to reverberatory furnace, 1350 ℃ of lower fusings, the ventilation oxidation obtains cupric oxide, add the silica slag making and manually will remain slag and from reverberatory furnace, claw, the surplus slag of realization separates with cupric oxide, then add the abundant reductive copper oxide of pine tree and charcoal, behind reverberatory smelting 20h, obtain anode copper; Described anode copper is changed in the electrolyzer, take described anode copper as anode, electrolytic copper foil is negative electrode, fully electrolysis makes electrolytic copper in the acid electrolyte of sulfur acid copper, and wherein each parameter setting of electrolyzer is as follows: temperature 60 C, bath voltage 0.2V, current density 220A/m
2, sulfuric acid concentration 180g/L among the electrolytic solution cupric concentration 42g/L, electrolytic solution; Among the embodiment in 1 prepared blister copper, anode copper and electrolytic copper contain copper grade and be respectively 92%, 98.8% and 99.96%.
Adopt the smelting process among the embodiment 1, further the purpose of the thick slag of insulation clarification is after the high temperature reduction melting, realize the separation of the copper of the part that comprises in the thick slag, and then improve on the one hand the rate of recovery of blister copper, make on the other hand the requirement that copper grade satisfies discharging that contains in the thick slag.Wherein, the weight percent that makes matte, blister copper after the insulation clarification and contain the very low slag of copper grade is respectively 14%, 6% and 80%.
Among the embodiment 1, the thick slag and the slag in the electrothermal front bed that obtain in the smelting furnace all are preferably three component system slag FeOSiO
2CaO, its concrete forming process relates generally to following reaction:
3Fe
2O
3+CO=2Fe
3O
4+CO
2
FeS+16Fe
2O
3=11Fe
3O
4+2SO
2
Fe
3O
4+CO=3FeO+CO
2
2FeO+SiO+CaO=2FeO·SiO
2·CaO
In electrothermal front bed, blister copper, matte (are respectively 8.6g/cm from slag because the proportion of self is different
3, 5.5g/cm
3And 3.7g/cm
3) and realize natural separation, wherein, slag is discharged from top slag blanket relief outlet; Blister copper sinks to the bottom, and discharges from row's copper mouth.Here need to prove Fe
3O
4Be magnetic oxide, if amount of coke is not enough in the fusion process, the reducing atmosphere that its incomplete combustion produces is inadequate, the Fe that produces in the smelting furnace
3O
4In electrothermal front bed, may enter matte, the viscosity of matte is increased.During the insulation clarification, after the blister copper fusing, when passing matte in the process bottom it is being deposited into, blister copper may be mixed in the matte, causes the rate of recovery of blister copper to reduce.Therefore, among the present invention, in order to guarantee the rate of recovery of blister copper, in smelting furnace, by the amount of control coke, guarantee the content of C in the furnace gas by its incomplete combustion, thereby keep the strongly reducing atmosphere in the smelting furnace, to guarantee Fe
3O
4Can be reduced to FeO fully, then with SiO
2Slag making and effective separation.
Among the embodiment 1, adopt dust arrester installation to collect the flue gas that produces in the smelting furnace, flue gas is through obtaining the material identical with flue dust composition in the initial material after the abundant precipitation, also be in the smelting furnace flue gas through collection with precipitation after the flue dust that obtains can when batching next time, recycle, wherein the composition of flue dust and content separately are Cu 8-15%, Fe16-20%, S 2-3%, SiO
226-30%, CaO 4-6%, Al
2O
37-8%, MgO 1%.Particularly, when using method of the present invention to smelt copper mine first, the flue dust in the initial material is the outsourcing flue dust, and the content that composition reaches separately satisfies above-mentioned requirements; Subsequently in the situation that the flue dust output is arranged, during batching in described ratio add an amount of, adopt flue gas that above-mentioned dust arrester installation the collects flue dust through obtaining after the abundant precipitation, to guarantee the comprehensive recovery of whole fusion process.Certainly, when using method of the present invention to smelt copper mine first, also can not add flue dust in the initial material, only need suitably to improve the add-on of copper ore concentrates, to guarantee that the stove material contains copper grade; This will further specify by following examples.
Embodiment 2:
By rotary conveyor parts by weight are respectively 102,40 and 2 copper ore concentrates, iron slag and lime and are transported to respectively in the mixing pan, mix after fully pulverizing, obtain initial material; Should change in the apparatus for making pearl ball by initial material, each material is bonded together equably, make the spheroidal particle that diameter is 38mm; By rotary conveyor spheroidal particle is transported in the smelting furnace, after dehydrating, carbonate in the spheroidal particle, sulphate decomposition, further, in the high-temperature zone of smelting furnace at 1300 ℃, because the various material meltings of the incomplete combustion spheroidal particle of coke also are reduced, obtain respectively flue gas behind the melting 3.5h, comprise thick slag and first part's blister copper of part copper; Adopt dust arrester installation to collect flue gas, flue gas is back to the flue dust that obtains in the batch bin through fully obtaining flue dust after the precipitation, uses when preparing burden next time; Thick slag is changed in the electrothermal front bed, behind 1150 ℃ of insulation clarification 7h, obtain slag, matte and second section blister copper through the gravity natural separation, discharge slag from top slag blanket relief outlet, obtain the second section blister copper from row's copper mouth of bottom, then the first part's blister copper that makes in the smelting furnace and the second section blister copper that makes merging are obtained total blister copper herein; By charging machine described total blister copper is changed over to reverberatory furnace, 1350 ℃ of lower fusings, the ventilation oxidation obtains cupric oxide, add the silica slag making and manually will remain slag and from reverberatory furnace, claw, the surplus slag of realization separates with cupric oxide, then add the abundant reductive copper oxide of pine tree and charcoal, behind reverberatory smelting 19h, obtain anode copper; Described anode copper is changed in the electrolyzer, take described anode copper as anode, electrolytic copper foil is negative electrode, fully electrolysis makes electrolytic copper in the acid electrolyte of sulfur acid copper, and wherein each parameter setting of electrolyzer is as follows: 58 ℃ of temperature, bath voltage 0.25V, current density 220A/m
2, sulfuric acid concentration 170g/L among the electrolytic solution cupric concentration 45g/L, electrolytic solution; Among the embodiment in 2 prepared blister copper, anode copper and electrolytic copper contain copper grade and be respectively 93%, 98.5% and 99.95%.
Embodiment 3:
The flue dust that by rotary conveyor parts by weight is respectively 100,38,4 and 6 copper ore concentrates, iron slag, lime and outsourcing is transported to respectively in the mixing pan, mixes after fully pulverizing, and obtains initial material; Should change in the apparatus for making pearl ball by initial material, each material is bonded together equably, make the spheroidal particle that diameter is 45mm; By rotary conveyor spheroidal particle is transported in the smelting furnace, after dehydrating, carbonate in the spheroidal particle, sulphate decomposition, further, in the high-temperature zone of smelting furnace at 1300 ℃, because the various material meltings of the incomplete combustion spheroidal particle of coke also are reduced, obtain respectively flue gas, thick slag and first part's blister copper behind the melting 2.5h; Thick slag is changed in the electrothermal front bed, behind 1150 ℃ of insulation clarification 7.5h, be met slag, matte and the second section blister copper of emission request through natural separation, discharge slag from top slag blanket relief outlet, obtain the second section blister copper from row's copper mouth of bottom, then the first blister copper that makes in the smelting furnace and the second section blister copper that makes merging are obtained total blister copper herein; By charging machine described total blister copper is changed over to reverberatory furnace, 1400 ℃ of lower fusings, the ventilation oxidation obtains cupric oxide, add the silica slag making and manually will remain slag and from reverberatory furnace, claw, the surplus slag of realization separates with cupric oxide, then add the abundant reductive copper oxide of diesel oil and charcoal, behind reverberatory smelting 19h, obtain anode copper; Described anode copper is changed in the electrolyzer, take described anode copper as anode, electrolytic copper foil is negative electrode, fully electrolysis makes electrolytic copper in the acid electrolyte of sulfur acid copper, and wherein each parameter setting of electrolyzer is as follows: 58 ℃ of temperature, bath voltage 0.25V, current density 240A/m
2, sulfuric acid concentration 200g/L among the electrolytic solution cupric concentration 40g/L, electrolytic solution; Among the embodiment in 3 prepared blister copper, anode copper and electrolytic copper contain copper grade and be respectively 90%, 98.5% and 99.95%.
Embodiment 4:
By rotary conveyor parts by weight are respectively the flue dust that obtains in the dust arrester installation among 98,42,4 and 8 copper ore concentrates, iron slag, lime and the embodiment 1 and are transported to respectively in the mixing pan, mix after fully pulverizing, obtain initial material; Should change in the apparatus for making pearl ball by initial material, each material is bonded together equably, make the spheroidal particle that diameter is 30mm; By rotary conveyor spheroidal particle is transported in the smelting furnace, after dehydrating, carbonate in the spheroidal particle, sulphate decomposition, further, in the high-temperature zone of smelting furnace at 1400 ℃, because the various material meltings of the incomplete combustion spheroidal particle of coke also are reduced, obtain respectively flue gas, thick slag and first part's blister copper behind the melting 3.5h; Adopt dust arrester installation to collect flue gas, flue gas is back to the flue dust that obtains in the batch bin through fully obtaining flue dust after the precipitation, uses when preparing burden next time; Thick slag is changed in the electrothermal front bed, behind 1250 ℃ of insulation clarification 7h, be met slag, matte and the second section blister copper of emission request through natural separation, discharge slag from top slag blanket relief outlet, obtain the second section blister copper from row's copper mouth of bottom, then the first part's blister copper that makes in the smelting furnace and the second section blister copper that makes merging are obtained total blister copper herein; By charging machine described total blister copper is changed over to reverberatory furnace, 1300 ℃ of lower fusings, the ventilation oxidation obtains cupric oxide, add the silica slag making and manually will remain slag and from reverberatory furnace, claw, the surplus slag of realization separates with cupric oxide, then add the abundant reductive copper oxide of diesel oil, pine tree and charcoal, behind reverberatory smelting 19.5h, obtain anode copper; Described anode copper is changed in the electrolyzer, take described anode copper as anode, electrolytic copper foil is negative electrode, fully electrolysis makes electrolytic copper in the acid electrolyte of sulfur acid copper, and wherein each parameter setting of electrolyzer is as follows: 65 ℃ of temperature, bath voltage 0.3V, current density 200A/m
2, sulfuric acid concentration 150g/L among the electrolytic solution cupric concentration 45g/L, electrolytic solution; Among the embodiment in 4 prepared blister copper, anode copper and electrolytic copper contain copper grade and be respectively 94%, 98.6% and 99.95%.
Embodiment 5:
By rotary conveyor parts by weight are respectively 105,35 and 5 copper ore concentrates, iron slag and lime and are transported to respectively in the mixing pan, mix after fully pulverizing, obtain initial material; Should change in the apparatus for making pearl ball by initial material, each material is bonded together equably, make the spheroidal particle that diameter is 40mm; By rotary conveyor spheroidal particle is transported in the smelting furnace, after dehydrating, carbonate in the spheroidal particle, sulphate decomposition, further, in the high-temperature zone of smelting furnace at 1350 ℃, because the various material meltings of the incomplete combustion spheroidal particle of coke also are reduced, obtain respectively flue gas, thick slag and first part's blister copper behind the melting 3h; Adopt dust arrester installation to collect flue gas, flue gas is back to the flue dust that obtains in the batch bin through fully obtaining flue dust after the precipitation, uses when preparing burden next time; Thick slag is changed in the electrothermal front bed, behind 1250 ℃ of insulation clarification 8h, be met slag, matte and the second section blister copper of emission request through natural separation, discharge slag from top slag blanket relief outlet, obtain the second section blister copper from row's copper mouth of bottom, then the first part's blister copper that makes in the smelting furnace and the second section blister copper that makes merging are obtained total blister copper herein; By charging machine described total blister copper is changed over to reverberatory furnace, 1300 ℃ of lower fusings, the ventilation oxidation obtains cupric oxide, add the silica slag making and manually will remain slag and from reverberatory furnace, claw, the surplus slag of realization separates with cupric oxide, then add the abundant reductive copper oxide of diesel oil, pine tree and charcoal, behind reverberatory smelting 20h, obtain anode copper; Described anode copper is changed in the electrolyzer, take described anode copper as anode, electrolytic copper foil is negative electrode, fully electrolysis makes electrolytic copper in the acid electrolyte of sulfur acid copper, and wherein each parameter setting of electrolyzer is as follows: 58 ℃ of temperature, bath voltage 0.25V, current density 240A/m
2, sulfuric acid concentration 180g/L among the electrolytic solution cupric concentration 42g/L, electrolytic solution; Among the embodiment in 5 prepared blister copper, anode copper and electrolytic copper contain copper grade and be respectively 90%, 98.5% and 99.95%.
Embodiment 6:
By rotary conveyor parts by weight are respectively the flue dust that obtains in the dust arrester installation among 95,45,1 and 10 copper ore concentrates, iron slag, lime and the embodiment 1 and are transported to respectively in the mixing pan, mix after fully pulverizing, obtain initial material; Should change in the apparatus for making pearl ball by initial material, each material is bonded together equably, make the spheroidal particle that diameter is 35mm; By rotary conveyor spheroidal particle is transported in the smelting furnace, after dehydrating, carbonate in the spheroidal particle, sulphate decomposition, further, in the high-temperature zone of smelting furnace at 1400 ℃, because the various material meltings of the incomplete combustion spheroidal particle of coke also are reduced, obtain respectively flue gas, thick slag and first part's blister copper behind the melting 3h; Adopt dust arrester installation to collect flue gas, flue gas is back to the flue dust that obtains in the batch bin through fully obtaining flue dust after the precipitation, uses when preparing burden next time; Thick slag is changed in the electrothermal front bed, behind 1250 ℃ of insulation clarification 7.5h, be met slag, matte and the second section blister copper of emission request through natural separation, discharge slag from top slag blanket relief outlet, obtain the second section blister copper from row's copper mouth of bottom, then the first part's blister copper that makes in the smelting furnace and the second section blister copper that makes merging are obtained total blister copper herein; By charging machine described total blister copper is changed over to reverberatory furnace, 1350 ℃ of lower fusings, the ventilation oxidation obtains cupric oxide, add the silica slag making and manually will remain slag and from reverberatory furnace, claw, the surplus slag of realization separates with cupric oxide, then add the abundant reductive copper oxide of diesel oil, pine tree and charcoal, behind reverberatory smelting 19h, obtain anode copper; Described anode copper is changed in the electrolyzer, take described anode copper as anode, electrolytic copper foil is negative electrode, fully electrolysis makes electrolytic copper in the acid electrolyte of sulfur acid copper, and wherein each parameter setting of electrolyzer is as follows: temperature 60 C, bath voltage 0.2V, current density 210A/m
2, sulfuric acid concentration 180g/L among the electrolytic solution cupric concentration 42g/L, electrolytic solution; Among the embodiment in 6 prepared blister copper, anode copper and electrolytic copper contain copper grade and be respectively 92%, 98.6% and 99.95%.