Continuous production method of crystalline ferric chloride
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of compound crystallization, in particular to a continuous production method of crystalline ferric chloride.
Background
Ferric chloride (ferric chloride),chemical formula (II)FeCl 3. Is a covalent compound. It is black brown crystal, has flake shape, melting point of 306 deg.C, boiling point of 315 deg.C, is easily soluble in water, and has strong effectWater absorptionIt can absorb moisture in air to deliquesce. Six FeCl3 are taken out from the aqueous solutionCrystal waterFor FeCl3 · 6H2O, ferric chloride hexahydrate is an orange-yellow crystal. Ferric chloride is of great importanceIron salts。
At present, the industrial production of solid ferric chloride in China is divided into anhydrous ferric chloride and ferric chloride hexahydrate, and the anhydrous ferric chloride is inconvenient to use due to caking in a product and large heat release of solution caused by the problems of a production process. The ferric chloride hexahydrate produced by the hanging bag centrifuge has low production quantity and high production cost due to the indirect nature of cooling crystallization and centrifugal separation operation, and influences the scale of industrial production and the popularization of the market.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the problem of low production in the existing intermittent production process of crystallized ferric chloride, and provides a production method for continuously cooling, crystallizing and continuously centrifuging a ferric chloride concentrated solution.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a continuous production method of crystalline ferric chloride, which comprises the following steps:
(1) concentrating the low-concentration ferric chloride into ferric chloride concentrated solution with concentration not lower than 55% in an evaporation system, and continuously evaporating and discharging;
(2) continuously cooling the ferric chloride concentrated solution to 35-45 ℃ through a cooler;
(3) continuously transferring the concentrated solution obtained in the step (2) into a first-stage crystallization kettle and continuously cooling to 25-35 ℃;
(4) during initial production, adding seed crystals into the concentrated solution obtained in the step (3) according to the proportion of 5-10 kg of crystalline ferric chloride seed crystals per cubic meter, and obtaining a concentrated solution with the crystal proportion of 3-10% in a first-stage crystallization kettle;
(5) continuously and stably transferring the concentrated solution obtained in the step (4) into a second-stage crystallization kettle, and continuously cooling to obtain a concentrated solution with a crystal proportion of 10-25% in the second-stage crystallization kettle;
(6) continuously and stably transferring the concentrated solution obtained in the step (5) into a third-stage crystallization kettle, and continuously cooling to obtain a concentrated solution with a crystal proportion of 25-50% in the third-stage crystallization kettle;
(7) and (4) continuously transferring the concentrated solution obtained in the step (6) into an automatic centrifuge for continuous centrifugal separation to obtain a crystallized ferric chloride product.
Preferably, in the step (1), the medium-low concentration ferric chloride is concentrated into 55-65% ferric chloride concentrated solution in an evaporation system.
Preferably, the step (2) comprises continuously cooling the ferric chloride concentrated solution to 35-45 ℃ by a graphite heat exchanger taking cooling inlet water as a cold medium and not higher than 20 ℃.
Preferably, in the step (3), the concentrated solution is continuously transferred to a first-stage crystallization kettle and is continuously cooled to 25-35 ℃, and the first crystallization kettle is an enamel kettle with jacket cooling water.
Preferably, in the step (5), the concentrated solution obtained in the step (4) is continuously and stably transferred to a second-stage crystallization kettle by a pump and is continuously cooled, the discharging speed of the first-stage crystallization kettle is equivalent to the feeding speed, and the concentrated solution with the crystal proportion of 10-25% is obtained in the second-stage crystallization kettle.
Preferably, in the step (6), the concentrated solution obtained in the step (5) is continuously and stably transferred to a third-stage crystallization kettle by a pump and is continuously cooled, the discharging speed of the second-stage crystallization kettle is equivalent to the feeding speed, and the concentrated solution with the crystal proportion of 25-50% is obtained in the third-stage crystallization kettle.
The continuous production method has the advantages of simple operation mode, stable production process and stable product quality, is suitable for large-batch industrial production, and can obviously improve the productivity of the crystallized ferric chloride.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to specific embodiments.
Example 1
1. And (3) feeding 29% ferric chloride into an evaporation system at the speed of 2t/h for concentration, and discharging when the concentration reaches 58% with the discharging speed of 1 t/h.
2. The evaporated concentrated solution is cooled by a graphite heat exchanger, the cooling water is fed into the graphite heat exchanger for 20 ℃, and the concentrated solution is discharged for 35 ℃.
3. And (3) opening the jacket of the first-stage crystallization kettle, introducing the concentrated solution passing through the graphite heat exchanger into the first-stage crystallization kettle, and continuously cooling to 26 ℃.
4. Adding crystalline ferric chloride seed crystals into the first-stage crystallization kettle in batches, wherein 5kg of crystalline ferric chloride seed crystals are added into each cubic meter of the first-stage crystallization kettle, and the crystallization proportion accounts for 10% of the total amount of the concentrated solution when the crystallization kettle is nearly full.
5. And (3) continuously cooling and crystallizing the material transferred from the first-stage crystallization kettle to the second-stage crystallization kettle, wherein the cooling water is introduced at 20 ℃, and the crystal reaches 25% of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
6. And (4) continuously cooling and crystallizing the material transferred from the second-stage crystallization kettle to the third-stage crystallization kettle, cooling and feeding water to 20 ℃, wherein the crystal amount reaches 45% of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
7. And (3) transferring the concentrated solution with the crystal amount reaching 45% into an automatic centrifuge by using a pump for centrifugal separation to produce a granular crystalline ferric chloride product, wherein the ferric chloride content is 59.5%, and the yield is 0.45 t/h.
Example 2
1. And (3) feeding 30% ferric chloride into an evaporation system at a speed of 4t/h for concentration, and discharging when the concentration reaches 60% at a discharge speed of 2 t/h.
2. The evaporated concentrated solution is cooled by a graphite heat exchanger, the cooling water is fed into the graphite heat exchanger for 20 ℃, and the concentrated solution is discharged for 38 ℃.
3. And (3) opening the jacket of the first-stage crystallization kettle, allowing the concentrated solution passing through the graphite heat exchanger to enter the first-stage crystallization kettle, and continuously cooling to 30 ℃.
4. Adding 8kg of crystallized ferric chloride crystals into the first-stage crystallization kettle in batches, wherein when the crystallization kettle is close to the full kettle, the crystallization proportion accounts for 8% of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
5. And (3) continuously cooling and crystallizing the material transferred from the first-stage crystallization kettle to the second-stage crystallization kettle, cooling and feeding water to 20 ℃, wherein the crystal amount reaches 20% of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
6. And (4) continuing cooling and crystallizing the material transferred from the second-stage crystallization kettle to the third-stage crystallization kettle, cooling and feeding water to 20 ℃, wherein the crystal amount reaches 40% of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
7. And (3) transferring the concentrated solution with the crystal amount of 40% into an automatic centrifuge by using a pump for centrifugal separation to produce a granular crystalline ferric chloride product, wherein the ferric chloride content is 59.2%, and the yield is 0.8 t/h.
Example 3
1. And (3) feeding 30% ferric chloride into an evaporation system at the speed of 6t/h for concentration, and discharging when the concentration reaches 64% at the discharging speed of 2.8 t/h.
2. The evaporated concentrated solution is cooled by a graphite heat exchanger, the cooling water is fed into the graphite heat exchanger for 20 ℃, and the concentrated solution is discharged for 45 ℃.
3. And (3) opening the jacket of the first-stage crystallization kettle, allowing the concentrated solution passing through the graphite heat exchanger to enter the first-stage crystallization kettle, and continuously cooling to 35 ℃.
4. Adding crystalline ferric chloride seed crystals into the first-stage crystallization kettle in batches, wherein 10kg of crystalline ferric chloride seed crystals are added into each cubic meter of the first-stage crystallization kettle, and the crystallization proportion accounts for 8 percent of the total amount of the concentrated solution when the crystallization kettle is nearly full.
5. And (3) continuously cooling and crystallizing the material transferred from the first-stage crystallization kettle to the second-stage crystallization kettle, wherein the cooling water is introduced at 20 ℃, and the crystal reaches 18 percent of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
6. And (4) continuing cooling and crystallizing the material transferred from the second-stage crystallization kettle to the third-stage crystallization kettle, cooling and feeding water to 20 ℃, wherein the crystal reaches 35% of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
7. And (3) transferring the concentrated solution with the crystal amount of 35% into an automatic centrifuge by using a pump for centrifugal separation to produce granular crystalline ferric chloride products, wherein the ferric chloride content is 63.5%, and the yield is 0.95 t/h.
Example 4
1. And (3) feeding 32% ferric chloride into an evaporation system at the speed of 6t/h for concentration, and discharging when the concentration reaches 60% at the discharging speed of 3.2 t/h.
2. The evaporated concentrated solution is cooled by a graphite heat exchanger, the cooling water is fed into the graphite heat exchanger for 18 ℃, and the concentrated solution is discharged for 40 ℃.
3. And (3) opening the jacket of the first-stage crystallization kettle, introducing the concentrated solution passing through the graphite heat exchanger into the first-stage crystallization kettle, and continuously cooling to 32 ℃.
4. Adding crystalline ferric chloride seed crystals into the first-stage crystallization kettle in batches, wherein 5kg of crystalline ferric chloride seed crystals are added into each cubic meter of the first-stage crystallization kettle, and the crystallization proportion accounts for 3% of the total amount of the concentrated solution when the crystallization kettle is nearly full.
5. And (3) continuously cooling and crystallizing the material transferred from the first-stage crystallization kettle to the second-stage crystallization kettle, wherein the cooling water is fed at 18 ℃, and the crystal reaches 10% of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
6. And (4) continuing cooling and crystallizing the material transferred from the second-stage crystallization kettle to the third-stage crystallization kettle, wherein the cooling water is fed into the second-stage crystallization kettle for 18 ℃, and the crystal reaches 25 percent of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
7. And (3) transferring the concentrated solution with the crystal amount of 25% into an automatic centrifuge by using a pump for centrifugal separation to produce granular crystalline ferric chloride products, wherein the ferric chloride content is 60.1%, and the yield is 0.7 t/h.
Example 5
1. And (3) feeding 32% ferric chloride into an evaporation system at the speed of 8t/h for concentration, and discharging when the concentration reaches 56% at the discharge speed of 4.6 t/h.
2. The evaporated concentrated solution is cooled by a graphite heat exchanger, the cooling water is fed into the graphite heat exchanger for 12 ℃, and the concentrated solution is discharged for 35 ℃.
3. And (3) opening the jacket of the first-stage crystallization kettle, allowing the concentrated solution passing through the graphite heat exchanger to enter the first-stage crystallization kettle, and continuously cooling to 25 ℃.
4. Adding crystalline ferric chloride seed crystals into the first-stage crystallization kettle in batches, wherein 10kg of crystalline ferric chloride seed crystals are added into each cubic meter of the first-stage crystallization kettle, and the crystallization proportion accounts for 10% of the total amount of the concentrated solution when the crystallization kettle is nearly full.
5. And (3) continuously cooling and crystallizing the material transferred from the first-stage crystallization kettle to the second-stage crystallization kettle, wherein the cooling water inlet temperature is 12 ℃, and the crystal amount reaches 25% of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
6. And (4) continuing cooling and crystallizing the material transferred from the second-stage crystallization kettle to the third-stage crystallization kettle, wherein the cooling water is fed into the second-stage crystallization kettle for 12 ℃, and the crystal reaches 50% of the total amount of the concentrated solution.
7. And (3) transferring the concentrated solution with the crystal amount of 50% into an automatic centrifuge by using a pump for centrifugal separation to produce a granular crystalline ferric chloride product, wherein the ferric chloride content is 59.1%, and the yield is 2.1 t/h.
While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.