Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a regeneration method for extracting copper from copper-containing etching waste liquid of ferric trichloride, which adopts an iron powder reduction-membrane electrolysis combined process, uses an advanced anode box, optimizes an anolyte circulation mode, improves mass transfer efficiency, obtains a copper plate and a regenerated etching liquid product which have high purity and are easy to strip, and greatly reduces the cost for extracting copper from the copper-containing etching liquid of ferric trichloride; the defects that the existing etching waste liquid treatment cost is high, the electrolysis energy consumption is high, the purity of the recovered copper is low, the treatment is difficult and the like are overcome.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
s010, transferring the etching waste liquid into a stirring reduction cylinder, adding iron powder and mechanically stirring, and adding Fe 3+ Reduction to Fe 2+ The ion equation for the major reactions is as follows:
2Fe 3+ +Fe=3Fe 2+
wherein the amount of the added iron powder is determined according to the Fe content in the etching waste liquid 3+ In a molar ratio of n (Fe) 3+ ): n (Fe) = (2-3): 1
Wherein a high-copper ferrous chloride solution is obtained after the reaction is finished, and the solution components are controlled as follows: cu 2+ %2-6%,TFe%8-15%,Fe 3+ <1%;
S011, performing plate-and-frame filter pressing on the solution after the reaction in the S010 step to finish solid-liquid separation to obtain a high-copper ferrous chloride solution, and transferring the filtrate to the next step;
s012 is an electrolytic reaction system which comprises an electrolytic cell, an anode chamber, a cathode chamber, an anion membrane, a cathode plate, an anode plate and a rectification power supply system;
the catholyte is a mixed solution of the high-copper ferrous chloride and the low-copper ferrous chloride from the low-copper ferrous chloride tank in the step S011, and the reaction conditions are that the current density is 1.5-2.5ASD and the temperature is 20-50 ℃;
the cathode mainly reacts:
2HCl+2e-=H 2 ↑+2Cl-
CuCl 2 +2e-=Cu↓+2Cl-
Fe 3+ +e-=Fe 2+
and (4) electrodepositing a copper plate on the negative plate, and directly stripping the copper plate after the negative plate is taken out to obtain the product copper plate.
The anode chamber is an independent optimal anode box, the anion membranes are arranged on two sides of the anode box and are separated from the cathode chamber, the plating anode plate is arranged in the anode box, and the mass transfer rate of the anode liquid on the anode plate is greatly enhanced by adopting a mode of directly jetting the liquid into the anode plate and bubbling air at the bottom of the anode box.
The anolyte is a mixed solution of low-copper ferrous chloride and low-copper ferric trichloride from a tail gas absorption tower and a low-copper ferric trichloride tank. The main reaction of the anode chamber:
FeCl 2 -e-+Cl-=FeCl 3
2Cl - -2e-=Cl 2 ↑
s013 is a low-copper ferrous chloride groove, is connected with a feed inlet and a discharge outlet of a cathode chamber of the electrolytic cell through pipelines, a liquid phase circulating system is established, an ORP detector is arranged on a backflow pipeline, and an ORP is controlled through a backflow pipe: 300mv-500mv of Cu 2+ <1%;
S014 is a low copper ferric trichloride tank, which is connected with the feed inlet and the discharge outlet of the anode chamber of the electrolytic cell by a pipeline, a liquid phase circulating system is established, an ORP detector is also arranged on a backflow pipeline, and the backflow pipeline controls ORP: ORP800mv-1100mv 2+ <1%,TFe:8%-15%;
S015 is the tail gas absorption tower, and low copper ferrous chloride solution passes through the tail gas absorption tower earlier, absorbs a small amount of chlorine that the electrolysis trough produced and ferrous chloride is oxidized into ferric chloride simultaneously, and the absorption liquid is being sent to the electrolysis trough positive pole, and the tail gas both can discharge to reach standard and can reduce the electrolysis energy consumption, and the main reaction equation of emergence is as follows:
Cl 2 +2FeCl 2 =2FeCl 3
s016 is a mixing tank, the ferric trichloride solution with high ORP from the electrolysis anode is mixed with the original ferric trichloride etching waste liquid after physical filtration according to a certain proportion, and the regenerated etching liquid which is suitable for the requirement of an etching line is mixed and sent to an etching production line.
Wherein, the mixing ratio of the effluent of the anode chamber of the electrolytic cell and the filtered stock solution is as follows: volume ratio (3-10): 1, the standard of the regenerated etching solution is as follows: ORP:500-1000mv of Fe 2+ <1%,TFe:8%-14%,Cu 2+ <2%。
The invention provides a copper extraction regeneration method of ferric trichloride copper-containing etching waste liquid, compared with the prior art, the method has good environmental and economic benefits, and the advantages are as follows:
adding iron powder into the waste etching solution through pretreatment, and adding Fe in the waste etching solution in advance 3+ The content is reduced to a certain degree, and the requirement of reducing Fe electrically in the electrolytic process of the cathode chamber of the electrolytic cell 3+ The content of (2) reduces the whole energy consumption;
by adjusting the current density, copper is deposited on the negative plate to be a fine compact plate-shaped structure, the purity is high, and the copper can be directly sold after being stripped from the negative plate; the recovery process is convenient and fast, and the economic value is higher;
by improving the anode box, fe is accelerated 2+ The mass transfer rate in the solution reduces the chlorine gas generated by the chlorine evolution reaction of the side reaction, reduces the cell voltage and further reduces the electrolysis energy consumption.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, but the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the scope of the present invention.
Referring to the attached figures 1-2, the invention provides a method for extracting copper from a ferric trichloride copper-containing etching waste liquid and regenerating the copper, which comprises the following steps:
s010, transferring the etching waste liquid into a stirring reduction cylinder, adding iron powder and mechanically stirring, wherein the amount of the added iron powder is determined according to Fe in the etching waste liquid 3+ In a molar ratio of n (Fe) 3+ ): n (Fe) = (2-3): 1 is added in a proportion of;
s011, after the reaction is finished, filtering to obtain a high-copper ferrous chloride solution, wherein the solution components are controlled as follows: cu (copper) 2+ %2-6%,TFe%8-15%,Fe 3+ <1%;
And S012 is an electrolysis reaction system which comprises an electrolytic bath, an anode chamber, a cathode chamber, an anion membrane, a cathode plate, an anode plate and a rectification power supply system. The reaction conditions are that the current density is 1.5-2.5ASD and the temperature is 20-50 ℃;
wherein, the catholyte is the mixed solution of the high-copper ferrous chloride and the low-copper ferrous chloride from the step S011, and the liquid inlet mode of the catholyte is as follows: the high copper ferrous chloride pipeline and the low copper ferrous chloride tank cathode chamber pipeline are converged and then enter the cathode chamber, and the pipeline is provided with a flow meter and an adjusting valve.
The anode chamber is an independent preferred anode box, anion membranes are arranged on two sides of the anode box and are separated from the cathode chamber, and a plating anode plate is arranged in the anode box. The bottom of the anode box adopts a mode of directly facing the anode plate to inject liquid and bubbling air, so that the mass transfer rate of the anolyte on the anode plate is enhanced.
The inlet and outlet of the anode box is shown in fig. 2, which is marked as: a liquid outlet 10, an aeration port 11, a liquid inlet pipe 12, an air inlet groove 13, a liquid inlet 14 and an air inlet 15.
The anolyte is a mixed solution of low-copper ferrous chloride from a tail gas absorption tower and low-copper ferric trichloride from a low-copper ferric trichloride tank. The liquid inlet mode of the anode box is as follows: the pipeline from the absorption tower is converged with a pipeline from the low-copper ferric trichloride tank to the anode chamber and then enters the anode chamber, and a flowmeter and an adjusting valve are arranged on the pipeline.
S013 is a low-copper ferrous chloride groove, is connected with a feed inlet and a discharge outlet of a cathode chamber of the electrolytic cell through pipelines, a liquid phase circulating system is established, an ORP detector is arranged on a backflow pipeline, and an ORP is controlled through a backflow pipe: 300mv-500mv of Cu 2+ <1%;
S014 is a low copper ferric trichloride tank, which is connected with the feed inlet and the discharge outlet of the anode chamber of the electrolytic cell by a pipeline, a liquid phase circulating system is established, an ORP detector is also arranged on a backflow pipeline, and the backflow pipeline controls ORP: ORP800mv-1100mv 2+ <1%,TFe:8%-15%;
S015 is a tail gas absorption tower, the low-copper ferrous chloride solution passes through the tail gas absorption tower firstly, a small amount of chlorine generated by the electrolytic cell is absorbed, meanwhile, ferrous chloride is oxidized into ferric chloride, the absorption solution is sent to the anode of the electrolytic cell, and the tail gas can reach the standard and be discharged and the electrolysis energy consumption can be reduced;
s016 is a mixing tank, the ferric trichloride solution with high ORP from the electrolysis anode is mixed with the original ferric trichloride etching waste liquor after physical filtration according to a certain proportion, and the regenerated etching liquor which is suitable for the requirements of the etching line is mixed and sent to an etching production line;
wherein, the mixing ratio of the effluent of the anode chamber of the electrolytic cell and the filtered stock solution is as follows: volume ratio (3-10): 1, the standard of the regenerated etching solution is as follows: ORP:500-1000mv of Fe 2+ <1%,TFe:8%-14%,Cu 2+ <2%。
Example 1
The method is adopted to treat the ferric trichloride copper-containing etching waste liquid generated by a certain PCB enterprise, and the etching waste liquid contains 9.34 percent of acidity (calculated by HCl) and Cu 2+ :6.4%,TFe:7.44%,Fe 3+ :5.86 percent and the specific gravity of 1.297g/cm 3 (ii) a According to the method of the invention, the processing steps are as follows:
s010, adding iron powder into the etching waste liquid stock solution according to the Fe content in the etching waste liquid 3+ In a molar ratio n (Fe) 3+ ): n (Fe) = (2-3): adding iron powder at the ratio of 1 to react and stirring.
S011, filtering the filtrate by a plate frame filter press, and then entering the next step.
S012, controlling the current density of the electrolysis system to be 1.5ASD for electrolysis at 30 ℃. Copper ions are deposited on the negative plate to form a copper plate, and the copper plate is stripped to obtain an electrolytic copper plate, wherein the mass fraction of the electrolytic copper plate is 99.5%.
S013, a low-copper ferrous chloride groove is connected with a feed inlet and a discharge outlet of a cathode chamber of the electrolytic cell through pipelines, a liquid phase circulating system is established, an ORP detector is arranged on a backflow pipeline, and an ORP is controlled through a backflow pipe: 430mv, cu 2+ <1%。
S014, connecting a low-copper ferric trichloride tank with a feed inlet and a discharge outlet of an anode chamber of an electrolytic cell by a pipeline, establishing a liquid phase circulating system, and arranging an ORP detector on a return pipeline. The anode chamber is an independent preferred anode box, an anion membrane is arranged on two sides of the anode box and is separated from the cathode chamber, and a plating anode plate is arranged in the anode box. The bottom of the anode box adopts a mode of directly facing the anode plate to inject liquid and bubbling air, so that the mass transfer rate of the anolyte on the anode plate is greatly enhanced. The anolyte is a mixed solution of low-copper ferrous chloride and low-copper ferric chloride from a tail gas absorption tower, and an ORP (oxidation-reduction potential) control pipe of the anolyte is controlled to be 700mv.
S016, a mixing tank, wherein the ferric trichloride solution with high ORP from the electrolysis anode and the original ferric trichloride etching waste liquid after physical filtration are mixed according to the volume ratio of 8:1, mixing the raw materials in a ratio of 1, mixing the raw materials to obtain regenerated etching solution which meets the requirements of an etching line, and conveying the regenerated etching solution to an etching production line.
Thus, the copper-containing etching waste liquor of ferric trichloride in example 1 is treated to obtain a plate-shaped electrolytic copper product with the mass fraction of 99.5 percentFrets and ORP:564mv of Fe 3+ :9.52%,Fe 2+ :0.43%,Cu 2+ :1.56% regenerated ferric chloride etching liquid product.
Wherein, the energy consumption comparison under the treatment of the two methods is as follows:
processing method
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Anode
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Current Density/ASD
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Average voltage/V
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Copper/kg
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Power consumption/kw.h.t -1 |
Direct electrolysis
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Common anode box
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1.5
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3.18
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86.2
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7070.15
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The method of the invention
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Preferred anode box
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1.5
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2.21
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80.5
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4031.01 |
Compared with direct electrolysis, by adopting the method, the cell voltage is reduced from 3.18V to 2.21V, and the power consumption of each ton of copper is reduced from 7070.15kw.h to 4031.01kw.h.
Example 2
The method is adopted to treat the ferric trichloride copper-containing etching waste liquid generated by a certain PCB enterprise, and the etching waste liquid contains 2.38 percent of acidity (calculated by HCl) and Cu 2+ %6.19%、TFe%13.46%、Fe 3+ %5.15% gravity 1.564; according to the method of the invention, the processing steps are as follows:
s010, adding iron powder into the etching waste liquid stock solution according to the Fe content in the etching waste liquid 3+ In a molar ratio n (Fe) 3+ ): n (Fe) = (2-3): adding iron powder at the ratio of 1 to react and stirring.
And S011, performing plate and frame filter pressing, and then enabling the filtrate to enter the next step.
S012, controlling the current density of the electrolysis system to be 2.0ASD for electrolysis at the temperature of 40 ℃. Copper ions are deposited on the negative plate to form a copper plate, and the copper plate is stripped to obtain an electrolytic copper plate, wherein the mass fraction of the electrolytic copper plate is 99.6%.
S013, a low-copper ferrous chloride groove is connected with a feed inlet and a discharge outlet of a cathode chamber of the electrolytic cell through pipelines, a liquid phase circulating system is established, an ORP detector is arranged on a backflow pipeline, and an ORP is controlled through a backflow pipe: 350mv, cu 2+ <1%。
S014, connecting a low-copper ferric trichloride tank with a feed inlet and a discharge outlet of an anode chamber of an electrolytic cell by a pipeline, establishing a liquid phase circulating system, and arranging an ORP detector on a return pipeline. The anode chamber is an independent preferred anode box, anion membranes are arranged on two sides of the anode box and are separated from the cathode chamber, and a plating anode plate is arranged in the anode box. The bottom of the anode box adopts a mode of directly injecting liquid inlet to the anode plate and bubbling air, so that the mass transfer rate of the anolyte on the anode plate is greatly enhanced. The anolyte is a mixed solution of low-copper ferrous chloride and low-copper ferric chloride from a tail gas absorption tower, and an anolyte return pipe ORP is controlled to be 1000mv.
S016, a mixing tank, namely mixing the ferric trichloride solution with high ORP from the electrolysis anode with the physically filtered ferric trichloride etching waste liquid according to a volume ratio of 4:1, mixing the raw materials in a ratio of 1, mixing the raw materials to obtain regenerated etching solution which meets the requirements of an etching line, and conveying the regenerated etching solution to an etching production line.
Thus, the ferric trichloride copper-containing etching waste liquid obtained in example 2 is treated by the method to obtain a plate-shaped copper product with the mass fraction of 99.6%, and the obtained parameter is Fe 3+ %:13.23%,Fe 2+ %:1.03%,Cu 2+ Percent: 1.32% regenerated ferric chloride etching liquid product
Wherein, the energy consumption comparison under two methods:
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.