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• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
  • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
  • C22B13/00—Obtaining lead
  • C22B13/02—Obtaining lead by dry processes
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
  • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
  • C22B13/00—Obtaining lead
  • C22B13/06—Refining

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• the invention relates to a process for the continuous direct melting of metallic lead from sulfur-containing lead materials in an elongated, lying reactor, wherein a melt of a slag phase and a lead phase is maintained in the reactor, the slag phase and the lead phase are passed through the reactor in countercurrent, the gas atmosphere is passed through the reactor in countercurrent to the slag phase, in the oxidation zone lying to the side of the lead tap, oxygen is blown into the melt in regulated amounts from below, and sulfur-containing lead material is charged to the melt in controlled amounts, in which the slag tap lies to the side Reduction zone reducing agents are introduced into the melt and the gas space is heated, the oxidation potential in the oxidation zone is set such that an autothermal melting of the feed into slag containing metallic lead and lead oxide e followed and the amount of reducing agent and the temperature in the reduction zone are regulated so that a low-lead slag is formed.
• DE-OS 28 07 964 describes such a process for the continuous conversion of lead sulfide concentrates into a liquid lead phase and a slag phase in an elongated, lying reactor under a zone-wise SO 2 -containing gas atmosphere, with sulfidic lead concentrates and additives being charged onto the melt, the lead phase and a lead-poor slag phase being discharged at the opposite end of the reactor and the phases in countercurrent to one another in essentially continuous layered streams flow to the outlet ends, at least a portion of the oxygen is blown into the melt from below through a plurality of independently controlled nozzles and distributed over the length of the oxidation zone of the reactor, the fixed feed through a plurality of independently controlled and via one considerable length of reactor distributed feeders are gradually charged into the reactor, thus adjusting the gradient of melt oxygen activity by choice of local addition and control of the amounts of oxygen and solid material introduced is that it decreases from a maximum for the production of lead at its outlet end in a progressive sequence in the reduction zone to a minimum for the
• Reducing substances are introduced into the melt and there is an additional heating in the gas space.
• the reduction heat is applied by the heating and the temperature increase of the slag is achieved in the reduction zone.
• Calming zones into which no gases are blown into the melt, can be arranged between the oxidation and reduction zone and in front of the oxidation zone and behind the reduction zone.
• the temperature of the melt should be kept as low as possible both in the oxidation zone and in the reduction zone. As a result, the attack of overheated slag on the masonry and the cooling of the masonry that is otherwise required at higher temperatures, a strong evaporation of metals or metal compounds and an unnecessary heating of the lead phase are avoided. At low working temperatures, however, there is a risk of the melt subcooling due to operating fluctuations.
• a direct lead melting process is known from DE-AS 23 20 548, in which a mixture of fine-grained lead sulfide and oxygen impacts a molten bath from above with ignition and flame formation, the oxidation already taking place to a considerable extent in the furnace atmosphere.
• the flame temperature is above 1300 ° C and the temperature of the melt between 1100 and 1300 ° C.
• the slag phase and furnace atmosphere flow through the furnace in cocurrent.
• the slag is withdrawn from the furnace with at least 35% lead as lead oxide and reduced in a separate reduction furnace.
• To generate the lead phase 98 to 120% of the stoichiometrically calculated amount of oxygen is required, which would be necessary for a complete conversion of the lead sulfide into metallic lead.
• An oxygen addition of about 120% can increase for short periods Transition of lead oxide into the slag and thus be used to control the furnace temperature.
• this temperature control is not suitable for the process described at the outset with an oxidation and reduction zone in a reactor with the deduction of a low-lead slag.
• this temperature control does not prevent the disadvantages of high melting temperatures with overheated slag.
• the invention has for its object to operate a direct lead smelting process of the type mentioned in such a way that the temperatures of the melt in the entire reactor are kept as low and constant as possible and under-cooling of the melt is prevented even when the operating mode fluctuates.
• the temperature of the melt in the reduction zone is kept constant by regulating the auxiliary heating, and the temperature of the melt in the oxidation zone is regulated by regulating the ratio of oxidizable sulfur to oxygen in such a way that at an increase in temperature increases the ratio of sulfur to oxygen to reduce the lead oxide content of the slag, decreases the ratio of sulfur to oxygen to increase the lead oxide content of the slag when the temperature is lowered, and the increase or decrease in the ratio of sulfur to oxygen takes into account the heat content of the gases entering the oxidation zone from the reduction zone is controlled as a result of the changed lead oxide content of the slag.
• oxidizable sulfur only the sulfur bound to lead as the sulfide is given as oxidizable sulfur and only the oxygen supplied in gaseous form as oxygen. If the temperature in the oxidation zone rises above the desired value, the ratio of oxidizable sulfur to oxygen introduced in the oxidation zone is increased, as a result of which more metallic lead is produced and less Pb0 is introduced into the slag and, accordingly, less heat is generated.
• the ratio of sulfur to oxygen is not increased in accordance with the rise in temperature, since the reduced PbO content of the slag as it enters the reduction zone results in a reduction in the reduction work required there. Since the temperature in the reduction zone is kept constant, less heat is introduced there by the auxiliary heating and accordingly the gas from the reduction zone introduces less heat into the oxidation zone with a certain time delay. This reduced amount of heat is taken into account when increasing the ratio of sulfur to oxygen and the ratio of sulfur to oxygen is only increased accordingly. If the temperature in the oxidation zone drops, the procedure is reversed.
• a preferred embodiment is that the temperature of the melt in the oxidation zone is set to 900 to 1000 ° C and in the reduction zone to 1100 to 1200 ° C. At these temperatures, a good reaction rate is achieved in the oxidation zone and a low-lead slag in the reduction zone with low oxygen consumption and heat consumption, and undercooling of the melt can be avoided with certainty by means of the temperature control. In addition, the evaporation losses are still relatively low.
• a preferred embodiment consists in that in the oxidation zone a slag type of 45 to 50% ZnO + FeO + A1203, 15 to 20% Ca0 + MgO ⁇ Ba0 and 30 to 35% Si0 2 , calculated on lead-free slag, with 30 to 70% Pb0 is set.
• This type of slag makes it particularly easy to maintain low temperatures with good operating results.
• a galena concentrate containing 73.6% Pb and 15.8% S was mixed with 20% lead sulfate fly dust (62.3% Pb, 6.5% S) as well as slag-forming additives and pelletized, resulting in pellets with the following composition:
• PbS-rich pellets were continuously charged into a refractory brick reactor with the shape of a horizontal cylinder 4.50 m in length and 1.20 m in diameter, which was fitted on the front with an auxiliary burner and an overflow stitch for the slag and the rear end was equipped with an exhaust opening.
• the charging opening was arranged on the jacket of the reactor in the immediate vicinity of the flue gas end wall.
• the reactor was charged with 2.5 t of metallic lead and 1 t of slag (65% Pb) rich in lead oxide, which were melted down using the burner and heated to a temperature of 950 ° C.
• Technically pure oxygen was then blown into the lead bath at the bottom of the reactor in such a time quantity that the pellets charged to the bath were converted to metallic lead, slag rich in lead oxide and SO 2 gas laden with dust.
• the Pb content of the slag was 63.7% under these conditions.
• the temporal pellet quantity was then carefully increased. It was found that a melt temperature of 950 ° C. was reached with a pellet quantity of 2.7 t / h.
• the slag flowing out of the reactor contained only 48.4% Pb, while the lead contained in the pellets was distributed 51% to the metal phase, 29% to the slag phase and 20% to the gas phase.
• the advantages of the invention are that low temperatures are used, cooling of the reactor is avoided, heat consumption and oxygen consumption are kept to a minimum, and nevertheless undercooling of the melt can be avoided with certainty.

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