EP0053054B1 - Verfahren zum Gewinnen von Uran (VI) aus Phosphorsäure enthaltenden Lösungen - Google Patents

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EP0053054B1
EP0053054B1 EP81401686A EP81401686A EP0053054B1 EP 0053054 B1 EP0053054 B1 EP 0053054B1 EP 81401686 A EP81401686 A EP 81401686A EP 81401686 A EP81401686 A EP 81401686A EP 0053054 B1 EP0053054 B1 EP 0053054B1
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  • the present invention relates to a process for recovering uranium (VI) present in solutions of phosphoric acid, in particular in solutions of phosphoric acid obtained from phosphate ores.
  • the phosphate ores include significant contents of uranium which, during the attack of these ores by a sulfuric solution, pass into the phosphoric acid solution obtained. Also, it is interesting to recover the uranium present in these solutions which constitute an important additional source of uranium.
  • the present invention specifically relates to a process for recovering uranium (VI) using an organic solvent which makes it possible to obtain better uranium extraction rates than the solvents currently known.
  • the alkoxyalkyl radical advantageously has from 9 to 23 carbon atoms.
  • the acid organophosphorus compound can be constituted by a phosphoric ester of secondary alcohol or by a phosphoric ester of primary alcohol.
  • phosphoric esters of primary alcohol these advantageously correspond to the formula: in which R 6 and R 7 which are identical or different, are alkyl or aryl radicals, and n and n ′ which are identical or different, are numbers equal to 2 or 3.
  • n and n ' are preferably equal to 2.
  • the alkyl radicals R 6 and R 7 have at least 8 carbon atoms to avoid the formation of a third phase during this re-extraction.
  • the acid organophosphorus compound can also consist of a phosphoric ester of secondary alcohol corresponding to formula IV: in which R 8 and R 9 , which are identical or different, represent an alkyl or aryl radical, and p and q which can be identical or different, are equal to 1 or 2.
  • p and q are equal to 1, because the extracting power of the system increases when the ether-oxide function of the acid organophosphorus compound is close to the phosphate group.
  • the radicals R 8 and R 9 preferably have at least 4 carbon atoms to avoid the formation of a third phase during this re-extraction.
  • the acid organophosphorus compounds of formula (III) or of formula (IV) used in the process of the invention can be obtained by transesterification or by esterification of a phosphorus derivative with the corresponding alkoxy alcohol, this reaction being optionally followed by oxidation and / or hydrolysis.
  • phosphorus derivatives use may be made of a dialkyl phosphorous acid, phosphorus oxychloride or also phosphoric anhydride P 2 0 5 .
  • the transesterification reaction with the corresponding alkoxy alcohol is followed by an oxidation reaction then by a hydrolysis to give the corresponding acid organophosphorus compound.
  • the oxidation can be carried out by the action of sulfuryl chloride SO 2 Cl 2 and the hydrolysis by the action of sodium hydroxide and by the action of hydrochloric acid.
  • the esterification reaction is carried out with the corresponding alkoxy alcohol in the presence of a base, in particular a tertiary organic base, then the product obtained is subjected to a hydrolysis, which leads to the production of a mixture of mono and diacids which are then separated.
  • the esterification is carried out with the corresponding alkoxyalcohol, away from humidity, a mixture of mono and diacids which may also contain neutral phosphate and impurities such as pyrophosphates and polymers.
  • the alkoxy alcohols used as starting materials for the synthesis of acid organophosphorus compounds can be prepared by reaction of a sodium alcoholate with the dichloro derivative of a secondary alcohol, for example, sodium alcoholate with 1,3-dichloro -propanol-2, according to the following reaction scheme:
  • a sodium alcoholate is reacted with the chlorinated derivative of a primary alcohol.
  • the neutral phosphine oxide corresponding to the abovementioned formula I preferably comprises at least one alkoxyalkyl radical, for example, an alkoxymethyl radical having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms.
  • alkoxyalkyl radicals for example, an alkoxymethyl radical having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms.
  • the other radicals are alkyl radicals, these generally have from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, and they are preferably linear.
  • neutral phosphine oxides which may be used, mention may be made of di-isobutyl-octoxymethylphosphine oxide, di-n-butyl-octoxymethylphosphine oxide, di-n- oxide pentyl-octoxymethylphosphine, and di-n-hexyl-octoxymethylphosphine oxide (POX 11).
  • phosphine oxides can be prepared by reacting a halogenated magnesium salt of secondary phosphine oxide with an organic halide of formula RX in which R represents an alkoxyalkyl radical, for example, a chloromethyl n-octyl ether, as described in French patent 2,346,361 filed on 12/13/73.
  • trialkylphosphine oxides in which the alkyl radicals have from 4 to 14 carbon atoms, for example tri-n-octylphosphine oxide (TOPO).
  • TOPO tri-n-octylphosphine oxide
  • the system of extractants in an inert organic solvent generally constituted for example by a saturated hydrocarbon having at least 8 carbon atoms such as dodecane, or by a mixture of hydrocarbons.
  • the concentrations of acid organophosphorus compound and of neutral phosphine oxide are such that the molar ratio of the acid organophosphorus compound to the neutral phosphine oxide is between 1 and 9, and preferably from 2 to 4. .
  • the method of the invention can be implemented in any conventional extraction device such as batteries of settling mixers, pulsed columns, centrifugal extractors, etc.
  • the uranium extracted in the organic solvent can then be reextracted in an aqueous solution of phosphoric acid optionally containing a reducing agent so as to reduce the uranium VI to uranium IV to facilitate its re-extraction.
  • the re-extraction of the uranium is carried out in a re-extraction device comprising at least two stages.
  • a re-extraction device comprising at least two stages.
  • the ammoniated organic solvent leaving the last re-extraction stage is re-acidified by reacting it with an acid to remove the ammonium in the form of the ammonium salt, and the organic solvent thus re-acidified is reused to carry out the extraction of the 'uranium.
  • the acid is chosen from the group comprising sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and phosphoric acid.
  • the ammoniated organic solvent leaving the last re-extraction stage is re-acidified by reacting it with the phosphoric acid recovered at the end of the uranium extraction.
  • This preferred method of re-extracting uranium makes it possible to obtain, at the end of re-extraction, an aqueous uranium solution from which it is easy to recover the uranium directly to standards. defined by the refiners, therefore without additional purification cycle, either in the form of oxide, or in the form of an alkaline or alkaline-earth uranate, with an overall uranium recovery yield greater than 90%.
  • the organic solvent which has been re-acidified by treatment with phosphoric acid can be reused for the extraction of uranium, and the ammonium phosphate obtained during the re-acidification treatment of the organic solvent is a marketable product or recyclable in a fertilizer unit for example.
  • the re-extraction of uranium is preferably carried out in three stages.
  • the organic solvent containing the uranium is circulated from the first to the third stage and an aqueous solution of ammonium carbonate or a mixture of carbon dioxide and ammonia previously dissolved in the is introduced into the third stage.
  • water in the form of carbonate representing 50 to 80% of the stoichiometric quantity necessary to neutralize the acid organophosphorus compound of the organic solvent and to transform the uranium into uranyl ammonium tricarbonate.
  • This solution circulates from the third stage to the first stage and ammonia in the form of gas or aqueous solution is added to it before entering the first stage, the amount added being such that the pH of the first stage is maintained at a value between 8 and 8.5.
  • the ammonia is added in the form of an aqueous solution having a molar ammonia concentration of 5 M to 7.5 M.
  • the organic solvent charged with uranium and also containing iron is transformed little by little in contact with ammonia and an ammonium salt and the aqueous phase which moves against the current, is enriched in uranium and in iron, the ammonium carbonate forming with uranium the ammonium uranyl tricarbonate which remains in solution and the iron transforming into ferric hydroxide which precipitates and which can be separated by decantation from the aqueous phase.
  • the ammoniated organic solvent is preferably re-acidified by treatment with an acid such as sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid or phosphoric acid, which makes it possible to recover an organic phase which does not contain more ammonium ions and an aqueous phase containing an ammonium salt.
  • an acid such as sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid or phosphoric acid
  • a fraction of the phosphoric acid recovered at the end of the uranium extraction step is used.
  • This example relates to the recovery of uranium present in a 6 M phosphoric acid solution containing 1 g / l of uranium (VI) and it illustrates the effect of the temperature and the nature of the extractant system. on the uranium extraction rate.
  • the various acid organophosphorus compounds in Table 1 are used with trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) or with di-n-hexyl-octoxymethyl phosphine oxide (POX 11).
  • TOPO trioctylphosphine oxide
  • POX 11 di-n-hexyl-octoxymethyl phosphine oxide
  • the two extractants are diluted in hyfrane 120® which is a branched saturated hydrocarbon with an average carbon number equal to 12 and the content of acidic organophosphorus compound in the solvent is 0.5 M and its content of phosphine oxide is 0.125 Mr.
  • the extraction is carried out under the following conditions: a volume of the aqueous phosphoric acid solution with a volume of the organic solvent is brought into contact at 23 ° C or 40 ° C for approximately 15 minutes, the two are mechanically stirred phases present, they are separated by centrifugation, then each phase is sampled and analyzed in order to determine its uranium concentration, this being measured by dibenzoyl methane spectrophotometry, the uranium being previously extracted in a trioctylphosphine oxide solution; the partition coefficient D of the uranium is then determined, which is equal to the ratio of the uranium concentration of the organic phase to the uranium concentration of the aqueous phase.
  • the partition coefficient of uranium increases with the number of carbon atoms in the alkoxy chains.
  • the organic solvent consists of hyfrane 120 containing a mixture of bis hydrogenphosphate (dibutoxy-1,3-propyl-2), that is to say of compound n ° 8 of table 1 and of oxide of di-n-hexyloctoxymethyphosphine (POX 11) to recover uranium from a 6 N phosphoric acid solution containing 1.1 g per liter of uranium VI.
  • a total concentration of 0.5 M in extractants in extractants is used and the extraction is carried out under the same conditions as those of Example 1.
  • curve (1) of FIG. 1 represents the variations of the partition coefficient D of uranium as a function of the content of acidic organophosphorus compound in the organic solvent.
  • curve 2 represents the variations in the partition coefficient D of iron as a function of the compound content, extracts under the same conditions from a 6 M phosphoric acid solution containing 1.1 g / I of iron III.
  • This example illustrates the influence of the concentration of phosphoric acid in the aqueous solution on the extraction of uranium VI, at 23 ° C., by means of the diluted extractors systems I, II and II I of table 2 in hyfrane 120.
  • the extraction is carried out under the same conditions as those of Example 1.
  • FIG. 2 represents the variations in the partition coefficient D of uranium VI as a function of the concentration of phosphoric acid in the aqueous phase.
  • curves 1, II and III respectively illustrate the results obtained with the extractant systems 1, II and III in Table 2.
  • the partition coefficient D of uranium decreases as a function of the phosphoric acid concentration, but it decreases less significantly with the extractant systems II and III of the invention.
  • This example illustrates the influence of temperature on the extraction of uranium VI.
  • the extraction is carried out under the same conditions as those of Examples 2 and 3 by varying the temperature from 10 to 60 ° C. and using the extractant systems I to IV of Table 2 diluted in hyfrane 120.
  • the results obtained are represented in FIG. 3 where the curves I, II, III and IV relate respectively to the systems I, II, III and IV.
  • the uranium is extracted from a phosphoric acid solution 6 M containing 1.06 g / I of uranium VI and 4.70 g / I of iron III, using the extractant system No. III in Table 2 diluted in hyfrane 120 and operating under the same conditions than those of Example 1, but by determining the partition coefficients of uranium VI and iron III after different extraction times.
  • Figure 4 represents the evolution of the extraction rate (in%) in the organic phase of uranium (curve 1) and iron (curve 2) as a function of the extraction time (in seconds).
  • the uranium is recovered from an industrial phosphoric acid solution containing 27% P 2 0 5 and 130 mg / I in uranium, using as extractant systems I, III and IV of Table 2 diluted in the product sold under the brand Escaid 110, which is a flavored kereosene, with a concentration of 0.5 M in acidic organophosphorus compound and a concentration of 0.125 M in phosphine oxide.
  • FIG. 6 also illustrates the results obtained with regard to the extraction of iron as a function of the number of contacts.
  • curve 2 represents the evolution of the iron concentration of the organic solvent as a function of the number of contacts
  • curve 1 represents the evolution of the uranium concentration of the organic solvent as a function of the number of contacts, when 'The extractant system III of the invention is used.
  • the organic solvent thus obtained which contains 798 mg / I of uranium and 775 mg / I of iron is brought into contact with a solution of ammonium carbonate at 140 g / I and 0.5 M in NH 4 0H to re-extract l uranium in solution and separate the iron as hydroxide.
  • the organic phase contains only 0.4 mg / I of uranium and 1 mg / I of iron.
  • the extractant system No. III extracts more than three times better uranium than the conventional system of the prior art (system No. I) and more than twice better than the system No. IV of the art. prior. Therefore, one can reduce the volume of organic phase and therefore limit the consumption of ammonium carbonate and ammonia during the re-extraction operation.
  • the organic solvents used contain the extractant systems I, III, IV or V of Table 2 attached, and a diluent consisting of kerosene known under the trade name ISOPAR L.
  • a diluent consisting of kerosene known under the trade name ISOPAR L.
  • the phosphine oxide content is 0.125 M and the content of acidic organophosphorus compound is 0.500 M.
  • the extraction is carried out by bringing a volume of the aqueous phosphoric acid solution into contact with a volume of the organic solvent at 39 ° C. with stirring for approximately 5 min; the two phases are then separated and then taken and analyzed each to obtain their uranium concentration and their iron concentration and then determine the partition coefficient D of uranium and the partition coefficient D of iron.
  • the results obtained are given in table 3, attached.
  • the organic solvents containing the extractant system of the invention that is to say the organophosphorus acid compound HBIDIBOPP associated with a phosphinetel oxide which POX 11 or TOPO allow '' obtaining very improved results compared to the extractant systems I and IV of the prior art.
  • This example relates to the extraction of uranium contained in industrial phosphoric acid having the same characteristics as that of Example 7, using for the extraction the installation shown in FIG. 7.
  • the reference A designates the uranium extraction unit which comprises five extraction stages
  • the reference B represents a washing unit for the organic solvent which comprises three stages
  • the references C 1 , C 2 and C 3 denote the three stages of uranium re-extraction
  • the reference D illustrates the unit for separating uranium
  • the reference E denotes the reacidification unit of the organic solvent, which comprises two stages.
  • extraction unit A industrial phosphoric acid is introduced via line 1 a after having flocculated and decanted it. It is specified that this acid was subjected beforehand to an oxidation treatment to bring all of the uranium in the hexavalent form, which also brings the iron to the trivalent state.
  • extraction unit A the phosphoric acid is brought into contact against the current with an organic solvent introduced via line 3 a.
  • This organic solvent comprises a system of extractants consisting of an acidic organophosphorus compound and a neutral phosphine oxide diluted in kerosene known under the trade name ISOPAR L, the concentration of acidic organophosphorus compound in the solvent being 0.5 words ⁇ I -1 and the concentration of phosphine oxide in the organic solvent being 0.125 mol - 1- 1 .
  • the phosphoric acid solution circulates in the extraction unit at a flow rate which is maintained at the value of 4 l / h, and the organic solvent circulates against the current in the extraction unit by being introduced at a flow rate of 1.6 I / h for extractant system No. I, 1.0 I / h for extractant system No. IV and 0.54 I / h for extractant system No. III.
  • each extraction stage part of the organic solvent leaving this stage is recycled, which makes it possible to increase the volume of organic phase in contact with phosphoric acid in the extraction unit A, all of the stages of which are maintained at 35 ° C.
  • the phosphoric acid containing practically no more uranium is discharged via line 1 b and the organic solvent loaded with uranium and iron is discharged via line 3 b.
  • This solvent then passes into the washing unit comprising three stages where it is washed with water to remove the phosphoric ions entrained by the solvent.
  • the water loaded with phosphoric acid which leaves the top floor of the washing unit is recycled in the phosphoric acid manufacturing plant where it is used for washing or rinsing the installations.
  • the organic solvent is introduced via line 3 c into the first re-extraction stage C 1 , then it circulates in the following stages C 2 and C 3 , stages C 1 , C 2 and C 3 being maintained at 40 ° C.
  • stages C 2 and C 3 it is brought into contact against the current with a solution of ammonium carbonate at 155 g ⁇ l -1 introduced into the last stage C 3 by line 4 a and in the stage C 1 , it is brought into contact against the current with the carbonate solution coming from stage C 2 and with ammonia at 200 g ⁇ I -1 injected by line 5 into the carbonate solution which enters the first stage C 1 .
  • the ammonia flow rate is adjusted using a valve controlled by a pH meter so as to maintain the pH of the first stage C 1 at a value of 8.2.
  • the flow rate of the ammonium carbonate solution introduced into the last stage C 3 by line 4 a is adjusted so that it corresponds to 50 to 80% of the stoichiometric quantity necessary to neutralize, by a on the one hand, the organo phosphorus acid compound and transform, on the other hand, the uranium into uranyl tri ammonium carbonate.
  • the organic solvent loaded with uranium and iron which first comes into contact with ammonia gradually transforms into a hydrated ammonium salt and the aqueous phase which moves against the current is enriched in uranium and iron, the ammonium carbonate reacting with uranium to form uranyl ammonium tricarbonate which remains in solution and the iron being precipitated in the form of hydroxide which is separated by filtration.
  • the aqueous phase containing the uranyl ammonium tricarbonate leaves the first re-extraction stage Ci by line 4b and it is then directed to the separation unit D of the uranium.
  • the uranium can be separated from the solution, either in the form of oxide, or in the form of sodium uranate.
  • the ammonium uranyl tricarbonate solution is subjected to an air bubbling reactor, at a temperature between 90 and 100 ° C., for approximately 6 hours, then filter the precipitate and wash it with water; after drying at 120 ° C and roasting at around 400 ° C, uranium trioxide is thus obtained.
  • the ammonium uranyl tricarbonate solution which has been degassed beforehand by bubbling air around 90 ° C. is neutralized with sodium hydroxide at approximately 80 ° C.
  • the uranium is precipitated by adding sodium hydroxide to the solution, operating at a temperature of 80 ° C for 1 hour. After filtration and washing with water at 50 ° C., the sodium uranate is collected which can be subsequently transformed into ammonium diuranate or uranium trioxide.
  • the deuranied organic solvent is evacuated by line 3 d and sent to the reacidification purification unit E comprising two stages in which it is treated by means of phosphoric acid introduced by line 1 c, this phosphoric acid constituting a fraction of the phosphoric acid which leaves the extraction unit A via line 1 b.
  • the reacidification purification unit E comprising two stages in which it is treated by means of phosphoric acid introduced by line 1 c, this phosphoric acid constituting a fraction of the phosphoric acid which leaves the extraction unit A via line 1 b.
  • ammonium phosphate thus recovered can be marketed directly or be used in fertilizer manufacturing units.

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1. Verfahren zur Gewinnung des in einer Phosphorsäurelösung enthaltenen Urans (VI) durch Kontaktieren dieser Lösung mit einem organischen Lösungsmittel, das Uran extrahieren kann, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das organische Lösungsmittel ein System von Extraktionsmitteln umfaßt, die jeweils bestehen aus:
- einem neutralen Phosphinoxid
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worin R1, R2 und R3, die gleich oder verschieden sind, Alkyl-, Aryl- oder Alkoxyalkylreste bedeuten, und
- einer sauren Organophosphorverbindung der Formel
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worin R4 und R5, die gleich oder verschieden sind, einen unverzweigten oder verzweigten Alkoxyalkylrest mit mindestens einer Ätheroxid-Funktion oder einen Aryloxyalkylrest bedeuten.
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die saure Organophosphorverbindung der Formel entspricht
Figure imgb0034
worin R6 und R7, die gleich oder verschieden sind, Alkyl- oder Arylreste bedeuten und worin n und n', die gleich oder verschieden sein können, die Zahl 2 oder 3 bedeuten.
3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß n und n' die Zahl 2 bedeuten und daß R6 und R7 Alkylreste mit mindestens 8 Kohlenstoffatomen bedeuten.
4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß n und n' die Zahl 2 bedeuten und daß R6und R7 den Ethyl-2-hexylrest bedeuten.
5. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die saure Organophosphorverbindung der Formel entspricht
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worin R8 und R9, die gleich oder verschieden sind, Alkyl- oderArylreste bedeuten, und worin p und q, die gleich oder verschieden sein können, die Zahl 1 oder 2 bedeuten.
6. Verfahren nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß p und q die Zahl 1 bedeuten und daß R8 und R9 Alkylreste mit mindestens 4 Kohlenstoffatomen bedeuten.
7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß p und q die Zahl 1 bedeuten und daß die Reste R8 und R9 den Butylrest bedeuten.
8. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß in der Formel des neutralen Phosphinoxids mindestens einer der Reste R1, R2 und R3 einen Alkoxyalkylrest bedeutet.
9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es sich bei dem neutralen Phosphinoxid um Di-n-hexyl-octoxymethylphosphinoxid handelt.
10. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es sich bei dem neutralen Phosphinoxid um Tri-n-octylphosphinoxid handelt.
11. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Molverhältnis von saurer Organophosphorverbindung zu neutralem Phosphinoxid 1 bis 9, vorzugsweise 2 bis 4, beträgt.
12. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 3,4, 6 und 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß es umfaßt eine Stufe der Rückextraktion des Uranextrakts in dem organischen Lösungsmittel, wobei diese Stufe der Rückextraktion in einer Rückextraktionsapparatur mit mindestens zwei Abschnitten durchgeführt wird und darin besteht, daß das das Uran enthaltende organische Lösungsmittel in diesen Abschnitten im Kreislauf geführt wird, in dem man es in den ersten Abschnitt einführt, in diesen Abschnitten im Gegenstrom zu dem organischen Lösungsmittel eine wäßrige Ammoniumcarbonatlösung im Kreislauf führt, indem man sie in den ersten Abschnitt in einer solchen Menge einführt, daß sie 50 bis 80% der für die Neutralisation der sauren Organophosphorverbindung und für die Umwandlung des in dem organischen Lösungsmittel vorhandenen Urans in Ammoniumuranyltricarbonat stöchiometrisch erforderlichen Menge entspricht, und daß der in dem ersten Abschnitt im Kreislauf geführten Ammoniumcarbonatlösung Ammoniak in Form von Gas oder einer wäßrigen Lösung zugesetzt wird, um den pH-Wert des ersten Abschnitts bei einem Wert zwischen 8 und 9,5, vorzugsweise zwischen 8 und 8,5, zu halten.
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