EP0717783A1 - Ennoblissement de materiaux titaniferes - Google Patents
Ennoblissement de materiaux titaniferesInfo
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- EP0717783A1 EP0717783A1 EP94926722A EP94926722A EP0717783A1 EP 0717783 A1 EP0717783 A1 EP 0717783A1 EP 94926722 A EP94926722 A EP 94926722A EP 94926722 A EP94926722 A EP 94926722A EP 0717783 A1 EP0717783 A1 EP 0717783A1
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- C22B34/10—Obtaining titanium, zirconium or hafnium
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- C22B34/1236—Obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by metallurgical processing; preparation of titanium compounds from other titanium compounds see C01G23/00 - C01G23/08 obtaining titanium or titanium compounds from ores or scrap by wet processes, e.g. by leaching
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Definitions
- This invention relates to the removal of impurities from naturally occurring and synthetic titaniferous materials.
- the invention is particularly suited to the enhancement of titaniferous materials used in the production of titanium metal and titanium dioxide pigments by means of industrial chlorination systems.
- Embodiments of the present invention have the common features of the use of caustic leaching and pressure sulphuric acid leaching for the upgrading of titaniferous materials, e.g. titaniferous slags, derived from hard rock ilmenites. Additional steps may be employed as will be described below.
- titanium dioxide bearing feedstocks are fed with coke to chlorinators of various designs (fluidised bed, shaft, molten salt), operated to a maximum temperature in the range 700 - 1200°C.
- chlorinators of various designs (fluidised bed, shaft, molten salt), operated to a maximum temperature in the range 700 - 1200°C.
- the most common type of industrial chlorinator is of the fluidised bed design.
- Gaseous chlorine is passed through the titania and carbon bearing charge, converting titanium dioxide to titanium tetrachloride gas, which is then removed in the exit gas stream and condensed to liquid titanium tetrachloride for further purification and processing.
- the chlorination process as conducted in industrial chlorinators is well suited to the conversion of pure titanium dioxide feedstocks to titanium tetrachloride.
- most other inputs i.e. impurities in feedstocks
- the attached table provides an indication of the types of problems encountered.
- each unit of inputs which does not enter products contributes substantially to the generation of wastes for treatment and disposal.
- Some inputs e.g. particular metals, radioactives
- Preferred inputs to chlorination are therefore high grade materials, with the mineral rutile (at 95-96% Ti0 2 ) the most suitable of present feeds. Shortages of rutile have led to the development of other feedstocks formed by upgrading naturally occurring ilmenite (at 40-60% Ti0 2 ), such as titaniferous slag (approximately 86% Ti0 2 ) and synthetic rutile (variously 92-95% Ti0 2 ) . These upgrading processes have had iron removal as a primary focus, but have extended to removal of magnesium, manganese and alkali earth impurities, as well as some aluminium.
- Si Accumulates Can May require i ne ncourage distillat ion chlorinator, d u c t from product r e d u c i n gb lockage . c a m p a i g n Condenses in life. part with
- titaniferous minerals e.g. ilmenite
- the titaniferous mineral is reduced with coal or char in a rotary kiln, at temperatures in excess of 1100°C.
- the iron content of the mineral is substantially metallised.
- Sulphur additions are also made to convert manganese impurities partially to sulphides.
- the metallised product is cooled, separated from associated char, and then subjected to aqueous aeration for removal of virtually all contained metallic iron as a separable fine iron oxide.
- the titaniferous product of separation is treated with 2-5% aqueous sulphuric acid for dissolution of manganese and some residual iron.
- aqueous sulphuric acid for dissolution of manganese and some residual iron.
- Recent disclosures have provided a process which operates reduction at lower temperatures and provides for hydrochloric acid leaching after the aqueous aeration and iron oxide separation steps. According to these disclosures the process is effective in removing iron, manganese, alkali and alkaline earth impurities, a substantial proportion of aluminium inputs and some vanadium as well as thorium.
- the process may be operated as a retrofit on existing kiln based installations. However, the process is ineffective in full vanadium removal and has little chemical impact on silicon.
- ilmenite is first thermally reduced to substantially complete reduction of its ferric oxide content (i.e. without substantial metallisation), normally in a rotary kiln.
- the cooled, reduced product is then leached under 35 psi pressure at 140-150°C with excess 20% hydrochloric acid for removal of iron, magnesium, aluminium and manganese.
- the leach liquors are spray roasted for regeneration of hydrogen chloride, which is recirculated to the leaching step.
- the ilmenite undergoes grain refinement by thermal oxidation followed by thermal reduction (either in a fluidised bed or a rotary kiln) .
- the cooled, reduced product is then subjected to atmospheric leaching with excess 20% hydrochloric acid, for removal of the deleterious impurities. Acid regeneration is also performed by spray roasting in this process.
- ilmenite is thermally reduced (without metallisation) with carbon in a rotary kiln, followed by cooling in a non-oxidising atmosphere.
- the cooled, reduced product is leached under 20 - 30 psi gauge pressure at 130°C with 10 - 60% (typically 18 - 25%) sulphuric acid, in the presence of a seed material which assists hydrolysis of dissolved titania, and consequently assists leaching of impurities.
- Hydrochloric acid usage in place of sulphuric acid has been claimed for this process. Under such circumstances similar impurity removal to that achieved with other hydrochloric acid based systems is to be expected. Where sulphuric acid is used radioactivity removal will not be complete.
- a commonly adopted method for upgrading of ilmenite to higher grade products is to smelt ilmenite at temperatures in excess of 1500°C with coke addition in an electric furnace, producing a molten titaniferous slag (for casting and crushing) and a pig iron product.
- molten titaniferous slag for casting and crushing
- pig iron product Of the problem impurities only iron is removed in this manner, and then only incompletely as a result of compositional limitations of the process.
- a titaniferous ore is treated by alternate leaching with an aqueous solution of alkali metal compound and an aqueous solution of a non-sulphuric mineral acid (US Patent No. 5,085,837).
- the process is specifically limited to ores and concentrates and does not contemplate prior processing aimed at artificially altering phase structures. Consequently the process requires the application of excessive reagent and harsh processing conditions to be even partially effective and is unlikely to be economically implemented to produce a feedstock for the chloride pigment process.
- a wide range of potential feedstocks is available for upgrading to high titania content materials suited to chlorination.
- Examples of primary titania sources which cannot be satisfactorily upgraded by prior art processes for the purposes of production of a material suited to chlorination include hard rock (non detrital) ilmenites, siliceous leucoxenes, many primary (unweathered) ilmenites and large anatase resources.
- Many such secondary sources e.g. titania bearing slags also exist.
- titania reserves A large portion of the world's identified titania reserves is in the form of hard rock ilmenites.
- the present invention provides a combination of processing steps which may be incorporated into more general processes for the upgrading of titaniferous materials, rendering such processes applicable to the treatment of a wider range of feeds and producing higher quality products than would otherwise be achievable.
- the present invention provides a process for upgrading a titaniferous material by removal of impurities, which process involves alternately leaching of the material in a caustic leach and a pressure sulphuric acid leach.
- the present invention ensures that caustic leaching can be conducted economically and effectively despite the need for the use of excess caustic in the leach by circulation of caustic leach liquors after solid/liquid separation through a caustic regeneration step using lime addition to precipitate complex aluminosilicates and regenerate caustic solution.
- the complex aluminosilicates are then separated from the regenerated caustic solution which is recycled to the leach.
- titaniferous materials containing both alumina and silica in such a manner has not previously been disclosed, and it is herein revealed that only under specific operating conditions can such a process be operated without precipitation of complex aluminosilicates in the caustic leach.
- the process of the invention can remove iron, magnesium, aluminium, silicon, calcium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, chromium and vanadium, which impurities form an almost comprehensive list of impurities in hard rock ilmenite sources of titania.
- the titaniferous material may be roasted in any suitable device and to any temperature under reducing or oxidising conditions prior to leaching. Such roasting may be conducted in order to enhance the response of the material to the leaching steps or to reduce the production of sulphur dioxide in the leach by oxidation of any trivalent titania in the titaniferous material.
- Additives may be made to the titaniferous material prior to such a roasting step in order to enhance the response of the material to the leaching steps, or for any other purpose.
- the titaniferous material may be preground prior to roasting or leaching in order to enhance reaction rates or in preparation for agglomeration steps which are improved by generation of a broad particle size distribution in the material to be agglomerated.
- the final titaniferous product may be agglomerated by any suitable technique to produce a size consist which is suitable to the market for synthetic rutile. After agglomeration the product may be fired at temperatures sufficient to produce sintered bonds, thereby removing from dusting losses in fluidised bed chlorinators.
- the final product may be calcined in order to remove volatile matter (e.g. water, sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide) .
- volatile matter e.g. water, sulphur dioxide and sulphur trioxide
- a caustic solution bleed or caustic solution evaporation step (for wash water removal) may be operated.
- the sulphuric acid leach exit liquor may be neutralised to produce solid sulphates and hydroxides for disposal.
- the sulphuric acid leach exit liquor may be treated for regeneration of sulphuric acid from the aqueous sulphate solutions formed in the process.
- leach steps may be incorporated into the process as desired.
- a hydrochloric acid leach may; be conducted to assist in the removal of trace levels of radioactivity.
- Pressure filtration of the complex aluminosilicate precipitated in caustic recovery may be operated to assist solid/liquid separation.
- Flocculants and other aids may be used to assist solid/liquid separation.
- This example is to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of treatments found to be effective for upgrading other titaniferous materials on materials such as titaniferous slags produced from hard rock ilmenites.
- titaniferous slag having the composition indicated in Table 1 was subjected to oxidation roasting in air at 750°C for 30 minutes, followed by reduction roasting in a 1:3 hydrogen to carbon dioxide (volumetric basis) gas mixture at 680°C for one hour.
- the cooled product of this thermal treatment contained no ferric iron and no trivalent titania.
- the phase composition of the material was indicated by X-ray diffraction as pseudobrookite.
- the thermally treated material was leached in refluxing 10% caustic soda solution at 10% slurry density. After filtration and washing the solid residue had a composition as indicated in Table 2.
- the residue of the caustic leach was subjected to a leach with refluxing 20% hydrochloric acid at 30% slurry density for 6 hours. After filtration and washing the solid residue had the composition which is also indicated in Table 2.
- Example 1 The treatment indicated in Example 1 was repeated with the exception that the caustic leach was conducted under pressure at 165°C.
- compositions of the caustic and acid leached products are indicated in Table 3. It is clear that the caustic leach had no appreciable effect on the silica or alumina contents of the material.
- the acid leach despite being largely ineffective in producing an upgrade which might be suitable for the chloride pigment process did have a substantial effect on the silica and alumina contents. There was no such effect on a sample of slag submitted directly to hydrochloric acid leaching.
- a sample of the slag whose composition is indicated in Table 1 was mixed with 2% borax, formed into pellets and subjected to reduction roasting in a 19:1 hydrogen to carbon dioxide (volumetric basis) gas mixture at 1000°C for 2 hours.
- the phase composition of the cooled product of this thermal treatment was indicated by X-ray diffraction as pseudobrookite.
- the residue of the caustic leach was subjected to a pressure leach at 150°C with 20% sulphuric acid at 5% slurry density for 6 hours. After filtration and washing the solid residue had the composition which is also indicated in Table 4.
- the leach liquor from the above caustic leach was preserved and after analysis was treated with micronised lime at the weight ratio of 1.3 units of lime per unit of dissolved silica.
- the resulting complex aluminosilicate precipitate and any excess lime were removed by filtration and the "regenerated" caustic solution was preserved for reuse in leaching.
- This example is to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of acid leaching alone in the removal of silica from titaniferous materials such as titaniferous slags produced from hard rock ilmenites.
- titaniferous slag having the composition shown in Table 1 was subjected to roasting for two hours in an atmosphere of 1:19 (volumetric basis) of hydrogen to carbon dioxide at 1000°C. After cooling in the roasting atmosphere the roasted slag was pressure leached at 135°C in 20% sulphuric acid at 25% w/w slurry density for six hours.
- composition of the leach residue is given in Table 5.
- Such direct acid leach treatment of a roasted titaniferous material may be anticipated to result in little improvement of product quality by leaching, and no removal of Si0 2 .
- Example 5 A sample of slag to which no addition of additive had been made and which was not subjected to any thermal treatment was treated by the same leaching steps as indicated in Example 3.
- composition of the final product was as recorded in Table 6. Substantial removal of impurities have been achieved without thermal treatment.
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