KR20130032563A - Crystallization reaction apparatus and preparation method of high purity lithium carbonate - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a crystallization reaction apparatus and a method for producing high purity lithium carbonate using the same, and more particularly, it is possible to prevent the formation of scale in advance, and a large amount of lithium carbonate, which is a lithium source used as a main raw material for secondary batteries and the like, in large quantities. It is to provide a crystallization reaction apparatus that can be produced by and a method for producing high purity lithium carbonate using the same.
Lithium is a raw material for secondary batteries used in electric vehicles, mobile phones, laptops, etc., and can be used as a next-generation fusion power source. However, the country has been keen to compete in securing lithium because of the severe resource bias, which accounts for about 70% of the world's lithium reserves. The international price of lithium carbonate, which is used as a rechargeable battery raw material, has tripled between 2002 and 2008. As a result, it is expected that automakers will be in serious competition to secure lithium batteries for electric vehicles.
As described above, the method for producing lithium carbonate used as a raw material of a secondary battery includes a gas-liquid reaction process in which carbon dioxide gas is injected into a solution in which lithium chloride is dissolved in sodium hydroxide, and a reaction between molten lithium chloride and molten sodium carbonate. The liquid-liquid reaction process to make is mentioned. Conventionally, both of these reactions have been carried out by a batch process, but the reaction time is long and the yield is significantly reduced.
The present invention has been proposed to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the object of which is to prevent the formation of scale in advance, a large amount of lithium carbonate which is a lithium source used as a main raw material for secondary batteries, etc. It is to provide a crystallization reaction apparatus that can be produced by and a method for producing high purity lithium carbonate using the same.
The technical problem as described above is achieved by the following configuration according to the present invention.
(1) a reaction tank having an inlet and an outlet of a reaction raw material and having an internal reaction space in which a crystallization reaction takes place; And an inner cylinder located in the inner space of the reactor and having protrusions formed on the surface at predetermined intervals.
(2) The method according to claim 1,
Crystallization reactor, characterized in that the projections formed on the inner surface of the reactor at a predetermined interval.
(3) injecting a liquid lithium salt and a gaseous carbon dioxide, or a liquid lithium salt and a liquid sodium carbonate into the reactant inlet as a reactant in the crystallization reactor according to claim 1; Rotating the rotor to form a Taylor vortex in the reactant introduced to perform a crystallization reaction; And separating the high-purity lithium carbonate by solid-liquid separation of the solution from the outlet of the crystallization machine.
(4) The method according to claim 3,
The method for producing lithium carbonate using a crystallization reaction device, characterized in that the pH of the reaction of the formation of lithium carbonate.
(5) The method according to claim 1,
Crystallization reaction of lithium carbonate is a method for producing lithium carbonate using a crystallization reactor, characterized in that carried out at pH 10.5 to 10.8.
(6) The method according to 1,
The reactant is a method of producing lithium carbonate using a crystallization reactor, characterized in that the injection is divided into a plurality of inlet formed in the Kuet-Taylor crystallization.
(7) the method of paragraph 3,
A method for producing lithium carbonate using a crystallization reaction apparatus, characterized in that the carbon dioxide is injected into NaOH or LiCl and T-tube at the same time to the reactant inlet.
According to the above structure of the present invention, it is possible to produce a large amount of lithium carbonate, which is a source of lithium used as a main raw material for secondary batteries and the like, in high purity.
1 is a cross-sectional view of a Kuet-Taylor reactor used in the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a system for producing a lithium carbonate by a continuous reaction according to the present invention
Figure 3 is an explanatory view showing the vortex characteristics in the Cuette-Taylor reactor used in the present invention
The present invention is a reaction tank is provided with the inlet and outlet of the reaction raw material, the reaction tank having an internal reaction space in which the crystallization reaction takes place; And a crystallization reactor positioned in the reaction vessel inner space and including an inner cylinder having protrusions formed on the surface at predetermined intervals.
In addition, the present invention comprises the steps of injecting a liquid lithium salt and gaseous carbon dioxide, or a liquid lithium salt and a liquid sodium carbonate to the reactant inlet as a reactant in the crystallization reactor; Rotating the rotor to form a Taylor vortex in the reactant introduced to perform a crystallization reaction; And solid-liquid separation of the solution from the outlet of the crystallizer to separate lithium carbonate of high purity.
Hereinafter, the crystallization reaction will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 illustrates the configuration of a crystallization reactor that can be used in the crystallization reaction of the present invention. The reactor includes a
The crystallization reaction apparatus of the present invention preferably forms
The crystallization reaction apparatus of the present invention as described above is particularly useful in the reaction process for crystallizing lithium carbonate. This is because in the case of using a conventional Kuet-Taylor crystallization reactor, scales are better formed in other reaction processes, and the reaction tanks must be separated periodically to remove the scales formed in the inner cylinder and inside the reactor.
Hereinafter, the contents of the present invention will be described in detail by taking a process of performing a crystallization reaction of lithium carbonate using the crystallization reaction device according to the present invention as an example.
First, the liquid lithium salt as the crystallization raw material and the carbon dioxide in the gas phase, or the liquid lithium salt and the liquid sodium carbonate are introduced through the
As an embodiment according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the case of gas-liquid reaction, the injection concentration of the reactant introduced into the
In the case of the gas-liquid reaction according to the present invention, a reaction time of 5 to 10 minutes is sufficient, and the recovery rate of lithium carbonate is more than 80%.
As an embodiment according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the case of a liquid solution reaction, the concentration of the reactant introduced into the
In the case of the liquid-liquid reaction according to the present invention, it is sufficient that the reaction time is 30 to 40 minutes, and the recovery rate of lithium carbonate is more than 75%.
In the reaction process according to the present invention, the process for forming lithium carbonate is performed at pH 7 to 8, and the crystallization process is preferably performed at pH 10.5 to 10.8 in preparing high purity lithium carbonate.
Figure 2 illustrates the overall configuration of the lithium carbonate separation process system including the crystallization reactor of the present invention.
As such, after dissolving lithium salt in a solvent at a desired concentration, a lithium-containing solution in a solution state is injected into the
As described above, each reactant injected into the
The
The process of forming the Taylor vortex in the solution according to the rotational movement of the
As described above, in the reaction apparatus of the present invention, by using the Taylor vortex, the flow is very regular and uniformly mixed, and the temperature distribution is uniform in all regions, thereby showing uniform particle size. In addition, due to the many projections formed on the inner cylinder, it is possible to fundamentally block the formation of the scale.
In the embodiment of the present invention preferably, the
In addition, the above embodiment is described that the
The control of the reaction temperature can be adjusted through the control of the amount of heat supplied by the
By the above process, lithium carbonate is synthesized by gas-liquid or liquid-liquid reaction by reactants uniformly mixed, and the crystals of lithium carbonate are precipitated by raising the pH to about 10.5 to 10.8. The crystal of lithium carbonate obtained as described above is discharged through the
Solvents other than the crystals of lithium carbonate separated by the solid-
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to examples. However, the following illustrated examples are only presented to aid the understanding of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.
Example 1 Preparation of Lithium Carbonate by Gas-Liquid Reaction
In accordance with the reaction conditions shown in Table 1 by using the following reaction formula, each raw material was added to the Kuet-Taylor reactor of FIG. 1, the reaction proceeded at pH 7.0 to 8.5, and the pH was raised to 10.5 to 10.8 to obtain high purity carbonic acid. Lithium crystals were recovered (Table 1, FIG. 4).
Scheme 1: 2LiCl + 2NaOH + CO 2 → LiCO 3 + 2NaCl + H 2 O
Example 2 Preparation of Lithium Carbonate by Liquid Solution Reaction
In accordance with the reaction conditions shown in Table 2, using the following reaction formula, each raw material was added to the Kuet-Taylor reactor of FIG. 1, the reaction proceeded at pH 7.0 to 8.5, and the pH was raised to 10.5 to 10.8 to obtain high purity carbonic acid. Lithium crystals were recovered (Table 2, Figures 5, 6).
Scheme 2: 2LiCl + Na 2 CO 3 → LiCO 3 + 2NaCl
The method for producing lithium carbonate by the continuous process according to the present invention was confirmed that the production of about 10 times in the case of gas-liquid reaction and about 2.8 times in the case of liquid-liquid reaction compared to the case of using a conventional batch reactor.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It can be understood that
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Crystallization reactor, characterized in that the projections formed on the inner surface of the reactor at a predetermined interval.
The method for producing lithium carbonate using a crystallization reaction device, characterized in that the pH of the reaction of the formation of lithium carbonate.
Crystallization reaction of lithium carbonate is a method for producing lithium carbonate using a crystallization reactor, characterized in that carried out at pH 10.5 to 10.8.
The reactant is a method of producing lithium carbonate using a crystallization reactor, characterized in that the injection is divided into a plurality of inlet formed in the Kuet-Taylor crystallization.
A method for producing lithium carbonate using a crystallization reaction apparatus, characterized in that the carbon dioxide is injected into NaOH or LiCl and T-tube at the same time to the reactant inlet.
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