WO2004005586A1 - Electrolytic method of the extraction of metals - Google Patents
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- the invention pertains to the field of electrochemistry, especially to the methods for the complete extraction of metals from electrolytic solutions.
- the invention applies to the full extraction of metals from mineral ore concentrates, to the large reduction of volume of radioactive and other hazardous wastes, to the production of chemical compounds in pure form and to the desalination of water sources.
- the electrodialysis method to extract ions was disclosed in an Armenia patent[l], in which ions were extracted in a three-chamber electrodialysis unit, having a mercury cathode, and cation exchange and anion-exchange membranes. This exploited the skin currents induced on the mercury cathode's surface, which assured the deep extraction of ions from solutions and their accumulation on the top surface of the cathode.
- the disclosed invention is aimed to increase the productivity, efficiency and processing rate of this method.
- the essence of the invention is that the extraction of metals from electrolytic solutions is performed by the coordinated use of both the electrodialysis and electrolysis methods.
- a three-chamber electrodialysis unit the metal-containing aqueous solution is separated into a base and an acid solution.
- the ion concentrations in the anode and cathode chambers are held constant.
- the extraction of metals is made in a separate electrolysis unit, at the top surface of its mercury cathode, which is isolated from its electrolyte-processing chamber by a dielectric barrier.
- Figure 1 shows the schematic flow chart of the method's implementation, where the extraction of chosen metals from electrolytic solutions is accomplished.
- the metal-containing electrolytic solution(l) is filled at a specified rate into the water tank(2).
- the water-diluted solution is pumped through the circulation loop(7), entering the processing chamber(4) of the electrodialysis separator and is returned back into the tank(2).
- the salts dissociate in the processing chamber of the electrodialysis separator, the cations circulate through the loop(5) entering the base-solution tank(8), while the anions circulate via the loop(6) entering the tank(3) reserved for the acid solution.
- the depth of the extraction of ions in the electrodialysis unit is limited by the diffusion current of ions, from the unit's side chambers back into the electrolyte-processing chamber.
- the irreversible extraction and removal of cations make it possible to increase the efficiency of metal extraction through the electrodialysis unit.
- the extraction of cations from the resulting base solution is accomplished in the following manner. From the base solution tank(8) the solute simultaneously circulates through the loop(l ⁇ ) passing through the processing chamber(12) of the electrolysis apparatus(ll), which has a mercury cathode(9). The thick solute of the extracted metal is then accumulated in a separate container(13).
- FIG. 2 shows the schematic of the electrolysis unit, in which the one-way extraction of cations from the base solution is accomplished.
- cations are transported through the ion-exchange membrane(15), and due to the skin currents produced on the surface of the mercury cathode(9), are driven to the top layer of the cathode, where due to the action of the dielectric separator(14), the possibility of their diffusion back into the processing chamber(12) is excluded.
- the speed of skin current is typically 25 m/s, which many times exceed the speed of ions to dissolve in the mercury cathode. Therefore, in this method, this is the reason why an insignificant amount (about 1%) of amalgam may be formed.
- the phenomenon of accumulation of ions at the top surface of the mercury cathode makes it possible, following simple operations, easily to collect and extract elements from the electrolytic solution in a uniformly solid phase.
- the process efficiency is expressed by the fact that the collection of the same amount of ions in the system is accomplished in a much smaller electrolysis unit, and consequently, using much smaller amount of mercury, the handling of which is manageable, for a high throughput system.
- Example 1 In the equipment shown in Figure 1, the water tank(2) was filled with liquid radioactive waste having the following properties, which was then pumped into the working chamber of the electrodialysis unit, filling it at a rate of 50 liters per hour.
- the capacity of the base solution tank(8) was approximately 5 liters.
- the cathode chamber(9) of the electrolysis concentrator-extractor unit was filled with mercury, which served as the cathode, while the anode was a plate of stainless steel.
- the current in the electrodialysis unit dropped to the initial value of 0.007 A, from the peak value of 5.0 A, which corresponded to the current baseline when the electrolytic solution was not yet introduced into the electrodialysis unit. Subsequently, spraying the mercury cathode's top surface with a weak water jet, and processing the extracted metal with nitric acid reconstituted 19.77 gram of the original CsNO 3 . The difference (0.23 g or 1%) is attributed to measurement errors and processing losses.
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