WO2006133500A1 - Processing of metal chloride solutions and method and apparatus for producing direct reduced iron - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing metal chloride liquors, such as spent acid liquors from either acid leaching of metalliferous minerals or acid pickling of metals, and to a method and apparatus for production of direct reduced iron (DRI).
- metal chloride liquors such as spent acid liquors from either acid leaching of metalliferous minerals or acid pickling of metals
- DI direct reduced iron
- Such metal chloride liquors include:
- Spent leach liquors resulting from the acidic digestion of a mineral species such as, but not necessarily restricted to, the mineral known as ilmenite.
- the acid in this case may be, but is not necessarily restricted to, hydrochloric acid.
- the acid in this case may be, but is not necessarily restricted to, hydrochloric acid.
- This acid regeneration is commonly done by pyrohydrolysis, in which the metal chloride reacts with water and oxygen to recover the acid, producing a metal oxide as a by-product.
- Pyrohydrolysis is conducted at temperatures which may range from 600°C to 1200 0 C but preferably in the range of 850°C to 95O 0 C.
- the fluidising gas is typically air.
- Sufficient fuel is added to maintain reaction temperature and to control oxygen potential.
- the off-gas, containing products of combustion and hydrochloric acid vapour, is treated for recovery of the hydrochloric acid component.
- Pyrohydrolysis may be carried out by one of two well-known methods utilised in the current art, namely:
- the metal oxide product is in the form of a fine powder.
- the metal oxide residue may,be in the form of small pellets with a nominal size of lmm to 2mm in diameter.
- the metal chloride liquor is first evaporated to a dry pelleted form before feeding to a pyrohydrolysis reactor of the fluid bed type.
- the evaporator in this instance may preferably be of the fluid bed type or alternatively rotary equipment may be used, according to normal practice for the thermal evaporation of water from salts in solution.
- the present invention aims to provide a process of improved commercial viability, and apparatus for conducting the process.
- the invention provides a process for regeneration of acid and metal from spent acid liquor containing metal chloride in aqueous solution, including the steps of, in sequence:
- the metal is iron or is predominantly iron.
- the reduction step is conducted as a two stage reduction reaction, including a first stage reduction reaction to a lower oxidation state oxide, using a partially combusted fuel as a reducing agent, and a second stage reduction reaction in which the lower oxidation state oxide is converted to the metal.
- the first reduction stage is conducted in a first fluid bed reduction reactor in which the metal oxide is contacted with the fuel and a sub- stoichiometric amount of oxygen.
- the fuel and oxygen may be contacted prior to the first reduction stage.
- the off-gas of the first reduction stage is used as the reducing agent for the second reduction for the second stage.
- the off-gas from the second stage reduction reactor is oxidized to provide energy for the concentration or pyrohydrolysis steps of the process.
- the hot gas required for the evaporation of the metal chloride liquor is provided by the off-gases from the oxide pellet metallising stage.
- the invention provides a process for treatment of a metal oxide feed, including the steps of:
- the first and second stages reduction reactions are carried out in respective first and second fluid bed reduction reaction chambers.
- the metal oxide feed is formed by pyrohydrolysis of a spent acid liquor containing a metal halide, preferably chloride.
- FIG. 1 is a flowchart of processing of a spent metal chloride liquor in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 is a flowchart of processing of a spent metal chloride liquor in accordance with a second embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart of processing of a spent metal chloride liquor in accordance with a third embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 4 is a flowchart of processing of an iron ore to iron metal.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a first embodiment of the invention, which includes evaporation and pelletisation of the metal chloride (MeCl) liquor prior to pyrohydrolysis.
- MeCl metal chloride
- Spent leach liquor derived from the leaching of iron or other metallic oxide or spent pickle liquor derived from a steel or metal finishing process is injected into an evaporator 110 of a fluid bed, rotary kiln or other suitable type.
- the iron or metal chloride product discharged from the evaporator is preferentially a pelleted solid.
- the hot gas providing the heat source for this evaporation is derived from the off-gas of the two metallising stages hereinafter described, further oxidised in an afterburner section 112 of the evaporator.
- the evaporator product is fed to a pyrohydrolysis reactor 114, normally of the fluid bed type, where the iron or other metal chlorides are converted to metallic oxides by reaction with water at a temperature preferably in the range of 600°C to 1200 0 C.
- the water for this reaction may be provided by combustion of the fuel used and by residual water of crystallisation in the reactor feed from the evaporator.
- spent liquor or concentrated spent liquor may be substituted for part or all of the pelletised material fed to the pyrohydrolysis reactor.
- Metal oxide pellets are discharged at a high temperature from the pyrohydrolysis reactor into the a fluid bed gasifying reactor (gasifier) 116, which serves as the first stage reduction reactor, operating at approximately 1000°C ⁇ 100 0 C.
- the gasifier may be supplied with either a solid, liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon fuel such as is appropriate to local availability and cost structures. Suitable fuels may include coal, oil, or natural gas.
- the fuel is converted to a reducing gas predominantly consisting of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
- the feed to the first stage reduction unit may be augmented or (as discussed later with reference to Fig. 4) entirely replaced by iron ore or metallic oxide wastes such as mill scales and baghouse dusts.
- metallic oxide wastes may mixed with the metal chloride liquor before the evaporation step.
- the oxygen for these reactions may be supplied either as ambient or preheated air and with or without oxygen enrichment.
- the aim is to ensure that only sufficient oxygen is used to provide enough heat of combustion to maintain the endothermic reactions that generate the CO and H 2 components necessary for the metal oxide reduction reactions occurring simultaneously. For example, it has been found that satisfactory results may be obtained with an oxygen supply of between 30% to 50% of the full stoichiometric combustion requirement.
- the bed of FeO acts as a catalyst for the gasification reactions.
- the metal oxide is converted rapidly, in the case of iron (III) oxide, into an oxide of lower valence, Fe(II), without metallising. It is important that the reduction takes place rapidly so that the formation of FeO is predominant and the formation of the intermediate oxide Fe 3 O 4 is minimised, as too high a proportion OfFe 3 O 4 may lead to incipient fusion taking place and the resultant 'stickiness' leading to de-fluidisation of the bed.
- the reactions taking place in the first stage reduction are:
- partially reduced solid oxide pellets - predominantly FeO - are elevated by means of a pneumatic "J-valve" fluid power or other suitable device into the metallising fluid bed reactor train 118.
- the gases exiting the first stage reactor are used as the fluidising medium in the second stage or metallising reactor and contain sufficient residual reducing gases H 2 and CO for the . required reaction.
- char may be formed in the first stage and is carried with the oxide pellets into the second stage.
- the temperature of the second reactor chamber is slightly lower than in the first reactor - for example about 900 0 C ⁇ 100 0 C- and the residence time in this reactor is of the order of one hour for maximum conversion of oxide to metal.
- the product from the metallising stage is indirectly cooled under such conditions as to exclude air and so avoid any reoxidation of the product which could occur whilst the material is at an elevated temperature. Nominally, the metallised pellets must be cooled to less than 200° C or lower before contact with air is allowed.
- the indirect solids cooler 20 may be of any suitable type, as known in the art. Where air is used as an indirect cooling medium, as it is in the illustrated cooler, the resultant hot air may be used as the air feed to the gasifier 116.
- the hot gas required for the evaporation of the metal chloride liquor is provided by the off-gases from the oxide pellet metallising stage.
- the gases are first passed through the afterburner 112 where any excess carbon monoxide and hydrogen are converted to extra heat for use in the evaporator.
- heat may be recovered from the hot metal pellets for use in preheating the air feed to the first stage reduction reactor or elsewhere in the plant.
- the metallisation step adds less than 20%, and most likely only about 10%, to the total fuel requirements of the process, compared to the process of WO93/16000, but with a substantial increase in the economic value of the end products.
- the above process provides a single solution to the steel industry for processing of pickle liquor and recycling of iron oxide wastes such as mill scale and baghouse dust, producing regenerated acid and direct reduced iron as valuable products.
- Higher zinc baghouse dusts may be added to the spent liquor stream for processing and bound in the inert iron oxide pellets produced by the pyrohydrolysis step for disposal without metallisation.
- the acid regeneration plant also has the capability to handle waste water streams generated during normal steelmaking operations or from site storm water run-off. This water may contain fine oxides, oil (from rolling mills), fine coal / carbon or chlorides and would be fed into the evaporator or used for acid absorption, depending on the contaminants present. [0056] The process produces no solid or liquid effluents, and dioxins and furans have been below the level of detection during test operations.
- Iron oxide pellets from pyrohydrolysis were first reduced to the monovalent state and then fully reduced to the metallised state.
- the relevant data are given in Table 2 below.
- the temperature in the first stage was 95O 0 C and the retention time was half an hour.
- This embodiment of the invention operates at essentially atmospheric or low pressure and none of the major process vessels or equipment need be certified according Australian Standard AS 1210-1997 and any amendments thereof.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a second embodiment of the invention, in which the spent metal chloride liquor is fed directly to the pyrohydrolysis reactor 214 without prior evaporation and pelletisation.
- FIG. 4 illustrates an alternative embodiment, in which iron ore fines or iron oxide wastes are reduced to iron.
- the iron ore or oxide fines - for example of diameter about 3 mm - are fed to a fluid bed preheater 422, using the residual chemical and thermal energy in the off-gases from the second stage reduction reactor 418.
- the off-gases, which contain CO and H 2 are fed to an afterburner 424 in the base of the preheater 422 and the combustion gases fed to the fluid bed.
- the preheated feed is then fed to the two-stage co-current reduction reactor 416, 418, which operates as described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 3.
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