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- the present invention relates to a neutralization treatment method, more specifically, a poor solution obtained from a sulfurization treatment in which a hydrogen sulfide gas is blown into a sulfuric acid aqueous solution containing nickel and cobalt and an impurity metal element to form a sulfide containing nickel and cobalt.
- the present invention relates to a neutralization treatment method for neutralizing and removing metal impurities remaining in the interior.
- This nickel sulfide is precipitated by blowing a hydrogen sulfide gas in a sulfidation step to produce a sulfidation reaction after purifying a leachate obtained by leaching nickel oxide ore (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).
- the sulfide containing nickel and the like and the nickel concentration are provided by performing a sulfidation treatment in which hydrogen sulfide gas is blown into a sulfuric acid aqueous solution mainly containing nickel. A stable solution is obtained at a low level and stabilized.
- the poor solution obtained in the sulfidation step is a solution having a low pH, containing impurities such as iron, magnesium, and manganese remaining without being sulfidized. Therefore, in order to discharge this poor solution, it is necessary to carry out a neutralization process to remove residual metal ions.
- the present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and among the poor solutions generated from the processing step of forming a sulfide of nickel and cobalt from an aqueous sulfuric acid solution containing nickel and cobalt and an impurity metal element.
- Abstract Provided is a neutralization treatment method capable of performing efficient neutralization treatment by reducing the amount of use of a high cost and high alkalinity neutralizing agent in the sum treatment.
- the present inventors have found that, for example, some of the neutralizing agents used for slaked lime slurry etc. are inexpensive in neutralization removal processing of impurity metal elements in poor liquid. It has been found that the amount of expensive neutralizing agent used can be reduced by replacing the calcium carbonate slurry with the two types of neutralizing agents and performing stepwise neutralization with adjusted end point pH, The present invention has been completed.
- hydrogen sulfide gas is blown into a sulfuric acid aqueous solution containing nickel and cobalt, and an impurity metal containing at least one of iron, magnesium and manganese, and nickel and cobalt are obtained.
- the second neutralization agent is used in the solution obtained in the first neutralization treatment step of performing neutralization treatment using a pH range of 5.0 to 6.0 as an end point, and the first neutralization treatment step.
- the second neutralizing agent is preferably a slaked lime slurry.
- the pH of the end point in the first neutralization treatment step is set to a range of 5.4 to 5.8.
- the neutralization treatment it is preferable to carry out the neutralization treatment with the range of pH 8.5 to 9.5 as the end point.
- the aqueous sulfuric acid solution is nickel and cobalt recovered through a leaching step, a solid-liquid separation step, and a neutralization step in a wet refining process based on high temperature pressure leaching for recovering nickel from nickel oxide ore. It can be set as the mother liquor which consists of sulfuric acid aqueous solution containing the impurity metal which contains magnesium, manganese, or any one or more at least.
- the present invention it is possible to reduce the amount of use of the high cost and high alkalinity neutralizing agent, and it is possible to carry out the neutralization treatment to neutralize and remove the impurity metal element in the poor solution efficiently.
- FIG. 1 is a process diagram of a hydrometallurgical process by a high temperature pressure acid leaching method for nickel oxide ore.
- FIG. 2 is a process diagram of the neutralization treatment method according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the results of the addition of neutralizing agents in Example 1 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2.
- the above-mentioned poor solution is neutralized using a calcium carbonate slurry as the first neutralizing agent, with the pH range of 5.0 to 6.0 as the end point.
- the solution obtained in the neutralization treatment step 1 and the first neutralization treatment step is subjected to neutralization treatment using a second neutralizing agent, and the precipitate containing the metal remaining in the poor solution and its And a second neutralization treatment step of obtaining a neutralized final solution from which metal ions have been removed.
- the neutralization treatment method it is important to perform stepwise neutralization treatment with a predetermined pH range as an end point using two types of neutralizing agents. Then, one of the two types of neutralizing agents is used as a calcium carbonate slurry which is an inexpensive neutralizing agent, and the calcium carbonate slurry is used to carry out the first stage of neutralization treatment.
- the neutralization treatment is performed using the inexpensive calcium carbonate slurry as the first neutralization treatment with the predetermined pH range as the end point, it is conventionally used.
- the amount of use of a highly alkaline neutralizing agent such as slaked lime slurry can be effectively reduced, and impurity metal ions can be efficiently neutralized and removed.
- a highly alkaline neutralizing agent such as slaked lime slurry
- the sulfuric acid aqueous solution containing nickel and cobalt and the impurity metal element described above is not particularly limited and can be widely applied, for example, in a hydrometallurgical method based on high-temperature pressure leaching for recovering nickel from nickel oxide ore Using a mother liquor consisting of an aqueous sulfuric acid solution containing nickel and cobalt recovered through a leaching step, a solid-liquid separation step, and a neutralization step, and an impurity metal containing at least one of iron, magnesium and manganese be able to.
- the neutralization treatment method according to the present embodiment is, for example, hydrogen sulfide with respect to a mother liquor consisting of a sulfuric acid aqueous solution containing nickel and cobalt obtained by the wet smelting method of nickel oxide ore and an impurity metal.
- the poor solution discharged from the sulfidation step of blowing in a gas to form a sulfide containing nickel and cobalt can be used as a treatment target.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a process diagram of a hydrometallurgical process by a high temperature pressure acid leaching method for nickel oxide ore.
- the wet smelting method of nickel oxide ore includes a leaching step S1 of leaching nickel and the like from the nickel oxide ore, and solid-liquid separation of solid solution separation from the obtained leaching slurry into leachate and leaching residue.
- Step S2 Neutralizing step S3 for neutralizing the leachate and separating it into a mother liquor for recovery of nickel and a neutralized sediment slurry, hydrogen sulfide gas is blown into a sulfuric acid aqueous solution which is the mother liquor to carry out a sulfiding treatment to carry out nickel and cobalt. It has sulfurization process S4 which obtains the sulfide and the poor liquid containing.
- leaching step S1 sulfuric acid is added to the slurry of nickel oxide ore and stirred at a temperature of 220 to 280 ° C. to form a leached slurry consisting of a leachate and a leaching residue.
- a high temperature pressure vessel autoclave
- the nickel oxide ore used in the leaching step S1 mainly includes so-called laterite ores such as limonite ore and saprolite ore.
- the nickel content of this laterite ore is usually 0.8 to 2.5% by weight, and is contained as a hydroxide or siliceous earth (magnesium silicate) mineral.
- the iron content is 10 to 50% by weight, and is mainly in the form of a trivalent hydroxide (gesite), but a part of divalent iron is contained in the clay-mass earth mineral.
- a leaching reaction represented by the following formulas (1) to (5) and a high temperature thermal hydrolysis reaction occur, and leaching as a sulfate of nickel, cobalt, etc. and leaching Immobilization of iron sulfate as hematite is performed.
- the liquid portion of the obtained leaching slurry usually contains divalent and trivalent iron ions in addition to nickel, cobalt and the like.
- the slurry concentration in the leaching step S1 is not particularly limited, but it is preferable to adjust the slurry concentration of the leached slurry to be 15 to 45% by weight. Further, the amount of added sulfuric acid used in the leaching step S1 is not particularly limited, and an excessive amount such that iron in the ore is leached is used. For example, 300 to 400 kg per ton of ore. If the amount of sulfuric acid added per ton of ore exceeds 400 kg, the cost of sulfuric acid increases, which is not preferable.
- the multistage washing method in the solid-liquid separation step S2 is not particularly limited, but it is preferable to use a continuous countercurrent washing method (CCD method: Counter Current Decantation) in which a nickel-free washing solution is brought into contact with the countercurrent. . While this can reduce the washing
- CCD method Counter Current Decantation
- the pH of the leachate is 4.0 or less, preferably 3.2 to 3.8, while suppressing the oxidation of the leachate separated in the solid-liquid separation step S2.
- Calcium carbonate is added to form a mother liquor for nickel recovery and a neutralized precipitate slurry containing trivalent iron.
- the neutralization treatment of the leachate is performed in this manner to neutralize the excess acid used in the leaching step S1 by high-temperature pressure acid leaching, and at the same time, the trivalent Remove iron ions, aluminum ions, etc.
- the pH of the leachate exceeds 4.0, generation of nickel hydroxide increases.
- the neutralized precipitate slurry obtained in the neutralization step S3 can be sent to the solid-liquid separation step S2 as necessary. Thereby, the nickel contained in the neutralized precipitate slurry can be effectively recovered. Specifically, by repeating the neutralization sediment slurry to solid-liquid separation step S2 operated at a low pH condition, washing of the leaching residue simultaneously with the adhesion of the neutralization sediment on the water and the surface of the neutralization sediment Dissolution of nickel hydroxide produced by the local reaction can be promoted, and the nickel content as a recovery loss can be reduced.
- treatment to selectively separate zinc as a sulfide can be performed prior to formation of a sulfide of nickel and cobalt by a sulfidation reaction.
- a treatment for selectively separating this zinc co-precipitation of nickel having a higher concentration compared to zinc is suppressed by creating weak conditions in the sulfidation reaction to suppress the rate of the sulfidation reaction, and zinc is selectively selected. To remove.
- the mother liquor is a sulfuric acid aqueous solution containing nickel and cobalt obtained by leaching the nickel oxide ore as described above and undergoing neutralization step S3.
- the pH is 3.2 to 4.0
- the nickel concentration is 2 to 5 g / L
- the cobalt concentration is 0.1 to 1.0 g / L
- an impurity component for example, iron
- An aqueous sulfuric acid solution containing an impurity metal element containing at least one of magnesium and manganese can be used.
- the impurity metal component largely changes depending on the oxidation-reduction potential of leaching, the operation conditions of the autoclave, and the ore grade, but generally, iron, magnesium, manganese and other impurity metal elements of about several g / L are contained There is.
- the aqueous sulfuric acid solution contains relatively large amounts of impurity metal components such as iron, manganese, alkali metals, and alkaline earth metals such as magnesium contained in the aqueous sulfuric acid solution exist with respect to the nickel and cobalt to be recovered.
- the stability as sulfide formed is low. Therefore, these metal impurities are not contained in the formed sulfide, but are contained in the poor solution (sulfurization processing final solution) obtained by removing the formed sulfide.
- the poor solution has a pH of about 1.0 to 3.0.
- a sulfide containing nickel and cobalt containing few impurities and a poor solution stabilized at a low level of nickel concentration are generated and recovered.
- the sulfide slurry obtained by the sulfidation reaction is subjected to sedimentation separation processing using a sedimentation separation device such as thickener, whereby the sulfide which is a precipitate is separated and collected from the bottom of the thickener and the aqueous solution component is It overflows and is collected as a poor solution.
- the poor solution obtained through the sulfidation step S4 of the hydrometallurgical method of nickel oxide ore contains ions of impurity metals containing at least one or more of iron, magnesium and manganese. Therefore, in order to discharge this poor solution out of the system, it is necessary to carry out a neutralization process to remove the residual metal ions in the poor solution. Further, even when this poor solution is repeatedly used in the above-mentioned wet refining, it is preferable to carry out a neutralization treatment in order to reduce the amount of impurity components as much as possible.
- a highly alkaline neutralizing agent such as slaked lime slurry
- a neutralizing agent such as slaked lime slurry which is relatively advantageous in terms of cost with respect to other neutralizing agents
- the finish is finished. There is a problem that the cost impact is large.
- a part of the neutralizing agent used such as slaked lime slurry is replaced with an inexpensive calcium carbonate slurry, and stepwise neutralization is carried out using the two types of neutralizing agents. Make it work.
- this neutralization treatment method uses a calcium carbonate slurry as a first neutralizing agent for the poor solution, and terminates the predetermined pH range as an end point. And the solution obtained in the first neutralization treatment step S11 is subjected to neutralization treatment using a second neutralization agent, and the precipitate containing the impurity metal And a second neutralization treatment step S12 for producing a neutralization final solution.
- First neutralization treatment step> In the first neutralization treatment step S11, a calcium carbonate slurry is used as a neutralizing agent, and the poor solution obtained through the above-described sulfurizing step S4 is subjected to a neutralization treatment.
- the calcium carbonate slurry used in the first neutralization treatment step S11 is an inexpensive neutralizing agent. Therefore, by using this inexpensive calcium carbonate slurry as the first neutralizing agent, the first step of neutralization treatment is carried out first to achieve high alkalinity neutralization used in the second step of neutralization treatment described later. The amount of agent used can be reduced.
- the neutralization treatment is carried out with the pH of the end point in the range of 5.0 to 6.0, preferably in the range of 5.4 to 5.8.
- the calcium carbonate slurry is used as a neutralizing agent, and the pH of the end point is adjusted to be 5.0 to 6.0, and the first neutralization treatment is performed. I do.
- the amount of highly alkaline neutralizing agent used can be reduced as described above, and the total amount of neutralizing agent used in the entire neutralization treatment can be reduced, and the treatment cost can be reduced efficiently. It can be performed. And thereby, even if the amount of poor liquid to be treated increases, it is possible to prevent an excessive increase in treatment cost.
- the pH of the end point in the first neutralization treatment if the pH is less than 5.0, the first neutralization treatment becomes insufficient and the second neutralization treatment step S12 described later The sum treatment load increases, resulting in an increase in the amount of the second neutralizing agent used.
- the pH at the end point exceeds 6.0, the load of the first neutralization treatment increases, and the amount of calcium carbonate slurry used increases.
- the amount of the neutralizing agent used in the second neutralization treatment step S12 is almost the same. Because it does not change, the amount of neutralizing agent used throughout the neutralization process is increased, resulting in economic inefficiency.
- the neutralization agent in the first neutralization treatment and the neutralization in the second neutralization treatment are preferably performed by performing the first neutralization treatment with the range of pH 5.4 to 5.8 as an end point.
- the amount of the agent used can be reduced more effectively, and efficient treatment can be performed without an excessive increase in treatment cost even with an increase in the amount of poor solution to be treated.
- measurement of pH is not specifically limited, It can measure using a well-known method, and the end point of the neutralization process can be judged based on the measured pH.
- a pH measurement meter is provided in the neutralization reaction tank to enable measurement of the pH of the solution in the reaction tank as needed, and monitoring the pH which changes with the progress of the neutralization reaction accompanying the addition of the neutralizing agent Determine the end point of the process.
- Second neutralization process In the second neutralization treatment step S12, the solution obtained through the first neutralization treatment step S11 is subjected to neutralization treatment using a second neutralizing agent.
- the second neutralization treatment produces a precipitate containing the impurity metal and a neutralization final solution from which the impurity metal is removed.
- the second neutralizing agent is not particularly limited as long as it is a highly alkaline neutralizing agent, and for example, slaked lime slurry, sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate and the like can be used. Among them, it is particularly preferable from the economical point of view to use relatively inexpensive slaked lime slurry.
- the neutralization treatment was performed using only a highly alkaline neutralizing agent such as slaked lime slurry, but the amount of the neutralizing agent required increases due to the increase in the amount of poor liquid to be treated. Even when the slaked lime slurry is used, the treatment cost is excessively increased, and the economically efficient treatment can not be performed.
- the neutralization treatment method according to the present embodiment first, in the first neutralization treatment step S11, the neutralization treatment using the calcium carbonate slurry as the end point of the predetermined pH range is performed. Since it is carried out, the amount of highly alkaline neutralizing agent such as slaked lime slurry used in the second neutralization treatment can be effectively reduced. As a result, even when the amount of poor solution to be treated increases, it is possible to prevent an excessive increase in treatment cost, and efficient treatment can be performed.
- the neutralization treatment in the second neutralization treatment step S12 it is preferable to perform the treatment by adjusting the pH range of the end point to a range of pH 8.5 to 9.5.
- the pH of the end point in the second neutralization treatment is less than 8.5, precipitates of iron, magnesium, manganese and other impurity metal elements contained in the poor solution are not sufficiently formed, and the impurity metal ions are It may remain in the sum solution.
- the pH at the end point exceeds 9.5, the precipitation of the impurity metal does not progress further, and the load of the neutralization treatment becomes large, and the amount of the second neutralizing agent such as slaked lime slurry used It will increase the economy and deteriorate.
- the second stage neutralization treatment is performed with the range of pH 8.9 to 9.1 as an end point.
- the precipitate of the impurity metal element in the poor solution can be effectively formed while suppressing the use amount of the second neutralizing agent to the necessary minimum, and the neutralization removal treatment is performed more efficiently. be able to.
- the precipitate containing the impurity metal element obtained through the second neutralization treatment step S12 and the neutralization final solution from which the impurity metal is removed are separated and recovered by performing well-known solid-liquid separation treatment. be able to.
- Example 1 A mother liquor comprising an aqueous sulfuric acid solution containing nickel and cobalt recovered through a leaching step, a solid-liquid separation step, and a neutralization step, and iron, magnesium, manganese and other impurity metals in a wet refining method of nickel oxide ore.
- the impure liquid discharged from the sulfidation process is subjected to impurity metal ions contained in the poor liquid.
- the neutralization process to neutralize and remove was performed.
- Example 1 Specifically, in the neutralization treatment in Example 1, first, a calcium carbonate slurry having a density of 1.3 g / cm 3 is added as a first neutralizing agent to 1 m 3 of poor solution (pH 1.7), A first neutralization treatment was performed to neutralize the end point pH to 5.5 (end point pH (1)).
- a slaked lime slurry having a density of 1.2 g / cm 3 as a second neutralizing agent is added to the solution after the first neutralization treatment, and the end point pH is 9.0 (end point pH (2))
- a second neutralization treatment was performed to neutralize until At this time, the addition amount of each of the neutralizing agents used in the first neutralization treatment and the second neutralization treatment was determined.
- Comparative Example 1 In Comparative Example 1, the neutralization treatment is performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the end point pH in the first neutralization treatment is set to 6.5 (end point pH (1)). The amount of addition was determined.
- Comparative Example 2 In Comparative Example 2, the pH of the end point is 9.0 (only one step, but for the sake of convenience “end point pH (2)”) using only the slaked lime slurry as a neutralizing agent in 1 m 3 of poor solution. The neutralization treatment was performed until the amount of the neutralizing agent needed at this time was determined.
- Example 1 a first step using a calcium carbonate slurry as the first neutralizing agent and setting the end point pH to the range of 5.0 to 6.0, pH 5.5
- the neutralization treatment of the second step was performed using the highly alkaline slaked lime slurry as the second neutralizer
- the addition amount of the slaked lime slurry was 60 L. It was possible to do efficient processing.
- the total amount of neutralizing agent used in the entire neutralization process is 143 L, of which 80 L is the inexpensive calcium carbonate slurry used in the first stage neutralization process, and the amount of slaked lime slurry used as described above As a result, the processing cost of the entire neutralization process was also significantly reduced.
- Comparative Example 1 in which the end point pH of the first neutralization treatment was 6.5, although the neutralization treatment was performed in two steps using two types of neutralizing agents in the same manner as in Example 1.
- the load of the neutralization process in the first step increased, and the addition amount of the calcium carbonate slurry was 235 L, which was 2.5 times or more as compared with Example 1.
- the addition amount of the slaked lime slurry used for the second stage of the neutralization treatment was 55 L, even though the load of the first stage of the neutralization treatment was increased, Example 1 There was almost no change in the total amount of neutralizing agent used throughout the neutralization process, and the effective neutralization process could not be performed.
- Comparative Example 2 in which the neutralization treatment was performed using only the slaked lime slurry as in the prior art, the addition amount of the slaked lime slurry reached 130 L.
- the amount of the slaked lime slurry used is equivalent to twice or more the amount of the slaked lime slurry used in Example 1.
- the amount of neutralizing agent used in this Comparative Example 2 is almost the same as the total amount of neutralizing agent used in Example 1, but stepwise neutralization treatment using an inexpensive calcium carbonate slurry as the first neutralizing agent
- the processing cost of the comparative example 2 is much higher than that of the example 1 of the embodiment. In such processing, it is considered that the processing cost also increases significantly as the amount of poor liquid to be processed increases.
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Description
本出願は、日本国において2012年6月12日に出願された日本特許出願番号特願2012-133125を基礎として優先権を主張するものであり、これらの出願を参照することにより、本出願に援用される。
1.本発明の概要
2.ニッケル酸化鉱石の湿式製錬方法
3.中和処理方法
3-1.第1の中和処理工程
3-2.第2の中和処理工程
4.実施例
本発明に係る中和処理方法は、ニッケル及びコバルトと、鉄、マグネシウム、マンガンの何れか1つ以上を少なくとも含む不純物金属とを含有する硫酸水溶液に硫化水素ガスを吹き込み、ニッケル及びコバルトを含む硫化物を形成する硫化処理から得られる貧液中の残留不純物金属イオンを中和除去するものである。
上述したニッケル及びコバルトと不純物金属元素とを含む硫酸水溶液としては、特に限定されず広く適用することができるが、例えば、ニッケル酸化鉱石からニッケルを回収する高温加圧浸出に基づく湿式製錬方法において、浸出工程、固液分離工程、及び中和工程を経て回収されるニッケル及びコバルトと、鉄、マグネシウム、マンガンの何れか1つ以上を少なくとも含む不純物金属とを含有する硫酸水溶液からなる母液を用いることができる。
浸出工程S1では、ニッケル酸化鉱石のスラリーに硫酸を添加し、220~280℃の温度下で攪拌処理して、浸出液と浸出残渣とからなる浸出スラリーを形成する。浸出工程S1では、例えば高温加圧容器(オートクレーブ)が用いられる。
MO+H2SO4 ⇒ MSO4+H2O ・・・(1)
(なお、式中Mは、Ni、Co、Fe、Zn、Cu、Mg、Cr、Mn等を表す。)
2Fe(OH)3+3H2SO4 ⇒ Fe2(SO4)3+6H2O ・・・(2)
FeO+H2SO4 ⇒ FeSO4+H2O ・・・(3)
・高温熱加水分解反応
2FeSO4+H2SO4+1/2O2 ⇒ Fe2(SO4)3+H2O
・・・(4)
Fe2(SO4)3+3H2O⇒ Fe2O3+3H2SO4 ・・・(5)
固液分離工程S2では、浸出工程S1で形成される浸出スラリーを多段洗浄して、ニッケル及びコバルトを含む浸出液と浸出残渣とを得る。
中和工程S3では、固液分離工程S2にて分離された浸出液の酸化を抑制しながら、その浸出液のpHが4.0以下、好ましくは3.2~3.8となるように炭酸カルシウムを添加し、ニッケル回収用の母液と3価の鉄を含む中和澱物スラリーとを形成する。中和工程S3では、このようにして浸出液の中和処理を行うことで、高温加圧酸浸出による浸出工程S1で用いた過剰の酸の中和を行うとともに、溶液中に残留する3価の鉄イオンやアルミニウムイオン等を除去する。なお、浸出液のpHが4.0を超えると、ニッケルの水酸化物の発生が多くなる。
硫化工程S4では、中和工程S3において得られたニッケル回収用の母液である硫酸水溶液に硫化水素ガスを吹き込んで硫化反応を生じさせ、ニッケル及びコバルトを含む硫化物と貧液とを生成する。
上述したように、ニッケル酸化鉱石の湿式製錬方法の硫化工程S4を経て得られた貧液は、鉄、マグネシウム、マンガンの何れか1つ以上を少なくとも含む不純物金属のイオンを含有している。そのため、この貧液を系外に排出するにあたっては、貧液中の残留金属イオンを除去する中和処理を施すことが必要となる。また、この貧液を、上述した湿式製錬に繰り返し用いる場合においても、不純物成分を極力低減させた状態とするために中和処理を施すことが好ましい。
第1の中和処理工程S11では、中和剤として炭酸カルシウムスラリーを用い、上述した硫化工程S4を経て得られた貧液に対して中和処理を施す。
第2の中和処理工程S12では、第1の中和処理工程S11を経て得られた溶液に対して、第2の中和剤を用いて中和処理を施す。この第2の中和処理により、不純物金属を含む沈殿物と不純物金属が除去された中和終液とを生成する。
以下に、本発明についての実施例を説明するが、本発明は下記の実施例に限定されるものではない。
ニッケル酸化鉱石の湿式製錬方法において、浸出工程、固液分離工程、及び中和工程を経て回収されたニッケル及びコバルトと、鉄、マグネシウム、マンガンその他の不純物金属とを含む硫酸水溶液からなる母液に対して、硫化水素ガスを吹き込んでニッケル及びコバルトを含む硫化物を形成させる硫化工程を行った後、その硫化工程から排出された貧液に対して、その貧液中に含まれる不純物金属イオンを中和除去する中和処理を行った。
比較例1では、第1の中和処理における終点pHを6.5(終点pH(1))としたこと以外は、実施例1と同様にして中和処理を行い、それぞれの中和剤の添加量を求めた。
比較例2では、貧液1m3に中和剤として消石灰スラリーのみを用いて終点のpHが9.0(1段階のみであるが、便宜的に「終点pH(2)」とする)となるまで中和処理を行い、このときに必要となった中和剤の添加量を求めた。
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- ニッケル及びコバルトと、鉄、マグネシウム、マンガンの何れか1つ以上を少なくとも含む不純物金属とを含有する硫酸水溶液に硫化水素ガスを吹き込み、ニッケル及びコバルトを含む硫化物を形成する硫化処理から得られる貧液中に残留した金属イオンを中和除去する中和処理方法であって、
上記貧液に対して、第1の中和剤として炭酸カルシウムスラリーを用い、pH5.0~6.0の範囲を終点として中和処理を行う第1の中和処理工程と、
上記第1の中和処理工程で得られた溶液に、第2の中和剤を用いて中和処理を施し、上記貧液中に残留した金属を含む沈殿物と該金属イオンが除去された中和終液とを得る第2の中和処理工程と
を有することを特徴とする中和処理方法。 - 上記第2の中和剤は、消石灰スラリーであることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の中和処理方法。
- 上記第1の中和処理工程における終点のpHを5.4~5.8の範囲とすることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の中和処理方法。
- 上記第2の中和処理工程では、pH8.5~9.5の範囲を終点として中和処理を行うことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の中和処理方法。
- 上記硫酸水溶液は、ニッケル酸化鉱石からニッケルを回収する高温加圧浸出に基づく湿式製錬方法において、浸出工程、固液分離工程、及び中和工程を経て回収されるニッケル及びコバルトと、鉄、マグネシウム、マンガンの何れか1つ以上を少なくとも含む不純物金属とを含有する硫酸水溶液からなる母液であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の中和処理方法。
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