WO2014139869A1 - Utilisation de composés à fonctions amide et phosphonate pour extraire l'uranium(vi) de solutions aqueuses d'acide sulfurique, issues notamment de la lixiviation sulfurique de minerais uranifères - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to the field of the extraction of uranium from aqueous media containing sulfuric acid.
- the invention relates to the use of bifunctional compounds, comprising both an amide function and a phosphonate function, as extractants, for extracting uranium (VI) from an aqueous acid solution.
- sulfuric acid in which it is present and, in particular, of an aqueous solution resulting from the leaching of a uranium-containing ore by sulfuric acid.
- the invention also relates to a process which makes it possible to recover the uranium present in an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid resulting from the leaching of a uranium-containing ore by sulfuric acid and which implements said compounds as extractants.
- the invention finds particular application in the treatment of uranium ores (uraninite, pitchblende, coffinite, brannérite, carnotite, ...) in order to recover the uranium present in these ores.
- Uranium ores (or ores of uranium) are extracted from the mines, crushed and crushed until they reach the consistency of fine sand, then they are subjected to an attack, also called leaching, by sulfuric acid (unless their oxygen is naturally alkaline, in which case this leaching would necessitate a crippling consumption of sulfuric acid).
- Sulfuric acid was chosen for two reasons: firstly, it is the strongest acid cheapest, this acid can be manufactured on the site of the plants of treatment of the Uranium-bearing ores from sulfur by a so-called "double catalysis" process, and on the other hand, its use leads to effluents that are relatively easy to treat because the sulphate ions can be largely eliminated by precipitation at lime.
- each uranium ore is studied on the basis of an optimization of the dissolution efficiency of uranium (VI) compared to the quantity of sulfuric acid consumed.
- VI uranium
- the aqueous solution resulting from the leaching with sulfuric acid which generally contains from 0.1 to 10 g / l of uranium, is sent to a purification unit in which it is not only purified but also concentrated either by passage over ion exchange resins or by liquid-liquid extraction (that is to say by means of a solvent phase or organic phase). It undergoes a pH adjustment and a precipitation, which allows to obtain a yellow uranium concentrate which is commonly called "yellow cake".
- This uranium concentrate is filtered, washed, dried and possibly calcined (to obtain uranium sesquioxide U 3 0 8 ), before being put in barrels and shipped to a refinery-conversion plant in which uranium is transformed into UF 6 of nuclear purity.
- the AMEX process uses, as extractant, a commercial mixture of trialkylated tertiary amines whose alkyl chains are C 8 to C 10 , for example Adogen 364 or Alamine 336, in solution in a kerosene type hydrocarbon, optionally addition of a heavy alcohol (Ci 0 to Ci 3 ) which acts as a phase modifier, while the DAPEX process uses, as extractant, a synergistic mixture of di (2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (HDEHP) and tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) solution in a kerosene type hydrocarbon.
- HDEHP di (2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid
- TBP tri-n-butyl phosphate
- the DAPEX process has the drawbacks of using an extractant which is even less selective for uranium than is the mixture of tertiary amines used in the AMEX process, to have a kinetic of slow extraction (unlike the AMEX process which has fast extraction kinetics) and drastically limit the way in which the uranium is extracted from the aqueous solution after leaching with sulfuric acid.
- the supply of extractants that are capable of very efficiently extracting uranium from an aqueous solution of phosphoric acid while being more selective towards uranium than is the mixture of tertiary amines used in the AMEX process and less sensitive to acids than are these tertiary amines. This would make it possible to obtain purer uranium concentrates, which would further facilitate the implementation of subsequent refining-conversion processes for these concentrates.
- the object of the invention is precisely to propose the use of compounds, which satisfy all these requirements, for the extraction of uranium from aqueous solutions of sulfuric acid and, in particular, from aqueous solutions derived from the leaching of uranium ores by sulfuric acid.
- the invention therefore, in the first place, relates to the use of a compound corresponding to the general formula (I) below:
- R 1 and R 2 which may be identical or different, represent a hydrocarbon group, saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, comprising from 6 to 12 carbon atoms;
- R 3 represents:
- hydrocarbon group saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally one or more heteroatoms;
- R 4 represents a hydrocarbon group, saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, comprising from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, or a monocyclic aromatic group;
- hydrocarbon group saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, comprising from 6 to 12 carbon atoms
- linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group comprising from 2 to 8 carbon atoms means any linear or branched chain alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group which comprises at least 2 carbon atoms. carbon but does not include more than 8 carbon atoms.
- hydrocarbon group saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally one or more heteroatoms
- heteroatom means any atom other than carbon and hydrogen, this atom typically being a nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atom.
- hydrocarbon group saturated or unsaturated, monocyclic, comprising from 3 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally one or more heteroatoms
- any cyclic hydrocarbon group which comprises only one ring and whose cycle includes minus 3 carbon atoms but not more than 8 carbon atoms may be saturated or, on the contrary, have one or more double or triple bonds, and may include one or more heteroatoms or may be substituted by one or more heteroatoms or by one or more substituents comprising a heteroatom.
- this group can in particular be a cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl or cycloalkynyl group (for example a cyclopropane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cyclopropenyl, cyclopentenyl or cyclohexenyl group), a saturated heterocyclic group (for example, a tetrahydrofuryl, tetrahydro-thiophenyl or pyrrolidinyl group). or piperidinyl), an unsaturated but nonaromatic heterocyclic group (eg, pyrrolinyl or pyridinyl), an aromatic group or a heteroaromatic group.
- a cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl or cycloalkynyl group for example a cyclopropane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cyclopropenyl, cyclopentenyl or cyclohexeny
- aromatic group means any group whose cycle satisfies Huckel's aromaticity rule and therefore has a number of delocalized ⁇ electrons equal to An + 2 (for example, a phenyl or benzyl group), while the term “heteroaromatic group” is intended to mean any aromatic group such as has just been defined but whose ring comprises one or more heteroatoms, this heteroatom or these heteroatoms being typically chosen from among the atoms nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur (e.g., furanyl, thiophenyl, or pyrrolyl).
- R 1 and R 2 which may be identical or different, advantageously represent a linear or branched alkyl group comprising from 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
- R 1 and R 2 are identical to each other and that they both represent a branched alkyl group comprising from 8 to 10 carbon atoms, the 2-ethylhexyl group being very particularly preferred.
- R 3 advantageously represents a linear or branched alkyl group comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or a monocyclic aromatic group.
- R 3 represents a linear or branched alkyl group comprising from 6 to 10 carbon atoms, especially 2-ethylhexyl or n-octyl, or a phenyl group.
- R 4 represents, preferably, a linear or branched alkyl group comprising from 2 to 8 carbon atoms and, more preferably, from 2 to 4 carbon atoms such that an ethyl, n-propyl or isopropyl group, n-butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl or ieri-butyl, the ethyl, isopropyl, ⁇ -butyl and isobutyl groups being very particularly preferred.
- n-butyl 1 - (/ V, / V-di-2-ethylhexylcarbamoyl) nonylphosphonate which corresponds to the general formula (I) above in which R 1 and R 2 each represent a 2-ethylhexyl group, R 3 represents a ⁇ -octyl group while R 4 represents an n-butyl group;
- isopropyl-1 - (/ V, / V-di-2-ethylhexylcarbamoyl) nonylphosphonate which corresponds to the general formula (I) above wherein R 1 and R 2 each represent a 2-ethylhexyl group, R 3 represents a ⁇ -octyl group while R 4 represents an isopropyl group;
- isobutyl-1 - (/ V, / V-di-2-ethylhexylcarbamoyl) nonylphosphonate which has the general formula (I) above wherein R 1 and R 2 each represent a 2-ethylhexyl group, R 3 represents a ⁇ -octyl group while R 4 represents an isobutyl group;
- ⁇ -butyl-1 - (/ V, / V-di-2-ethylhexylcarbamoyl) nonylphosphonate and 1 - (/ V, / V-di-2-ethylhexylcarbamoyl) nonylphosphonate are particularly preferred. isopropyl.
- R 1 , R 2 and R 4 are as previously defined and R 3 represents a hydrogen atom
- R 3 represents a hydrogen atom
- R 1 , R 2 and X are as previously defined;
- R 1 , R 2 and R 4 are as previously defined;
- R 1 , R 2 and R 4 are as previously defined and R 3 represents either a hydrocarbon group, saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, comprising from 1 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally one or more heteroatoms, a hydrocarbon group, saturated or unsaturated, monocyclic, comprising from 3 to 8 carbon atoms and optionally one or more heteroatoms, they can be synthesized by a process which comprises:
- R 1 , R 2 and X are as previously defined;
- R 1 , R 2 and R 4 are as previously defined;
- R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are as previously defined;
- Stage A is, for example, carried out in the presence of triethylamine in an organic solvent of the dichloromethane type.
- Steps B and D are, for example, carried out in the presence of n-butyllithium and 2,2'-bipyridine, or sodium hydride and 2,2'-bipyridine, in an organic solvent of the tetrahydrofuran type, while that steps C and E are, for example, carried out using potash as a strong base, in a solvent composed of water and dimethylformamide.
- the compound of general formula (I) above is used to extract uranium (VI) from the aqueous solution of sulfuric acid by liquid-liquid extraction, that is to say by bringing this solution into contact with one another.
- aqueous solution with an organic phase comprising said compound and then separating said aqueous solution from the organic phase, in which case this organic phase preferably comprises the compound in solution, at a concentration of 0.01 to 1 mol / L, in a diluent organic, advantageously of the aliphatic type such as ⁇ -dodecane, hydrogenated tetrapropylene (TPH) or kerosene, for example the one marketed by TOTAL under the trade name Isane IP-185.
- a diluent organic advantageously of the aliphatic type such as ⁇ -dodecane, hydrogenated tetrapropylene (TPH) or kerosene, for example the one marketed by TOTAL under the trade name Isane IP-185.
- the aqueous solution from which the uranium (VI) is extracted is advantageously an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid which is derived from the leaching of a uranium-containing ore by sulfuric acid, in which case this aqueous solution comprises typically from 0.1 to 10 g / l of uranium, from 0.1 to 2 mol / l of sulfate ions, at an acidity of 0.01 to 0.5 mol / l.
- the invention also relates to a process for recovering uranium present in an aqueous sulfuric acid solution resulting from the lixiviation of a uranium-containing ore by sulfuric acid, which process comprises:
- step b) the desextraction of the uranium (VI) present in the organic phase obtained at the end of step a), by bringing this organic phase into contact with an aqueous phase comprising a carbonate, for example ammonium or sodium, and then separating said organic phase and said aqueous phase.
- aqueous phase comprising a carbonate, for example ammonium or sodium
- the compound is preferably used in solution, at a concentration of 0.01 to 1 mol / L, in an organic diluent, advantageously of the aliphatic type such as ⁇ -dodecane, TPH or herbal.
- the aqueous sulfuric acid solution which is used in step a), preferably comprises from 0.1 to 10 g / l of uranium and from 0.1 to 2 mol / l of sulfate ions, with an acidity from 0.01 to 0.5 mol / L, while the aqueous phase comprising the carbonate, which is used in step b), preferably comprises from 0.1 to 1 mol / l of carbonate.
- the volume ratio between the organic phase and the sulfuric acid solution, which are used in step a), and / or the volume ratio between the organic phase and the aqueous phase comprising the carbonate, which are used in step b), are (are) adjusted so that the aqueous phase obtained at the end of step b) has a concentration of uranium which makes it possible to precipitate subsequently this uranium under good conditions, that is to say a uranium concentration typically 40 to 100 g / l.
- step a it is possible to favor a concentrated extraction (step a)) or, on the contrary, a concentrated (step b)) extraction or even an intermediate situation, each of these steps contributing to the concentration of uranium up to the target value.
- the volume ratio between the organic phase and the aqueous solution of sulfuric acid may, for example, be less than or equal to 1 and, more preferably, between 0.2 and 1, while the volume ratio between the organic phase and the aqueous phase comprising the carbonate may, for example, be greater than 1, to induce both a concentration of uranium in the organic phase in step a) and a concentration of uranium in aqueous phase at step b).
- step a) of the process may further comprise washing the organic phase after its separation from the aqueous solution, in order to eliminate from this phase:
- this washing is preferably carried out by contacting the organic phase with an aqueous phase consisting solely of water, followed by separation of said organic phase and said aqueous phase;
- this washing is preferably carried out by placing in contact with the organic phase with an aqueous phase comprising sulfuric acid or a strong complexing agent impurities such as an oxalate or a citrate, for example ammonium or sodium, and then separating said organic phase and said aqueous phase.
- an aqueous phase comprising sulfuric acid or a strong complexing agent impurities such as an oxalate or a citrate, for example ammonium or sodium
- FIG. 1 illustrates the steps of the methods for synthesizing the compounds that are useful according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the isotherm of the extraction of uranium (VI) by a compound that is useful according to the invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates the kinetics of the extraction of uranium (VI) by a compound useful according to the invention (curve A) and by Alamine 336 (curve B).
- FIG. 4 illustrates the evolution of the uranium distribution coefficient, denoted by Du, as a function of the molar concentration of total sulphates (denoted by [S0 4 totals] and expressed in mol / L) of the solution from which this uranium is extracted. by a compound which is useful according to the invention and for three different initial concentrations of H + ions of this solution: 0.2 N (curve A), 0.35 N (curve B) and 0.5 N (curve C) .
- Step A Synthesis of 2-chloro-A /, A / -di-2-ethylhexylacetamide
- the dichloromethane phases are washed with 50 ml of distilled water, dried over magnesium sulphate, filtered and evaporated to dryness at room temperature. the rotary evaporator.
- the 7.26 g of yellow oil thus obtained are subjected to chromatography on a column of silica gel (80 g - 63-200 ⁇ of particle size) with a dichloromethane / methanol mixture 98/2, v / v, as eluent. .
- Step B Synthesis of di-n-butyl 1 - (/ V, / V-di-2-ethylhexylcarbamoyl) methylphosphonate
- a yellow reaction mixture is obtained which is left overnight at room temperature. After which, it is poured over 100 ml of distilled water and acidified by addition of N HCI in an amount sufficient to obtain an acidic pH. The whole is extracted with 2 times 50 ml of ethyl ether. The ethereal phases are washed with twice 50 ml of distilled water and 50 ml of water saturated with NaCl, dried over magnesium sulphate, filtered and evaporated to dryness on a rotary evaporator.
- the 3.45 g of yellow oil thus obtained are subjected to chromatography on a silica column (125 g - 63- 200 ⁇ of particle size) using a cyclohexane / ethyl acetate mixture 9/1, v / v , as eluent.
- Step E Synthesis of n-butyl 1 - (/ V, / V-di-2-ethylhexylcarbamoyl) nonylphosphonate
- the ethereal phases are washed twice with 50 ml of distilled water, dried over magnesium sulphate, filtered and evaporated to dryness on a rotary evaporator.
- the 0.34 g of oil thus obtained are subjected to chromatography on a silica column (17 g - 63-200 ⁇ of particle size) using a dichloromethane / methanol mixture 97/3, v / v, as eluent.
- NMR 1 400 MHz, CDCl 3 ) ⁇ (ppm): 0.83-0.94 (m, 15H, CH 3 ); 1.20 - 1.41 (m, 30H, CH 2 , OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 ); 1.59 - 1.73 (m, 4H, OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 3, C 7 H 5 CH 2 CH (CO) P); 1.85 - 2.06 (m, 2H, CHCH 2 N); 3.07-3.21 (m, 3H, CH 2 N, COCH (Oct) P); 3.24 - 3.50 (m, 2H, CH 2 N); 3.98 - 4.10 (m, 2H, OCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 3); 9.34 (s, 1H, OH).
- DEHCNPiP N, N-di-2-ethylhexylcarbamoyl nonylphosphonate
- DEHCNPiP 2-ethylhexyl
- R 3 ⁇ -octyl
- R 4 isopropyl
- DEHCEHPiP isopropyl
- DEHCMPE 2-ethylhexyl
- R 3 H
- R 4 ethyl
- DEHCMPB n-butyl 1- (N, N- ⁇ -2-ethylhexylcarbamoyl) methylphosphonate
- steps A, B and C shown in FIG. 1 and using, for steps A and B, an operating protocol similar to that described in point 1.1 above for these steps, and for the step C, a procedure similar to that described in point 1.1 above for step E.
- phases comprising one of the following compounds: DEHCNPiP, DEHCEHPiP, DEHCNPiB, DEHCEHPiB, DEHCEHPB and DEHCNPB, as an extractant, at a concentration of 0.05 mol / L in TPH, the solubilization of these compounds in the TPH having been previously carried out without the use of a phase modifier or heating; and
- composition in metallic elements of this aqueous phase is presented in Table I below. Its content of total sulphates (sulfate ions + hydrogen sulphate ions) is 0.40 mol / L while its H + ion concentration is 0.13 mol / L. Its redox potential, which is 680 mV / ENH, indicates that iron It contains mainly oxidation state II while vanadium has oxidation degree IV.
- Each of the organic phases was brought into contact with an aqueous phase in an organic phase / aqueous phase volume ratio, denoted O / A, of 1, and these phases were maintained for 30 minutes at room temperature (23-24 ° C.). , in an incubator that prints a horizontal reciprocating motion to the extraction tubes. After that, the organic and aqueous phases were separated by gravity settling in less than 2 minutes.
- Concentrations of metallic elements were measured in the aqueous phases before and after extraction by plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). Their concentrations in the organic phases were either measured either by X-ray fluorescence or by analytical stripping with ammonium oxalate followed by ammonium carbonate.
- ICP-AES plasma atomic emission spectrometry
- Table II shows, for each test compound, the distribution coefficients of uranium, arsenic, molybdenum, iron, vanadium and titanium respectively denoted Du, D As , D Mo , D Fe , D v and D T i, having been obtained from the concentrations thus measured. Also given in this table are the distribution coefficients obtained for these same elements, under the same experimental conditions, but with an organic phase comprising Alamine 336, which is currently the most widely used extractant in the treatment plants. of uranium ores at a concentration of 0.1 mol / L in TPH plus 2% isodecanol.
- This table shows that the compounds which are useful according to the invention have an ability to extract uranium (VI) from an aqueous sulfuric acid solution and with a selectivity greater than that of Alamine 336, in particular with respect to molybdenum.
- the steric hindrance provided by the branching of the alkyl group on the phosphonate (R 4 ) or on the spacer between the amide function and the phosphonate (R 3 ), causes a slight decrease in the distribution coefficient of the uranium relative to DEHCNPB, but further enhances the selectivity of compounds for uranium to molybdenum and titanium, which are the main impurities potentially coextracted from an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid from the leaching of a Uranium ore by sulfuric acid.
- the selectivity of the compounds useful according to the invention for uranium is very good with respect to vanadium and titanium; for arsenic, it is better than with Alamine 336.
- the selectivity of this family of extractants for uranium to iron is less good than for Alamine 336, with which iron does not. is not extracted at all, but it remains very high.
- phases comprising the compound DEHCNPB as an extractant at a concentration of 0.05 mol / L in TPH;
- aqueous solutions of sulfuric acid comprising 1.9 g / l of uranium (VI), 0.5 mol / l of total sulphates and having a free acidity of 0.2 N, the latter two parameters being representative of the total sulphate and free acid concentrations conventionally presented by solutions resulting from the leaching of uranium ores by sulfuric acid;
- ICP-MS plasma torch mass spectrometry
- FIG. 2 They are also illustrated in FIG. 2, in the form of a curve which shows the relationship to equilibrium existing between the concentration of uranium in the organic phase and the concentration of this same element in the aqueous phase.
- the slope of the tangent of the curve at any point gives the distribution coefficient of uranium in the absence of other metallic elements.
- Table III and Figure 2 show, on the one hand, that the distribution coefficient of uranium, denoted Du, which is very high for the low concentrations of uranium in the aqueous phase (almost vertical slope of the tangent of the curve), falls sharply as the concentration of uranium increases in the aqueous phase, and, secondly, that we obtain a uranium saturation of the organic phase of the order of 4 g uranium / L. 11.3 - Influence of the acidity and concentration of total sulphates of the aqueous solution of sulfuric acid on the extraction of uranium (VI) by a useful compound according to the invention
- the solutions resulting from the leaching of uranium-containing ores by sulfuric acid have a free acidity generally of between 0.05 and 0.5 N and a concentration of total sulphates (sulfate ions + hydrogen sulphate ions) of between 0.1 and 2 mol. / L, or even more, depending on the amount of sulfuric acid consumed to achieve this leaching and the amount of leached calcium, since during this leaching produces a partial reprecipitation of calcium sulfate dihydrate (or gypsum) whose solubility is 2.4 g / L in water.
- phases comprising the compound DEHCNPB as an extractant at a concentration of 0.05 mol / L in TPH;
- solutions comprising 3.7 g / L of uranium (VI) and having total sulphate concentrations ranging from 0.3 to 1 mol / L (by addition of ammonium sulphate) and ion concentrations H + equal to 0.2 N, 0.35 N and 0.5 N.
- VI uranium
- curves A, B and C represent the evolution of the distribution coefficient of uranium, denoted Du, for a concentration of total sulphates ranging from 0.3 to 1 mol. / L and for an H + ion concentration of 0.2 N (curve A), 0.35 N (curve B) and 0.5 N (curve C), respectively.
- the distribution coefficient of uranium decreases with increasing acidity, which was expected given the extraction mechanism that releases two protons per mole of uranium extracted.
- the increase in the concentration of sulphate ions also has a negative effect on the extraction of uranium, but less marked.
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