Abstract:
In an autoclave in a high pressure acid leaching process in which starting material slurry and sulfuric acid are stirred by stirring machines in each compartment in the autoclave partitioned by partition walls to proceed leaching, and slurry is transferred from a compartment on an upstream side to a compartment on a downstream side to sequentially proceed leaching, wherein starting material slurry supply tubes having the starting material slurry discharge ports and sulfuric acid supply tubes having sulfuric acid discharge ports are alternately disposed on a perimeter of stirring blades of the stirring machine provided in the compartment at an upstream end, and the starting material slurry and sulfuric acid are added to the compartment at the upstream end from the starting material slurry discharge ports and the sulfuric acid discharge ports positioned higher than an uppermost part of the stirring blades and lower than a contained liquid surface.
Abstract:
A method for improving the filterability in separating a zinc sulfide, produced by applying sulfurization treatment to a post-neutralization solution containing zinc together with nickel and cobalt in a dezincification step in a hydrometallurgical process for nickel oxide ore. The method includes a neutralization reaction step of neutralizing leachate in a neutralization tank, a separation step of separating neutralized slurry into a neutralized sediment and a post-neutralization solution by adding flocculant to the neutralized slurry, a measuring step of measuring the viscosity of the post-neutralization solution, a step of storing the post-neutralization solution in a storage tank, and a transfer step of transferring the stored post-neutralization solution to a dezincification reaction tank used in a dezincification step subsequent to a neutralization step.
Abstract:
A slurry-transporting facility equipped with a plurality of pump-equipment circuits, whereby a stop of slurry supply to a transport destination at the time of switchover between the pump-equipment circuits for use is prevented to make an efficient operation possible. The slurry-transporting facility includes: pipe arrangements which branch out from a feed tank into the plurality of circuits; a transport pump provided in each of the pipe arrangement; a first valve provided upstream from the transport pump; a second valve provided downstream from the transport pump; and a uniting pipe arrangement formed by joining of the pipe arrangements at a predetermined position and connected to a LT heater. The uniting pipe arrangement is provided with a third valve configured to control the transportation of ore slurry to the LT heater and a pressure gauge configured to measure a pressure in the uniting pipe arrangement.
Abstract:
The present invention allows low-concentration hydrogen sulfide gas to be recovered and supplied to a processing plant that uses hydrogen sulfide gas. The hydrogen sulfide gas production plant is provided with a first supply pipe that supplies hydrogen sulfide gas obtained from a sulfur recovery facility to a processing plant, and a second supply pipe that is branched at a predetermined point in the first supply pipe and supplies the hydrogen sulfide gas from the sulfur recovery facility to the processing plant. The first supply pipe has a concentration meter that is provided on the upstream side than the branch point and measures the concentration of the hydrogen sulfide gas. The first supply pipe and the second supply pipe have ON/OFF valves that are provided on the downstream side of the branch point and perform ON/OFF control of the supply to the processing plant through the supply pipe.
Abstract:
An object is to provide a hydrogen sulfide gas production plant that can recover discharged waste hydrogen sulfide gas and efficiently supply the gas to a process plant where processing is conducted by using hydrogen sulfide gas, and also provide a method for recovering and using the waste hydrogen sulfide gas by the hydrogen sulfide gas production plant. In the present invention, the hydrogen sulfide gas production plant is provided with a pipe that recovers the waste hydrogen sulfide gas discharged from the hydrogen sulfide gas production plant and that has one end connected to the process plant where the hydrogen sulfide gas is used, and the discharged waste hydrogen sulfide gas is recovered and the recovered waste hydrogen sulfide gas is supplied to the process plant through the pipe.
Abstract:
Provided are a treatment method for a barren solution, and a treatment device for a barren solution, with which hydrogen sulfide can be efficiently removed from the barren solution. In an aeration tank provided with a vertical-type cylindrical reaction vessel, stirring blades arranged in the reaction vessel, and an annular aeration tube having a large number of air outlets, which is arranged to a bottom part of the reaction vessel, aeration is performed by blowing gas for aeration into the reaction vessel from a large number of air outlets of the aeration tube while stirring a liquid by rotation of the stirring blades.
Abstract:
A hydrostatic tower whose lower part communicates with a liquid phase space within a flash vessel, and whose upper part communicates with a gas phase space within the flash vessel is provided. A rising liquid level within the hydrostatic tower is detected by at least one maximum liquid level sensor provided at a position at the same level as a predetermined maximum liquid level within the liquid phase space. A dropping liquid level within the hydrostatic tower is detected by at least one minimum liquid level sensor provided at a position at the same level as a predetermined minimum liquid level within the liquid phase space.
Abstract:
A hydrostatic tower whose lower part communicates with a liquid phase space within a flash vessel, and whose upper part communicates with a gas phase space within the flash vessel is provided. A rising liquid level within the hydrostatic tower is detected by at least one maximum liquid level sensor provided at a position at the same level as a predetermined maximum liquid level within the liquid phase space. A dropping liquid level within the hydrostatic tower is detected by at least one minimum liquid level sensor provided at a position at the same level as a predetermined minimum liquid level within the liquid phase space.
Abstract:
At the beginning of a dezincification plant used in a dezincification step in a hydrometallurgical method for nickel, a decrease throughout the dezincification plant is controlled to prevent a decrease in production volume and a cake layer is formed on a filter cloth provided to a filter device inside the dezincification plant. At the beginning of dezincification plant, a slurry containing a formed zinc sulfide is supplied to a filter for filtration and separation, an adjustment is performed in which the flow rate of the slurry is increased to reach a target flow rate in a time T2 which satisfies the following relational expression 3×T1≦T2≦5×T1, where T1 represents the time between starting a slurry supply and attaining the target flow rate in the case of transferring the slurry at the maximum liquid transfer capacity of a pump configured to transfer the slurry.
Abstract:
In an autoclave apparatus for a high-pressure acid leaching process which advances leaching by stirring heated and pressurized material slurry and sulfuric acid by stirrers in compartments in an autoclave main body of a plurality of compartments, transfers slurry from an upstream side compartment to a downstream one to advance leaching, liquid flow ports for slurry transfer that open and close by doors are provided on the partition walls, the liquid flow ports for slurry transfer are installed at positions where the heights from the lowermost portion the autoclave to the center of gravity are 0.1 to 0.3 times an autoclave diameter and distances from the center lines of the partition walls to the center of gravity are 0.05 to 0.25 times the autoclave diameter, and the liquid flow ports for slurry transfer have shapes which do not reach end portions of the partition walls.