摘要:
A method and apparatus for decomposing a sodium aluminate liquor supersaturated with alumina, obtained from alkaline action on bauxite by the Bayer process, is initiated by introduction of alumina trihydrate seed, thereby forming a suspension. The suspension is fed in at the top of a non-agitated reactor described as a "decomposer", and removed from the bottom of the decomposer; the speed at which the suspension moves downwardly is regulated at 1.5 to 10 meters per hour. The apparatus comprises a cylindrical-conical reactor which is fitted with an arrangement for feeding in the suspension at the top, and with an arrangement for taking out the suspension at the bottom. In one embodiment of the apparatus the suspension is taken from the base of the decomposer through an internal tube, with air injected into the bottom of it, is raised to the level of the top of the decomposer and is then sent downstream.
摘要:
A supersaturated solution of ground bauxite and caustic soda is fed to a plurality of stirrer tanks in a product cascade. Each of these stirrer tanks of the product cascade has three vertically spaced zones with differing solid contents, a central vertical shaft and at least three vertically spaced paddles carried on the shaft and each extending into a respective one of the zones. The paddles are so constructed as to differently act on the solid in dependence upon the solid contents in each zone.
摘要:
Apparatus for stirring and transporting slurries in vessels of great volume used, for example, in the alumina industry. The apparatus of the invention is adapted to replace, with greater economic efficiency, the generally previously-used pneumatic system for the stirring and transportation of slurries. The present apparatus uses a tube centrally placed in the vessel; a turbine pump driven, for example, by an electric motor, is mounted in the tube. The turbine pump raises the slurry to the level of some apertures or windows in the tube. The thus-raised slurry overflows through the windows to fall partly into the same vessel and partly into a conduit for transportation out of such vessel. The conduit has windows through which the level of the slurry is maintained constant in the vessel. The device provides an intensive stirring and the transportation of the slurry independent of the volume of the vessel and independent of the density of the slurry, with a much lower power consumption as compared to pneumatic stirring. Such intensive stirring eliminates the encrustation on the bottom of the vessels and on the side walls of the receiver. The system of the invention also ensures the perfect vertical homogenization of the slurry, eliminating at the same time foaming and the eventual chemical reactions between the components of the slurry and those of air, and the consequent breaking down of the solid phase of the slurry.
摘要:
An apparatus for refining a process liquor that includes solids, which apparatus includes a vessel having a base and a side wall that define an internal volume for containing the process liquor and for allowing gravity settling of the solids in the liquor, whereby to produce a refined liquor toward a top of the internal volume and a slurry toward a bottom of the internal volume, the apparatus further includes solids displacement elements disposed within the internal volume for directing settled solids and/or settling solids in the vicinity of the side wall or of the base toward a flow path of the slurry being extracted from the slurry outlet. A processing plant including the above refining apparatus and a method for refining a process liquor.
摘要:
An apparatus for refining a process liquor that includes solids, which apparatus includes a vessel having a base and a side wall that define an internal volume for containing the process liquor and for allowing gravity settling of the solids in the liquor, whereby to produce a refined liquor toward a top of the internal volume and a slurry toward a bottom of the internal volume, the apparatus further includes solids displacement elements disposed within the internal volume for directing settled solids and/or settling solids in the vicinity of the side wall or of the base toward a flow path of the slurry being extracted from the slurry outlet. A processing plant including the above refining apparatus and a method for refining a process liquor.
摘要:
Aluminum hydroxide aggregated particles which have an average particle diameter of not less than 40 μm, an average particle diameter as determined after processing at 1,000 kg/cm2 of not more than 35 μm, and an L value of slurry obtained by mixing 20 ml of glycerol and 10 g of the aluminum hydroxide aggregated particles of not more than 69, are obtained by a process comprising the steps of: (a) feeding a supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution to a vessel, (b) adding aluminum hydroxide seeds to the supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution, (c) stirring the seed-added solution in the vessel while continuously feeding an additional supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution into the vessel to hydrolyze the supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution, (d) separating the aluminum hydroxide aggregated particles from the aqueous sodium aluminate solution, and (e) continuously discharging the aqueous sodium aluminate solution out of the vessel.
摘要翻译:平均粒径不小于40μm的氢氧化铝凝集粒子,1000kg / cm 2以上处理后的平均粒径为35μm以下,L值为 通过包括以下步骤的方法获得通过混合20ml甘油和10g不大于69的氢氧化铝凝集颗粒获得的浆料:(a)将过饱和的铝酸钠水溶液进料到容器中,(b) 将氢氧化铝种子加入到过饱和的铝酸钠水溶液中,(c)在容器中搅拌添加种子的溶液,同时连续地将额外的过饱和的铝酸钠水溶液加入到容器中以水解过饱和的铝酸钠水溶液,(d)分离 来自铝酸钠水溶液的氢氧化铝凝集颗粒,和(e)将铝酸钠水溶液连续排出容器。
摘要:
A process for the continuous crystallization of at least one crystallizable material from a solution wherein a series of crystallization stages are utilized, with partial crystallization taking place in each stage. The process includes the classification of partially crystallized suspension between each stage, and the suspension from the final stage is passed to a separator wherein it is separated into a concentrated suspension containing crystals and a spent liquor, the concentrated suspension being returned to the final stage and the spent liquor being discharged. Product crystals are taken from the first stage of the series. Partially grown crystals are circulated between consecutive crystallization stages in the series such that a stream of partially crystallized suspension, after being classified to separate the coarse fraction, is passed from one stage to the next stage in the series; whereas a stream of return suspension is passed in countercurrent fashion from the next stage to the preceding one stage without classification. Coarse crystals are taken from the first stage through an elutriation column (hydraulic classification tube) in countercurrent flow to the incoming feed.
摘要:
This invention relates to a process for the continuous precipitation of alumina hydrate from aluminate liquors. More particularly, the invention relates to an improved process for continuously precipitating and separating from aluminate liquors, alumina hydrate particles characterized by spherical shape, high density and such coarseness that not less than 85 percent by weight of the product is plus 200 mesh size.
摘要:
Aluminum hydroxide aggregated particles which have an average particle diameter of not less than 40 μm, an average particle diameter as determined after pressing at 1,000 kg/cm2 of not more than 35 μm, and an L value of slurry obtained by mixing 20 ml of glycerol and 10 g of the aluminum hydroxide aggregated particles of not more than 69, are obtained by a process comprising the steps of: (a) feeding a supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution to a vessel, (b) adding aluminum hydroxide seeds to the supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution, (c) stirring the seed-added solution in the vessel while continuously feeding an additional supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution into the vessel to hydrolyze the supersaturated aqueous sodium aluminate solution, (d) separating the aluminum hydroxide aggregated particles from the aqueous sodium aluminate solution, and (e) continuously discharging the aqueous sodium aluminate solution out of the vessel.
摘要翻译:平均粒径为40μm以上的氢氧化铝凝集粒子,1000kg / cm 2以上压制后测定的平均粒径为35μm以下,通过将20ml甘油 和10g不超过69的氢氧化铝凝集颗粒,通过包括以下步骤的方法获得:(a)将过饱和的铝酸钠水溶液进料到容器中,(b)将氢氧化铝种子加入到过饱和水溶液 铝酸钠溶液,(c)在容器中搅拌添加种子的溶液,同时连续向容器中加入过饱和的铝酸钠水溶液以水解过饱和的铝酸钠水溶液,(d)将氢氧化铝凝集颗粒与水溶液 铝酸钠溶液,和(e)将铝酸钠水溶液连续排出容器。