Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2020, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (5): 35-39.doi: 10.11962/1006-4990.2019-0378

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Study on preparation of molten salt grade potassium nitrate by reactive extraction method

Su Lei1,Zhang Haijun2,Wang Jin1,Yu Xuefeng3,Dong Changji3,Sun Ze1(),Song Xingfu1,Yu Jianguo1   

  1. 1.Engineering Research Center of Resources(Salt Lake) Process Engineering,Ministry of Education,East China University of Science and Technology,Shanghai 200237,China;
    2.Qinghai Salt Lake Nitrate Industry Co.,Ltd.;
    3.Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co.,Ltd.
  • Received:2019-11-16 Online:2020-04-10 Published:2020-05-21
  • Contact: Sun Ze E-mail:zsun@ecust.edu.cn

Abstract:

Reactive extraction method is a low-cost and high-efficiency method for preparing molten salt grade potassium ni-trate.The process of preparing molten salt grade potassium nitrate by potassium chloride and nitric acid was studied.The opti-mal reactive crystallization conditions under laboratory were obtained by parameter optimization.The amount-of substance ra-tio of HNO3 to KCl was about(1.4~1.5)∶1,the cooling crystallization temperature was at 5~10 ℃ and the cooling crystalliza-tion time was 60 min,the molten salt grade potassium nitrate having a purity greater than 99.4% was obtained by recrystalliza-tion.The nitric acid in the mother liquor can be efficiently extracted by the agent consisting of TBP and sulfonated kerosene at an extraction temperature of 30 ℃,the TBP volume fraction of 30% and an O/A ratio of 5∶1.

Key words: potassium nitrate, reactive crystallization, solvent extraction

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