Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2022, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (4): 123-127.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2021-0397

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Effect of impurity in alkaline washing oxidation process on crystal size of sodium sulfate

LIU Zhuang1(),AN Jimin2,LI Yongjun1,CHEN Xing1,ZHAO Yigang1,ZHAI Ruiguo2()   

  1. 1. PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company,Jingbian 718500,China
    2. Tianjin Zhongtian Chem.Eng.Co.,Ltd.
  • Received:2021-07-02 Online:2022-04-10 Published:2022-04-18
  • Contact: ZHAI Ruiguo E-mail:495465929@qq.com;zrg-wait1986@163.com

Abstract:

Aiming at the evaporative crystallization of sodium sulfate in the desulfurization wastewater from alkaline washing oxidation process,an experimental device was designed and developed to investigate the influence of the impurities on the evaporative crystallization of sodium sulfate,mainly on the particle size of the sodium sulfate crystal,which include sodium carbonate,ferric ion and sodium sulfite in the wastewater.The results showed that 1.0% mass fraction of sodium carbonate in wastewater had no obvious influence on the particle size of sodium sulfate crystal.When iron existed in the form of precipitate,it was easy to cause sodium sulfate crystals to agglomerate and the particle size becomed smaller.When iron was existed in dissolved form,it had little effect on the particle size of sodium sulfate crystal.The existence of sodium sulfite was easy to reduce the particle size of sodium sulfate crystal.After eliminating sodium sulfite in wastewater by H2O2 oxidation,the crystal size of sodium sulfite was increased apparently.After the transformation of the industrial device,the average particle size of the anhydrous Na2SO4 product was increased from 106.71 μm to 129.99 μm.

Key words: impurity, anhydrous sodium sulfate, vaporation crystallization, rystal size

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