Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2023, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (3): 84-91.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2022-0262

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Development of new process of removing metal cations from wet-process phosphoric acid by extraction

ZHOU Qinglie1(), WANG Baoqi1, ZHANG Zhiye1, ZHANG Yinghu2, WANG Jian2, YANG Lin1()   

  1. 1. School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
    2. YUNTIANHUA Group, Kunming 650228, China
  • Received:2022-06-07 Online:2023-03-10 Published:2023-03-17

Abstract:

In view of the high content of metal cations in wet process phosphoric acid produced by Yunnan YUNTIANHUA Group,a new process of removing metal cations and purifying wet process phosphoric acid by solvent extraction was developed,and the pilot experiment of removing metal cations from wet process phosphoric acid by 1 000 t/a(calculated by P2O5) extraction was completed.The effects of extraction time,temperature,stirring speed and phase ratio on the extraction efficiency were examined.The optimum process conditions were determined:reaction time was 20 min,extraction temperature was 60 ℃,stirring speed was 400 r/min,O/A was 3(O/A is the volume ratio of extractant to phosphoric acid).Pilot test results showed that the MER of purified wet process phosphoric acid could be reduced from 0.114 to lower than 0.06,and the removal rates of Fe2O3,Al2O3 and MgO could reach 88.37%,48.93% and 45.33% respectively.After washing,the total yield of P2O5 could reach 98.46%.The material cost of purifying 1 t P2O5 wet process phosphoric acid was 222.5 RMB.The pilot test results showed that the new purification process of removing metal cations from wet process phosphoric acid could be applied in industry,and the experimental results could provide reliable basis for industrial scale-up.

Key words: wet-process phosphoric acid, solvent extraction, metal cations removal, MER

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