Dechlorination Mechanism of CuCl Residue from Zinc Hydrometallurgy by Microwave Roasting

Shuaidan Lu, Shaohua Ju, Jinhui Peng, Xiaoping Zhu, C. Srinivasakannan, Libo Zhang, Ganfeng Tu

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Abstract

Removal of chlorine (Cl) from the CuCl residue in the process of zinc hydrometallurgy is of great importance to improve the process economics. The current processing methods result in generation of large quantities of polluted discharge necessitating waste treatment systems. The present work attempts to de-chlorinate the CuCl residue through thermal treatment with application of microwave, towards which the effect of the major experimental factors such as roasting temperature, heating duration and particle size of samples on the process has been investigated. And the changes of Gibbs free energy (ΔG) of the dechlorination reactions are calculated which show that: 1) CuCl can react with H2O and air to produce CuO and HCl(g); 2) CuCl can be oxidized by air into CuO and Cl2 would be released. The tail gas chromatography, XRD and SEM-EDS analysis results of samples before and after microwave roasting verified the thermodynamics study results. Thus, the process of dechlorination by microwave roasting technology is feasible, and the tail gas can be mainly HCl(g) and air which can be absorbed with water and produce hydrochloride easily.

Original languageBritish English
Pages (from-to)147-154
Number of pages8
JournalHigh Temperature Materials and Processes
Volume34
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2015

Keywords

  • CuCl residue
  • dechlorination
  • mechanism
  • microwave roasting

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