Method of treating spent potliner material from aluminum...

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C01F 7/04 (2006.01) C01F 7/50 (2006.01) C22B 21/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2314123

A process for treating spent potliner material from aluminum reduction cells and recovering useful products. In the process, spent potliner material is introduced into an acid digester containing, for example, sulfuric acid. A gas component is produced which includes hydrogen fluoride and hydrogen cyanide. A slurry component is produced which includes carbon, silica, alumina, sodium compounds such as sodium sulfate, aluminum compounds such as aluminum sulfate, iron compounds such as iron sulfate, magnesium and calcium compounds such as magnesium and calcium sulfate. The slurry component remains in the digester after the gas component is removed. The gas component is recovered and heated an effective amount to convert or decompose the hydrogen cyanide to a remaining gas component including CO2, H2O, and nitrogen oxides, as well as HF gas. The remaining gas component is directed through a water scrubber in which the HF gas is converted to liquid hydrofluoric acid. The hydrofluoric acid is then admixed with alumina trihydrate to form aluminum fluoride and water. Valuable refractory materials and salts are recovered also.

On décrit un procédé permettant de traiter de la matière de revêtement usagée provenant de cuves électrolytiques de production d'aluminium et de récupérer des produits utiles. Dans ce procédé, la matière de revêtement usagé est introduite dans un digesteur acide (24) contenant par exemple, de l'acide sulfurique. Un élément gazeux est produit et contient du fluorure d'hydrogène et du cyanure d'hydrogène. Un élément de pâte est produit, celui-ci contenant du carbone, de la silice, de l'alumine, des composés de sodium tels que le sulfate de sodium, des composés d'aluminium tels que le sulfate d'aluminium, des composés de fer tels que le sulfate de fer, des composés de magnésium et de calcium tels que le sulfate de magnésium et de calcium. L'élément de pâte reste dans le digesteur après la sortie de l'élément gazeux, ce dernier étant récupéré et chauffé suffisamment pour transformer ou décomposer efficacement le cyanure d'hydrogène en un élément gazeux restant contenant du dioxyde de carbone, de l'eau et des oxydes d'azote ainsi que du gaz HF. L'élément gazeux restant est envoyé dans un épurateur à eau (44) dans lequel le gaz HF est transformé en acide fluorhydrique liquide, ce dernier étant ensuite mélangé avec de l'hydroxyde d'aluminium pour former du fluorure d'aluminium et de l'eau.

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