METHOD OF REWORKING RED MUD OF ALUMINA PRODUCTION PROCESS Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: metallurgy; reworking wastes of alumina production process.

SUBSTANCE: proposed method includes preparation of batch of charge containing red mud and carbon reductant, heating the charge in melting unit to solid-phase iron reduction temperature, three-phase reduction of ferric oxides in charge by carbon reductant and saturation of iron with carbon in charge thus prepared, melting the reduced charge for obtaining metal phase in form of cast iron and slag phase in form of primary slag, separation of cast iron from primary slag in melt heated to temperature of 40 C, reduction of silicon and titanium from oxides contained in primary slag by aluminum and removal of cast iron and primary slag from melting unit; during preparation of charge, concentrate of titanomagnetite ore containing titanium oxide in the amount from 1 to 15% is added to red mud; besides that, additional amount of carbon reductant and additives are introduced; after separation of primary slag from cast iron in melting unit, cast iron is heated to 1500-1550 C and product containing ferric oxide is added to it; iron is reduced by carbon of cast iron for converting the cast iron into steel at obtaining secondary slag; main portion of steel is removed from melting unit, secondary slag is added to primary slag and silicon and titanium are converted into steel residue in melting unit by reduction with aluminum, thus obtaining final slag-saturated slag and master alloy containing iron, titanium and silicon; main portion of master alloy is removed from melting unit; after removal of final slag for converting the master alloy residue to steel in melting unit, titanium and silicon are converted into slag phase by oxidation and next portion of charge is fed to slag phase formed after converting the master alloy residue to steel. Proposed method ensures high efficiency due to obtaining iron-titanium silicon master alloy in form of independent product and production of alumina from high-alumina final slag or high-alumina cement and concentrate of rare-earth metals.

EFFECT: enhanced efficiency due to avoidance of intermediate remelting of steel.

10 cl, 2 dwg